IP Library Granted Patent US 10,295,064
Granted Patent B2
US 10,295,064 · App. 15/125,839 · Granted May 21, 2019

Electronic expansion valve

Inventors: Xiaohui Shu (Zhejiang, CN); Caiyi Zhan (Zhejiang, CN); Qiliang Wang (Zhejiang, CN)
Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA CO., LTD
F16K1/385F16K1/54F16K31/0655F25B41/062F25B2341/0652Y02B30/72
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Patent No.
US 10,295,064
App. No.
15/125,839
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic expansion valve includes an electromagnetic coil, a valve body provided with a valve port, and a valve needle. The valve needle includes a main body section and a first conical surface portion arranged adjacent to the main body section. The valve port includes a straight section portion having equal diameters. When the electromagnetic coil applies a zero pulse, the straight section portion is not in contact with the valve needle, and an intersecting surface of a plane, where a top end of the straight section portion is located, and the valve needle is on the first conical surface portion. With the electronic expansion valve, flow can be precisely adjusted at a low-pulse stage, and during assembly, a position of the 0 pulse can be directly obtained by adjusting relative positions of the valve needle and the valve port and by using a flow meter.

Claims (34)

1. An electronic expansion valve, comprising:

an electromagnetic coil configured to apply a pulse to allow the electronic expansion valve to operate in response to the pulse;

a valve body provided with a valve port; and

a valve needle configured to cooperate with the valve port to adjust a flow of the electronic expansion valve;

wherein the valve needle comprises a main body section and a first conical surface portion which is arranged adjacent to the main body section,

wherein the valve port comprises a straight section portion having equal diameters; and

wherein when the electromagnetic coil applies a zero pulse for a zero pulse position of the valve needle, the flow is the smallest but is greater than zero, the straight section portion is not in contact with the valve needle, and an intersecting surface of a second plane and the valve needle are on the first conical surface portion, and, a top end of the straight section portion is located on the second plane.

2. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 1 , wherein the valve port further comprises a first valve port conical surface and a second valve port conical surface, which are arranged at two ends of the straight section portion respectively, extend in a direction away from an axial direction of the straight section portion and have inner diameters increased gradually.

3. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 2 , wherein a boundary line between the first valve port conical surface and the straight section portion is located on the second plane.

4. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 1 , wherein the largest diameter of the first conical surface portion is larger than an inner diameter of the straight section portion.

5. An electronic expansion valve, comprising:

an electromagnetic coil configured to apply a pulse to allow the electronic expansion valve to operate in response to the pulse;

a valve body provided with a valve port; and

a valve needle configured to cooperate with the valve port to adjust a flow of the electronic expansion valve;

wherein the valve needle comprises a main body section, a first valve needle conical surface and a second valve needle conical surface, which are adjacently arranged in sequence,

wherein the first valve needle conical surface has a taper angle larger than a taper angle of the second valve needle conical surface,

wherein the valve port comprises a straight section portion having equal diameters, and

wherein when the electromagnetic coil applies a zero pulse for a zero pulse position of the valve needle, a flow is the smallest but is greater than zero, the straight section portion is not in contact with the valve needle, and an intersecting surface of a second plane and the valve needle is on the second valve needle conical surface, and a top end of the straight section portion is located on the second plane.

6. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 5 , wherein the valve port further comprises a first valve port conical surface and a second valve port conical surface, which are arranged at two ends of the straight section portion respectively, extend in a direction away from an axial direction of the straight section portion and have inner diameters increased gradually; and

a boundary line between the first valve port conical surface and the straight section portion is located on the second plane.

7. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 5 , wherein the largest diameter of the second valve port conical surface is larger than an inner diameter of the straight section portion.

8. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 5 , wherein the valve port further comprises a conical surface portion, and the largest diameter of the second valve needle conical surface is larger than an inner diameter of the straight section portion of the valve port.

9. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 1 , wherein the valve port further comprises conical surface portion.

10. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 1 , wherein the valve port comprises a first valve port conical surface, the straight section portion and a second valve port conical surface, which are arranged in sequence; and

a height of the first valve port conical surface and a height of the straight section portion meet the relationship: 2≤d 1 /d 2 ≤10, where d 1 is the height of the first valve port conical surface and d 2 is the height of the straight section portion.

11. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 10 , wherein a height of the second valve port conical surface and the height of the straight section portion meet the relationship: 2≤d 3 /d 2 ≤10, where d 3 is the height of the second valve port conical surface and d 2 is the height of the straight section portion.

12. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 10 , wherein the first valve port conical surface and the second valve port conical surface are respectively arranged at two ends of the straight section portion, extend in a direction away from an axial direction of the straight section portion, and have inner diameters increased gradually.

13. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 12 , wherein a taper angle of the first valve port conical surface is within a range of 50°±20°.

14. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 13 , wherein the taper angle of the first valve port conical surface ranges from 50° to 70°.

15. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 12 , wherein a taper angle of the second valve port conical surface is within a range of 36°±20°.

16. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 10 , wherein the valve needle comprises a first conical surface and a second conical surface; the first conical surface cooperates with the first valve port conical surface of the valve port and meets the relationship: α 1 −β 1 =20°±10°, where α 1 is the taper angle of the first valve port conical surface of the valve port and β 1 is the taper angle of the first conical surface of the valve needle.

17. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 10 , wherein a valve seat is provided with a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber is adjacent to the first valve port conical surface, and an inner diameter of the first chamber is equal to the largest inner diameter of the first valve port conical surface.

18. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 17 , wherein an inner diameter of the first chamber is approximately equal to an inner diameter of the second chamber, and a cross sectional area of the first chamber and a cross sectional area of the straight section portion meet the relationship: 2≤S 1 /S 2 ≤5, where S 1 is the cross-sectional area of the first chamber and S 2 is the cross-sectional area of the straight section portion.

19. The electronic expansion valve according to claim 16 , wherein during a process of the valve needle moving away from the valve port by at least 250 pulses, a flow channel having an annular cross section is formed between the first valve port conical surface and the first conical surface.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 25, 2017
From: ZHEJIANG SANHUA CO., LTD.
To: ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042333/0432 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S STATE/COUNTRY PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 039735 FRAME: 0854. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 27, 2016
From: SHU, XIAOHUI; ZHAN, CAIYI; WANG, QILIANG
To: ZHEJIANG SANHUA CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 040502/0591 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2016
From: SHU, XIAOHUI; ZHAN, CAIYI; WANG, QILIANG
To: ZHEJIANG SANHUA CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 039735/0854 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 2014 1 0101289 · Mar 19, 2014 · national
CN 2014 1 0101878 · Mar 19, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170002931A1 · Jan 5, 2017