IP Library Granted Patent US 11,174,953
Granted Patent B2
US 11,174,953 · App. 16/979,203 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Relay valve for a compressed-air system

Inventors: Karl-Heinz Riediger-Janisch (Hannover, DE); Reiner Hölscher (Seelze, DE); Gerhard Martini (Gehrden, DE)
Assignee: WABCO GmbH
F16K11/04F15B11/068
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Patent No.
US 11,174,953
App. No.
16/979,203
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A relay valve ( 1 ′) for a compressed-air system of a vehicle has a working pressure inlet, a working pressure outlet, a venting outlet and a controllable relay piston ( 19 ). The relay piston ( 19 ) is axially movably guided and, at one axial end, has an annular, radially inner valve seat ( 20 ). A sealing piston ( 9 ) is axially movably guided coaxially with respect to the relay piston ( 19 ). The sealing piston ( 9 ) is pushed by a compression spring ( 8 ) toward the relay piston ( 19 ) and an annular, radially outer valve seat ( 25 ), which is a part of a seat ring ( 24 ) fastened in an annular collar ( 23 ) of the housing bottom part ( 2 ). The seat ring ( 24 ) is a deep-drawn component shaped as a cylindrical pot of a metallic material. The radially outer valve seat ( 25 ) is an axially protruding annular web with a gable-shaped axial cross section.

Claims (18)

1. A relay valve ( 1 ′, 1 ″) for a compressed-air system of a vehicle, comprising:

a working pressure inlet,

a working pressure outlet,

a venting outlet and

a controllable relay piston ( 19 ),

wherein the controllable relay piston ( 19 ) is axially movably guided in a housing top part ( 3 ) and, at one axial end, has an annular, radially inner valve seat ( 20 ),

wherein a sealing piston ( 9 ) is axially movably guided in a housing bottom part ( 2 ) coaxially with respect to the controllable relay piston ( 19 ),

wherein the sealing piston ( 9 ) is pushed by a compression spring ( 8 ) toward the controllable relay piston ( 19 ) and toward an annular, radially outer valve seat ( 25 , 35 ), the radially outer valve seat ( 25 , 35 ) a part of a seat ring ( 24 , 34 ) fastened in an annular collar ( 23 , 30 ) of the housing bottom part ( 2 ),

wherein the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ) is a deep-drawn component shaped as a cylindrical pot composed of a metallic material, and the radially outer valve seat ( 25 , 35 ) for the sealing piston ( 9 ) is an axially protruding annular web with a gable-shaped axial cross section.

2. The relay valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the radially outer valve seat ( 25 , 35 ) for the sealing piston ( 9 ) is embossed into the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ).

3. The relay valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wall thickness of the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ) is within the range of 0.5 mm through 0.8 mm.

4. The relay valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, for axial positioning, the seat ring ( 34 ) has, at a radially outer periphery, an axially protruding annular abutment web ( 36 ) which, in a fitted state, bears against an annular abutment collar ( 31 ) within the annular collar ( 30 ) of the housing bottom part ( 2 ).

5. The relay valve as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the abutment web ( 36 ) of the seat ring ( 34 ) is an annular web, which has a gable-shaped cross section and is embossed into the seat ring ( 34 ).

6. The relay valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, for axial fixing in the housing bottom part ( 2 ), the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ) has a radially outer edge with spring tongues ( 26 , 37 ) arranged in a circumferentially distributed manner, which, in a fitted state, reach behind a radially inwardly directed annular web ( 28 , 32 ) formed at an axial outer edge of the annular collar ( 23 , 30 ) of the housing bottom part ( 2 ).

7. The relay valve as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the spring tongues ( 26 , 37 ) are formed by a circumferentially distributed arrangement of axial separating slots ( 27 , 38 ) at the radially outer edge of the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ), and in that the separating slots ( 27 , 38 ) are punched out of the seat ring ( 24 , 34 ).

8. The relay valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the seat ring ( 34 ) has an outer circumference with at least one radially protruding annular seal web ( 39 ) which, in a fitted state, by way of a radial oversize, bears resiliently elastically against a cylindrical sealing surface ( 33 ) of the housing bottom part ( 2 ) in a sealing manner.

9. The relay valve as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the seal web ( 39 ) of the seat ring ( 34 ) is an annular web which has a gable-shaped cross section and is embossed into the seat ring ( 34 ).

10. The relay valve as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the seal web ( 39 ) is formed at a radially outer periphery at an axial end of the seat ring ( 34 ) proximate to the sealing piston.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2024
From: ZF CV SYSTEMS HANNOVER GMBH
To: ZF CV SYSTEMS EUROPE BV
Reel/Frame 066995/0053 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 3, 2024
From: WABCO GMBH
To: ZF CV SYSTEMS HANNOVER GMBH
Reel/Frame 067002/0187 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2020
From: RIEDIGER-JANISCH, KARL-HEINZ; HÖLSCHER, REINER; MARTINI, GERHARD
To: WABCO GMBH
Reel/Frame 053717/0905 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 106 975.8 · Mar 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210054855A1 · Feb 25, 2021
Cited By (1)
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