IP Library Granted Patent US 11,313,336
Granted Patent B2
US 11,313,336 · App. 17/046,847 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

Component for flow rate control device, and fuel injection valve

Inventors: Takao Miyake (Hitachinaka, JP); Yasuo Namaizawa (Hitachinaka, JP); Takumasa Furuyama (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
F02M51/061F02M51/0607F02M51/0628F02M51/0653F02M51/0675F02M61/1873F02M63/0017F02M57/026F02M2200/80F02M2200/8061
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Patent No.
US 11,313,336
App. No.
17/046,847
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a fluid control device with an improved effect of suppressing blowhole generation. Therefore, a component for a flow rate control device of the present invention includes: a first component 140 (A); a second component 107 (B) fixed to the first component by a press-fitting portion 802 ; a butt-welded portion 803 connecting the first component and the second component; and a first gap 1001 and a second gap 1002 formed between mutually opposing surfaces of the first component and the second component. The first gap is provided on a side of the press-fitting portion with respect to the second gap between the press-fitting portion and the butt-welded portion, and is formed in a direction intersecting a press-fitting direction. The second gap is provided on a side of the butt-welded portion with respect to the first gap between the press-fitting portion and the welded portion, and is formed in a direction intersecting the first gap.

Claims (29)

1. A component for a flow rate control device comprising:

a first component;

a second component fixed to the first component by a press-fitting portion;

a welded portion that connects the first component and the second component; and

a first gap and a second gap formed between mutually opposing surfaces of the first component and the second component,

wherein the first gap is provided on a side of the press-fitting portion with respect to the second gap between the press-fitting portion and the welded portion, and is formed in a direction intersecting a press-fitting direction, and

the second gap is provided on a side of the welded portion with respect to the first gap between the press fitting portion and the welded portion, and is formed in a direction intersecting the first gap,

wherein the welded portion is a butt-welded portion having a butt-joint configuration, and the first gap is connected to the press-fitting portion, and the second gap is connected to the butt-welded portion,

wherein a volume of the first gap is configured to be larger than a volume of the second gap,

wherein the first gap extends in a radial direction, and the second gap extends in a vertical direction perpendicular to the radial direction.

2. The component for a flow rate control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first component includes a first-component-side stepped portion having a large-diameter inner peripheral surface and a small-diameter inner peripheral surface on an inner peripheral side,

the second component includes a second-component-side stepped portion having a large-diameter outer peripheral surface, a medium-diameter outer peripheral surface, and a small-diameter outer peripheral surface on an outer peripheral side,

the press-fitting portion is formed between the small-diameter inner peripheral surface of the first component and the small-diameter outer peripheral surface of the second component, and

the butt-welded portion is formed between a first component end surface, formed between an outer peripheral surface and the large-diameter inner peripheral surface of the first component, and a second component first step surface formed between the large-diameter outer peripheral surface and the medium-diameter outer peripheral surface of the second component.

3. The component for a flow rate control device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first gap is formed between a first component step surface, formed between the large-diameter inner peripheral surface and the small-diameter inner peripheral surface of the first component, and a second component second step surface formed between the medium-diameter outer peripheral surface and the small-diameter outer peripheral surface of the second component, and

the second gap is formed between the large-diameter inner peripheral surface of the first component and the medium-diameter outer peripheral surface of the second component.

4. The component for a flow rate control device according to claim 1 , wherein a minimum interval of the first gap in the press-fitting direction is configured to be larger than a minimum interval of the second gap in the direction intersecting the press-fitting direction.

5. The component for a flow rate control device according to claim 1 , wherein a deepest portion in a welding depth direction of the butt-welded portion is configured to be located on a side where a welding depth becomes deeper with respect to the second gap.

6. The component for a flow rate control device according to claim 1 , wherein the first gap is configured to have an elongated shape such that a length in the direction intersecting the press-fitting direction is longer than an interval formed between the mutually opposing surfaces of the first component and the second component.

7. The component for a flow rate control device according to claim 1 , wherein the second gap is configured to have an elongated shape such that a length in the press-fitting direction is longer than an interval formed between the mutually opposing surfaces of the first component and the second component.

8. A fuel injection valve comprising:

a fixed core;

a movable core and a valve body driven by a magnetic attraction force of the fixed core;

a fuel injection hole for injecting fuel when the valve body is separated from a valve seat; and

an adapter connected to the fixed core to form a fuel supply port,

wherein the fixed core and the adapter are configured using the component for a flow rate control device according to claim 1 such that the fixed core is provided as the second component and the adapter is provided as the first component.

9. The component for a flow rate control device according to claim 1 , wherein an angle formed by a first tangent line tangent with an upper surface of the butt-welded portion, and a second tangent line tangent to the vertical direction, is 90 degrees or larger.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 2, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057655/0824 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2020
From: MIYAKE, TAKAO; NAMAIZAWA, YASUO; FURUYAMA, TAKUMASA
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054026/0406 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-081472 · Apr 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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