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US 10,174,860 · App. 15/553,209 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Electromagnetic valve and transmission-use fuel pressure control device using electromagnetic valve

Inventors: Yukihiro Noda (Ichinomiya, JP); Shuichi Takeda (Anjo, JP); Katsutoshi Komatsu (Nishio, JP); Hiroyuki Kutsubo (Nagoya, JP); Masamichi Yamaguchi (Anjo, JP); Masayuki Hara (Kurobe, JP); Syunji Miyanishi (Toyama, JP); Kazuhiro Yoshii (Nanto, JP); Makoto Miyatake (Toyama, JP)
Assignees: AISIN AW CO., LTD.; NACHI FUJIKOSHI CORP.
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Patent No.
US 10,174,860
App. No.
15/553,209
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electromagnetic valve for a transmission-use oil pressure control device including an oil pump that supplies oil pressure to a transmission, and an accumulator that accumulates an oil pressure generated by the oil pump. The electromagnetic valve includes: an electromagnetic valve main body connected to the accumulator and includes an oil path opening/closing valve element opening/closing an oil path between the accumulator and the transmission; a seal member disposed in the electromagnetic valve main body sealing against oil leakage from a sliding portion of the oil path opening/closing valve element in the opening/closing operation of the oil path opening/closing valve element; and a pressure regulation mechanism disposed in the electromagnetic valve main body regulating to release an internal pressure in the accumulator when an accumulator-side oil pressure in the electromagnetic valve main body rises to a predetermined pressure or more.

Claims (59)

1. An electromagnetic valve for use in a transmission-use oil pressure control device including an oil pump that supplies an oil pressure to a transmission to be operated by the oil pressure, and an accumulator that accumulates an oil pressure generated by the oil pump,

the electromagnetic valve comprising:

an electromagnetic valve main body that is connected to the accumulator and includes an oil path opening and closing valve element opening and closing an oil path between the accumulator and the transmission;

a seal member that is disposed in the electromagnetic valve main body and seals against oil leakage from a sliding portion of the oil path opening and closing valve element in the opening and closing operation of the oil path opening and closing valve element; and

a pressure regulation mechanism that is disposed in the electromagnetic valve main body and regulates to release an internal pressure in the accumulator when an accumulator-side oil pressure in the electromagnetic valve main body rises to a predetermined pressure or more.

2. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 1 , wherein

the pressure regulation mechanism is disposed in the oil path opening and closing valve element.

3. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 2 , wherein

the pressure regulation mechanism includes:

an oil pressure relief passage that is provided in the oil path opening and closing valve element and establishes a connection between a primary side and a secondary side of the oil path opening and closing valve element; and

a pressure regulating valve element that is movably disposed in the oil pressure relief passage and opens and closes the oil pressure relief passage, and

when the accumulator-side oil pressure in the electromagnetic valve main body rises to the predetermined pressure or more, the pressure regulating valve element moves in an opening direction to release the internal pressure in the accumulator from the primary side to the secondary side of the oil path opening and closing valve element via the oil pressure relief passage.

4. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 3 , wherein

the electromagnetic valve main body further includes a backflow prevention mechanism that is disposed in the electromagnetic valve main body and prevents backflow of oil from the accumulator into the oil pump accumulating oil pressure.

5. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 4 , wherein

the backflow prevention mechanism is disposed together with the pressure regulation mechanism in the oil path opening and closing valve element.

6. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 3 , wherein

the pressure regulation mechanism further includes a biasing member that biases the pressure regulating valve element in a closing direction, and

when the accumulator-side oil pressure in the electromagnetic valve main body rises to the predetermined pressure or more, the pressure regulating valve element moves in the opening direction against a biasing force of the biasing member to release the internal pressure in the accumulator from the primary side to the secondary side of the oil path opening and closing valve element via the oil pressure relief passage.

7. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 5 , wherein

the oil path opening and closing valve element has:

a first pressure receiving face that receives an oil pump-side oil pressure when the oil path opening and closing valve element moves in one direction to open the oil path, and

a second pressure receiving face that receives the oil pump-side oil pressure when the oil path opening and closing valve element moves in the other direction to close the oil path, and

the first pressure receiving face is equal in pressure receiving area to the second pressure receiving face.

8. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 2 , wherein

the electromagnetic valve main body further includes a backflow prevention mechanism that is disposed in the electromagnetic valve main body and prevents backflow of oil from the accumulator into the oil pump accumulating oil pressure.

9. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 8 , wherein

the backflow prevention mechanism is disposed together with the pressure regulation mechanism in the oil path opening and closing valve element.

10. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 1 , wherein

the electromagnetic valve main body further includes a backflow prevention mechanism that is disposed in the electromagnetic valve main body and prevents backflow of oil from the accumulator into the oil pump accumulating oil pressure.

11. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 10 , wherein

the backflow prevention mechanism is disposed together with the pressure regulation mechanism in the oil path opening and closing valve element.

12. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 1 , wherein

the oil path opening and closing valve element has:

a first pressure receiving face that receives an oil pump-side oil pressure when the oil path opening and closing valve element moves in one direction to open the oil path, and

a second pressure receiving face that receives the oil pump-side oil pressure when the oil path opening and closing valve element moves in the other direction to close the oil path, and

the first pressure receiving face is equal in pressure receiving area to the second pressure receiving face.

13. A transmission-use oil pressure control device comprising:

an oil pump that supplies an oil pressure to a transmission to be operated by the oil pressure;

an accumulator that accumulates an oil pressure generated by the oil pump;

an electromagnetic valve that includes

an oil path opening and closing valve element connected to the accumulator and opening and closing an oil path between the accumulator and the transmission, and

a seal member sealing against oil leakage from a sliding portion of the oil path opening and closing valve element in the opening and closing operation of the oil path opening and closing valve element; and

a pressure regulation mechanism that regulates to release an internal pressure in the accumulator when the oil pressure in the accumulator rises to a predetermined pressure or more.

14. The transmission-use oil pressure control device according to claim 13 , wherein

the pressure regulation mechanism is disposed on a first oil path between the accumulator and the electromagnetic valve.

15. The transmission-use oil pressure control device according to claim 13 , wherein

the pressure regulation mechanism is disposed in the electromagnetic valve.

16. The transmission-use oil pressure control device according to claim 15 , wherein

the oil path opening and closing valve element opens and closes a second oil path between the accumulator and the transmission, and

the pressure regulation mechanism is disposed in the oil path opening and closing valve element.

17. The transmission-use oil pressure control device according to claim 16 , wherein

the pressure regulation mechanism includes:

an oil pressure relief passage that is provided in the oil path opening and closing valve element and establishes a connection between a primary side and a secondary side of the oil path opening and closing valve element; and

a pressure regulating valve element that is movably disposed in the oil pressure relief passage and opens and closes the oil pressure relief passage, and

when an accumulator-side oil pressure in the electromagnetic valve rises to the predetermined pressure or more, the pressure regulating valve element moves in an opening direction to release the internal pressure in the accumulator from the primary side to the secondary side of the oil path opening and closing valve element via the oil pressure relief passage.

18. The transmission-use oil pressure control device according to claim 17 , wherein

the pressure regulation mechanism further includes a biasing member that biases the pressure regulating valve element in a closing direction, and

when the accumulator-side oil pressure in the electromagnetic valve rises to the predetermined pressure or more, the pressure regulating valve element moves in the opening direction against a biasing force of the biasing member to release the internal pressure in the accumulator from the primary side to the secondary side of the oil path opening and closing valve element via the oil pressure relief passage.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 29, 2018
From: NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP.
To: NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP.
Reel/Frame 046974/0034 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2017
From: NODA, YUKIHIRO; TAKEDA, SHUICHI; KOMATSU, KATSUTOSHI; KUTSUBO, HIROYUKI; YAMAGUCHI, MASAMICHI; HARA, MASAYUKI; MIYANISHI, SYUNJI; YOSHII, KAZUHIRO; MIYATAKE, MAKOTO
To: AISIN AW CO., LTD.; NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP.
Reel/Frame 043384/0358 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-068475 · Mar 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180058604A1 · Mar 1, 2018
Cited By (2)
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