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Granted Patent B2
US 11,215,293 · App. 16/648,763 · Granted Jan 4, 2022

Electromagnetic valve

Inventors: Junichi Fukuda (Aichi-ken, JP); Koichi Hashida (Kariya, JP); Hidenori Hayakawa (Anjo, JP)
Assignee: ADVICS CO., LTD.
F16K31/0675F04B53/10H01F7/13H01F2007/083H01F2007/085H01F2007/1676
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Patent No.
US 11,215,293
App. No.
16/648,763
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A yoke is provided with a notch, notched from two points P 1 and P 2 on a circumference forming a sleeve-side insertion hole toward the outside of the circumference, the notch having a minimum distance between the points P 1 and P 2 as a width W and the distance from a straight line linking the points P 1 and P 2 in a direction orthogonal to the straight line as a length L. The width W of the notch is set on the basis of a target attraction force for attracting a plunger, the attraction force increasing with an increase in the width W, and the length L of the notch is greater than or equal to a prescribed length Ld where the attraction force increasing with an increase in the length L becomes constant at the target attraction force in the set width W irrespective of an increase in the length L.

Claims (53)

1. An electromagnetic valve comprising:

a tubular sleeve;

a tubular valve body with an inflow hole through which a fluid flows in and an outflow hole through which the fluid flows out, the valve body being liquid-tightly fixed at one end side of the sleeve;

a stator liquid-tightly fixed at another end side of the sleeve;

a movable element that is arranged between the stator and the valve body inside the sleeve and that moves along an axis of the sleeve;

an urging member that urges the movable element along the axis;

a seat member that is fixed inside the valve body and that includes a valve seat and a valve hole communicating with the valve seat;

a valve element that moves along the axis integrally with the movable element to be seated and separated with respect to the valve seat;

a coil provided on an outer periphery of the sleeve; and

a yoke with a first insertion hole for inserting the stator and a second insertion hole coaxial with the first insertion hole for inserting the sleeve, the yoke being provided to surround the coil and to form a magnetic circuit together with the stator and the movable element when the coil is energized,

wherein:

the yoke includes a notch formed by being notched to an outside of a circumference from two points on the circumference forming one of the first insertion hole or the second insertion hole, and that has a minimum distance between the two points as a width and a distance from a straight line connecting the two points in a direction orthogonal to the straight line as a length;

the width of the notch is set based on a target attraction force of an attraction force for attracting the movable element toward an inner peripheral surface of the sleeve with the valve element in a direction opposite to a position where the notch is formed with respect to the axis when the coil is energized; and

the notch is provided in the one of the first insertion hole or the second insertion hole that is on a side proximate to the valve element accommodated inside the sleeve in a state in which the sleeve is inserted.

2. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 1 , wherein

in the notch, the width and the length are set so that a ratio L/W representing a ratio of the length with respect to the width satisfies,

L/W≥ 0.12θ+0.17

where W is the width, L is the length, and θ is a central angle formed by a center point of the one of the first insertion hole or second insertion hole and a straight line connecting each of the two points in relation to the width.

3. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 1 , wherein:

the yoke is configured by a plate-shaped first member having the first insertion hole, a plate-shaped second member having the second insertion hole, and a third member that is parallel to the axis and that connects a part of the plate-shaped first member and a part of the plate-shaped second member; and

the notch is provided on a side opposite to the third member with respect to the axis.

4. An electromagnetic valve comprising:

a tubular sleeve;

a tubular valve body with an inflow hole through which a fluid flows in and an outflow hole through which the fluid flows out, the valve body being liquid-tightly fixed at one end side of the sleeve;

a stator liquid-tightly fixed at another end side of the sleeve;

a movable element that is arranged between the stator and the valve body inside the sleeve and that moves along an axis of the sleeve;

an urging member that urges the movable element along the axis;

a seat member that is fixed inside the valve body and that includes a valve seat and a valve hole communicating with the valve seat;

a valve element that moves along the axis integrally with the movable element to be seated and separated with respect to the valve seat;

a coil provided on an outer periphery of the sleeve; and

a yoke with a first insertion hole for inserting the stator and a second insertion hole coaxial with the first insertion hole for inserting the sleeve, the yoke being provided to surround the coil and to form a magnetic circuit together with the stator and the movable element when the coil is energized,

wherein:

the yoke includes a notch formed by being notched to an outside of a circumference from two points on the circumference forming one of the first insertion hole or the second insertion hole, and that has a minimum distance between the two points as a width and a distance from a straight line connecting the two points in a direction orthogonal to the straight line as a length;

in the notch, width and length are set so that a ratio L/W representing a ratio of the length with respect to the width satisfies,

L/W≥ 0.12θ+0.17

where W is the width, L is the length, and θ is a central angle formed by a center point of the one of the first insertion hole or second insertion hole and a straight line connecting each of the two points in relation to the width; and

the notch is provided in the one of the first insertion hole or the second hole that is on a side proximate to the valve element accommodated inside the sleeve in a state in which the sleeve is inserted.

5. An electromagnetic valve comprising:

a tubular sleeve;

a tubular valve body through which a fluid flows in and an outflow hole through which the fluid flows out, the valve body being liquid-tightly fixed at one end side of the sleeve;

a stator liquid-tightly fixed at another end side of the sleeve;

a movable element that is arranged between the stator and the valve body inside the sleeve and that moves along an axis of the sleeve;

an urging member that urges the movable element along the axis;

a seat member that is fixed inside the valve body and that includes a valve seat and a valve hole communicating with the valve seat;

a valve element that moves along the axis integrally with the movable element to be seated and separated with respect to the valve seat;

a coil provided on an outer periphery of the sleeve; and

a yoke with a first insertion hole for inserting the stator and a second insertion hole coaxial with the first insertion hole for inserting the sleeve, the yoke being provided to surround the coil and to form a magnetic circuit together with the stator and the movable element when the coil is energized;

wherein:

the yoke includes a notch formed by being notched to an outside of a circumference from two points on the circumference forming one of the first insertion hole or the second insertion hole, and that has a minimum distance between the two points as a width and a distance from a straight line connecting the two points in a direction orthogonal to the straight line as a length; and

the notch is provided in the one of the first insertion hole or the second hole that is on a side proximate to the valve element accommodated inside the sleeve in a state in which the sleeve is inserted.

6. The electromagnetic valve according to claim 2 , wherein:

the yoke is configured by a plate-shaped first member having the first insertion hole, a plate-shaped second member having the second insertion hole, and a third member that is parallel to the axis and that connects a part of the plate-shaped first member and a part of the plate-shaped second member; and

the notch is provided on a side opposite to the third member with respect to the axis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2020
From: FUKUDA, JUNICHI; HASHIDA, KOICHI; HAYAKAWA, HIDENORI
To: ADVICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052165/0114 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-181602 · Sep 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200248829A1 · Aug 6, 2020
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