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Granted Patent B2
US 11,746,911 · App. 17/264,960 · Granted Sep 5, 2023

Fluid valve device and method for operating a fluid valve device

Inventor: Thomas Hoffmann (Riedenburg, DE)
Assignee: AUDI AG
F16K5/0442F16K11/165F01P2007/146
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Patent No.
US 11,746,911
App. No.
17/264,960
Granted
Sep 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid valve device. A first rotary slide valve, a second rotary slide valve, and a servomotor are provided. Each of the rotary valves has a rotary slide arranged in a rotary slide housing and drivable via a drive shaft by the servomotor. The first rotary slide valve is rigidly coupled and the second rotary slide valve is coupled via a freewheel to the drive shaft.

Claims (19)

1. A fluid valve device, comprising: a first rotary slide valve, a second rotary slide valve, and a servomotor, wherein each of the rotary valves has a rotary slide arranged in a rotary slide housing and drivable via a drive shaft by the servomotor, wherein the first rotary slide valve is rigidly coupled to the drive shaft and the second rotary slide valve is coupled via a freewheel to the drive shaft, wherein the freewheel engages the second rotary slide valve throughout rotation of the drive shaft in a first direction and wherein the freewheel decouples from the second rotary slide valve throughout rotation of the drive shaft in a second direction, and wherein the freewheel is coupled to the drive shaft only indirectly via the first rotary slide valve.

2. The fluid valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the first rotary slide valve has a first coupling device and the second rotary slide valve has a second coupling device, wherein the first coupling device and the second coupling device are each coupled to the freewheel.

3. The fluid valve device according to claim 2 , wherein the first coupling device is coupled to an input of the freewheel coupled to the drive shaft and the second coupling device is coupled to an output of the freewheel.

4. The fluid valve device according to claim 2 , wherein the first coupling device is coupled via the drive shaft to the input of the freewheel or is coupled via an input coupling device of the input of the freewheel to the drive shaft.

5. The fluid valve device according to claim 2 , wherein the first coupling device is at least temporarily coupled to the drive shaft and/or the input coupling device of the freewheel and the second coupling device is permanently coupled directly to an output coupling device of the freewheel.

6. The fluid valve device according to claim 5 , wherein the first coupling device, the second coupling device, the input coupling device, and the output coupling device each have gear teeth or are formed as such.

7. The fluid valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the first rotary slide valve has a first coupling device and the second rotary slide valve has a second coupling device, wherein the first coupling device and the second coupling device are each coupled to the freewheel.

8. The fluid valve device according to claim 7 , wherein the first coupling device is coupled to an input of the freewheel coupled to the drive shaft and the second coupling device is coupled to an output of the freewheel.

9. The fluid valve device according to claim 7 , wherein the first coupling device is at least temporarily coupled to the drive shaft and/or the input coupling device of the freewheel and the second coupling device is permanently coupled directly to an output coupling device of the freewheel.

10. The fluid valve device according to claim 8 , wherein the first coupling device is coupled via the drive shaft to the input of the freewheel or is coupled via an input coupling device of the input of the freewheel to the drive shaft.

11. The fluid valve device according to claim 8 , wherein the first coupling device is at least temporarily coupled to the drive shaft and/or the input coupling device of the freewheel and the second coupling device is permanently coupled directly to an output coupling device of the freewheel.

12. The fluid valve device according to claim 7 , wherein the first coupling device is coupled via the drive shaft to the input of the freewheel or is coupled via an input coupling device of the input of the freewheel to the drive shaft.

13. The fluid valve device according to claim 3 , wherein the first coupling device is coupled via the drive shaft to the input of the freewheel or is coupled via an input coupling device of the input of the freewheel to the drive shaft.

14. The fluid valve device according to claim 3 , wherein the first coupling device is at least temporarily coupled to the drive shaft and/or the input coupling device of the freewheel and the second coupling device is permanently coupled directly to an output coupling device of the freewheel.

15. The fluid valve device according to claim 4 , wherein the first coupling device is at least temporarily coupled to the drive shaft and/or the input coupling device of the freewheel and the second coupling device is permanently coupled directly to an output coupling device of the freewheel.

16. The fluid valve device according to claim 2 , wherein the first coupling device is coupled to an input of the freewheel coupled to the drive shaft and the second coupling device is coupled to an output of the freewheel.

17. A method for operating a fluid valve device, wherein the fluid valve device has a first rotary slide valve, a second rotary slide valve, and a servomotor, wherein each of the rotary slide valves has a rotary slide arranged in a rotary slide housing and drivable via a drive shaft by the servomotor, wherein the first rotary slide valve is rigidly coupled and the second rotary slide valve is coupled via a freewheel to the drive shaft, and wherein the first rotary slide valve is set to a first setpoint value and the second rotary slide valve is set to a second setpoint value by the servomotor, wherein the freewheel engages the second rotary slide valve when the drive shaft rotates in a first direction and decouples the second rotary slide valve when the drive shaft rotates in a second direction, and wherein the freewheel is coupled to the drive shaft only indirectly via the first rotary slide valve.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein first the second rotary slide valve is set by rotating the drive shaft against a freewheeling direction of the freewheel and then the first rotary slide valve is set by rotating the drive shaft in the freewheeling direction.

19. The method according to claim 17 , wherein to set the second rotary slide valve to the second setpoint value, the servomotor is operated to alternately set the first rotary slide valve in opposite directions to values deviating from the first setpoint value until the second setpoint value for the second rotary slide valve is present.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2021
From: HOFFMANN, THOMAS
To: AUDI AG
Reel/Frame 055335/0680 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 219 098.4 · Nov 8, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210310568A1 · Oct 7, 2021