Electronic expansion valve
View Patent ↗An electronic expansion valve, including: a valve seat, wherein the valve seat is provided with a first mounting channel extending in an axial direction, and a valve port is provided in the first mounting channel; a valve needle, which is movably mounted in the first mounting channel to block or avoid of the valve port, wherein a mounting gap is provided between a wall surface of the first mounting channel and an outer wall of the valve needle; and a first sealing piece, which is mounted on the valve needle, wherein the first sealing piece is located in the mounting gap, so as to seal the mounting gap by means of the first sealing piece. The electronic expansion valve can solve the technical problems in the related art of poor sealing performance of an electronic expansion valve and a valve needle being prone to moving.
1 . An electronic expansion valve, comprising:
a valve seat, wherein the valve seat is provided with a first mounting channel extending in an axial direction, and a valve port is provided in the first mounting channel;
a valve needle, which is movably disposed in the first mounting channel to adjust an opening degree of the valve port, wherein a mounting gap is provided between a wall surface of the first mounting channel and an outer wall of the valve needle; and
a first sealing piece, which is disposed on the valve needle, wherein the first sealing piece is disposed in the mounting gap, so as to seal the mounting gap by means of the first sealing piece;
wherein the first sealing piece and the first mounting channel are of interference fit structures, an interference amount of the first sealing piece is l, and l>0.3 mm;
wherein one end of the first mounting channel forms a first mounting port, an other end of the first mounting channel forms a second mounting port, the first mounting port is disposed above the second mounting port, a cross-sectional area of the second mounting port is greater than a cross-sectional area of the first mounting port, a cross-sectional area of the valve needle is greater than the cross-sectional area of the first mounting port, and the cross-sectional area of the valve needle is less than the cross-sectional area of the second mounting port, so that the valve needle is disposed into the first mounting channel through the second mounting port.
2 . The electronic expansion valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first sealing piece is a sealing ring, and the sealing ring is sleeved on the valve needle.
3 . The electronic expansion valve as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the outer wall of the valve needle is provided with a mounting groove, the sealing ring is disposed in the mounting groove, and an outer diameter of the sealing ring is greater than an outer diameter of the valve needle.
4 . The electronic expansion valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a distance between the wall surface of the first mounting channel and the outer wall of the valve needle is d, and 0<d≤0.08 mm.
5 . The electronic expansion valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the valve seat is further provided with a communication channel extending in a radial direction, the communication channel communicates with the first mounting channel, and the first sealing piece is disposed on a side, away from the valve port, of the first mounting channel.
6 . The electronic expansion valve as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a valve core, which is disposed in the first mounting channel, wherein the valve core is provided with the valve port, an inner wall or an end surface of the valve core forms a sealing surface, and the sealing surface is configured to cooperate with the outer wall of the valve needle to form a sealing structure.
7 . The electronic expansion valve as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the inner wall of the valve core forms the sealing surface, the valve core is provided with a first end and a second end which are disposed oppositely, the first end is provided on a side, close to the valve needle, of the second end, and a circulation area of the sealing surface is gradually reduced in an extending direction from the first end to the second end.
8 . The electronic expansion valve as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:
a valve core sleeve, wherein at least part of the valve core sleeve is disposed in the first mounting channel, the valve core sleeve is disposed at one end, away from the valve needle, of the valve core, and an end of the valve core sleeve abuts against an end of the valve core.
9 . The electronic expansion valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a balance channel is provided in the valve needle, the balance channel comprises a first section close to the valve port and a second section away from the valve port, wherein an inner diameter of the first section is greater than an inner diameter of the second section.
10 . The electronic expansion valve as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a first annular protrusion is provided at a top of the valve seat; the electronic expansion valve further comprises a mounting base body, wherein an inner wall of the mounting base body is provided with a second annular protrusion, and the first annular protrusion is in limiting fit with the second annular protrusion; the electronic expansion valve further comprises a second sealing piece, wherein the second sealing piece is disposed between the valve seat and the second annular protrusion; and a bottom surface of the valve core sleeve is spaced apart from at least part of the inner wall of the mounting base body.
11 . The electronic expansion valve as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a mounting base body, wherein a second mounting channel is further provided in the mounting base body, the valve seat is disposed in the second mounting channel, the mounting base body is further provided with an annular groove communicating with the second mounting channel, and an outer wall of the mounting base body is provided with a first opening communicating with the annular groove and a second opening communicating with the second mounting channel.
12 . An electronic expansion valve, comprising:
a valve seat, wherein the valve seat is provided with a first mounting channel extending in an axial direction, and a valve port is provided in the first mounting channel;
a valve needle, which is movably disposed in the first mounting channel to adjust an opening degree of the valve port, wherein a mounting gap is provided between a wall surface of the first mounting channel and an outer wall of the valve needle; and
a first sealing piece, which is disposed on the valve needle, wherein the first sealing piece is disposed in the mounting gap, so as to seal the mounting gap by means of the first sealing piece;
wherein the first sealing piece and the first mounting channel are of interference fit structures, n interference amount of the first sealing piece is l, and l>0.3 mm;
wherein a balance channel is provided in the valve needle, the balance channel comprises a first section close to the valve port and a second section away from the valve port, wherein an inner diameter of the first section is greater than an inner diameter of the second section.