IP Library Granted Patent US 9,556,963
Granted Patent B2
US 9,556,963 · App. 14/427,138 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Overpressure valve in the form of a check valve

Inventors: Christian Hartmann (Falkendorf, DE); Petrus Hubertus Kroon (Furth, DE)
Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
F16K15/044F16K17/0406F16H2007/0806F16H2007/0814F16H2007/0859Y10T137/7927Y10T137/7931
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Patent No.
US 9,556,963
App. No.
14/427,138
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an overpressure valve ( 1 ) which is in the form of a one-way valve or a check valve and which includes a pot-shaped housing ( 2 ) with a base ( 3 ) and central opening ( 4 ) and which also has a valve seat ( 6 ) which interacts with a spring-loaded closing body ( 7 ). A guide sleeve ( 9 ) is inserted with a force fit or form fit into the housing ( 2 ) for the purpose of receiving a compression spring ( 8 ) which exerts a load on the closing body ( 7 ), which guide sleeve simultaneously ensures a construction of the overpressure valve ( 1 ) which is secured against falling apart.

Claims (10)

1. An overpressure valve in the form of a one-way valve or a check valve comprising a pot-shaped housing with a base and a central opening and a valve seat which interacts with a spring-loaded closing body, a guide sleeve inserted flush in the housing with a force fit or form fit such that a guide sleeve axial end face and a housing axial end face are aligned, the guide sleeve receives a compression spring which exerts a load on the closing body, said guide sleeve secures the overpressure valve together.

2. The overpressure valve according to claim 1 , wherein the overpressure valve is a preassembled unit adapted for insertion into a tensioning device of a traction mechanism drive.

3. The overpressure valve according to claim 1 , wherein the guide sleeve is made from a plastic, and includes, on one end side, a receptacle or stroke limiting device for the closing body and, on an opposite side, a discharge hole.

4. The overpressure valve according to claim 1 , wherein the compression spring is supported on a sleeve base of the guide sleeve, and a wall height (H) of the sleeve base of the guide sleeve determines a pretensioning force of the compression spring.

5. The overpressure valve according to claim 1 , wherein the base of the housing is dome-shaped and forms, in an area of a step, the valve seat for the closing body.

6. The overpressure valve according to claim 1 , wherein a ball is provided as the closing body, and said ball is guided in a dome-shaped stroke limiting device of the guide sleeve or in a stepped section of the base.

7. A tensioner assembly including the overpressure valve according to claim 1 , further comprising a tensioning device with a main spring, the main spring of the tensioning device surrounds the housing of the overpressure valve on an outside thereof up to a length of an interference fit assembly of the housing in the tensioning device.

8. The tensioner assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the tensioning device further comprises a hollow tensioning piston, and the overpressure valve is integrated into the hollow tensioning piston of the tensioning device.

9. The overpressure valve according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is a deep drawn part.

10. The overpressure valve according to claim 1 , wherein the guide sleeve is held within the housing by the force fit or form fit without additional securing elements.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 10, 2015
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 035171/0569 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2015
From: HARTMANN, CHRISTIAN; KROON, PETRUS HUBERTUS
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 035176/0484 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2012 216 056 · Sep 11, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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