Valve for controlling a fluid
AssigneeMsg Mechatronic Systems GmbH
InventorsEwald Lampl, Hans-Jörg Gasser
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Abstract
A valve, comprising a housing with an inlet and an outlet, a closure, which is displaceable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, a flow path from the inlet to the outlet is formed or interrupted, and wherein the flow path is interrupted or formed in the second position, and an actuation unit having a coil and an armature. The armature displaces the closure between the two positions subject to a current applied to the coil, wherein the armature has a cone, wherein a force on the armature is modifiable via an ascent of the cone.
Claims10
A valve for controlling a fluid, the valve comprising
- a housing with a cavity having at least one flow opening, wherein at least one inlet and at least one outlet are connected to the cavity,
- at least one closure displaceable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, a flow path from the at least one inlet via the at least one flow opening through the cavity to the at least one outlet is formed, and wherein in the second position, the at least one closure closes the at least one flow opening so that the flow path is interrupted, and
- an actuation unit having a coil, a core housing, a core at least partially surrounded by the coil, and an armature, wherein the armature is coupled to the at least one closure and arranged on the face of the core in the cavity, wherein fluid flowing through the cavity flows around the armature and wherein the armature displaces the at least one closure between the first position and the second position subject to a current applied to the coil,
- wherein the coil is arranged outside of the cavity and is connected to the housing statically sealed against the cavity, and the armature is disc-shaped, wherein the armature has a circular elevation at a side facing the core, wherein a jacket interior surface of the elevation and/or a jacket exterior surface of the armature is cone-shaped, wherein via a current applied to the coil a force applied to the armature is modifiable, with which the armature displaces the at least one closure from the second position to the first position and/or from the first position to the second position, wherein a force progression of the force is influenceable via an ascent of the cones depending on a distance between the armature and the core,
- wherein the at least one closure is formed by at least one plug, wherein the armature displaces the at least one closure between the first position and the second position in the direction of or against the flow path subject to the current applied to the coil,
- wherein the valve further includes two plugs and associated flow openings, the plugs being fixed with regard to each other at a distance by a shaft that is displaceably arranged within the housing and at one of its ends firmly attached to the armature, wherein a first of the two plugs is arranged in front of a first one of the flow openings in the direction of the flow path, and a second one of the two plugs is arranged after a second one of the two flow openings in the direction of the flow path.
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