Tank device for storing a gaseous medium, comprising a valve device
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorUdo Schaich
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AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorUdo Schaich
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A tank device for storing a gaseous medium includes a valve device and a tank. The valve device includes a valve housing with a pilot valve element. The pilot valve element interacts with a first seal seat and thus forms a pilot valve, wherein the pilot valve element can be moved by a solenoid coil. Furthermore, the valve housing includes a main valve element which interacts with a second seal seat and thus forms a main valve. The pilot valve element additionally has a transverse bore perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the tank device, said transverse bore opening into a transverse bore of the main valve element arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the tank device. A driver element is at least partly arranged in the transverse bore of the pilot valve element and in the transverse bore of the main valve element.
A tank device (1) for storing a gaseous medium comprising a valve device (100) and a tank (200), wherein the valve device (100) comprises a valve housing (102), in which valve housing (102) a pilot valve element (24), which can be moved along a longitudinal axis (48) of the tank device (100), is arranged, which pilot valve element (24) interacts with a first seal seat (18) for opening and closing a first through-opening (20) and thus forms a pilot valve (240), wherein the valve device (100) comprises a solenoid coil (32) operable to move the pilot valve element (24) along the longitudinal axis (48), wherein a main valve element (12) is arranged in the valve housing (102), which main valve element (12) interacts with a second seal seat (6) for opening and closing a second through-opening (8) and thus forms a main valve (120), wherein the second seal seat (6) is configured as a conical protrusion (36) on the valve housing (102), wherein the pilot valve element (24) has a transverse bore (241) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (48) of the tank device (1), said transverse bore (241) of the pilot valve element (24) opening into a transverse bore (121) of the main valve element (12) arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis (48) of the tank device (1), wherein a driver element (66) is at least partly arranged in the transverse bore (241) of the pilot valve element (24) and in the transverse bore (121) of the main valve element, wherein the main valve element (12) is subjected to a force in a direction of a tank interior (201) by a spring (22), as a result of which the main valve element (12) is subjected to a force in a direction of the first seal seat (18) and counter to a direction of the second seal seat (6).
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