Hydraulic clearance compensation element for valve control units of internal-combustion engines
AssigneeINA Walzlager Schaeffler KG
InventorsHelmut Engelhardt, Dieter Schmidt
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Abstract
The invention concerns a hydraulic play-compensation element including a groove (11) in the housing (1) to be located in such a way that, whatever the position of the plunger (2), a length (19) of the plunger is always supported by the cylinder wall above the groove and the securing ring (12) is centered radially around the plunger by means of a recess (14) in the plunger, the recess having a ramp at least at its lower end. The invention thus avoids weakening of the material in the upper part of the plunger.
Claims10
A hydraulic clearance compensation element for valve control units of internal combustion engines comprising a piston (2) guided slidably in a housing (1), piston (2) and housing (1) defining therebetween a pressure chamber (5) which communicates through a one-way valve arranged on a lower end of the piston (2) with a reservoir (3) disposed within the piston (2), an elastic securing ring (12) being arranged in a circumferential groove (11) characterized in that the groove (11) is arranged in the housing (1) so that a piston supporting length (19) remains above the groove (11) in every position of lift of the piston (2), and a diameter of the groove (11 ) is larger than a diameter of the securing ring (12) which is radially centered by a recess (14) of the piston (2) comprising a ramp (10) at least at a lower end (FIGS. 1 and 3).
A hydraulic clearance compensation element for valve control units of internal combustion engines comprising a piston (2) guided slidably in a housing (1), piston (2) and housing (1) defining therebetween a pressure chamber (5) which communicates through a one-way valve arranged on a lower end of the piston (2) with a reservoir (3) disposed within the piston (2), an elastic securing ring (12) being arranged in a circumferential groove (11), characterized in that the groove (11) is arranged in the piston (2) so that a piston supporting length (19) remains above the groove (11) in every position of lift of the piston (2), and a diameter of the groove (11) is smaller than a diameter of the securing ring (12) which is radially centered by a recess (14) of the housing (1) comprising a ramp (10) at least at an upper end (FIGS. 2 and 4).
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