Four-way switching valve

a technology of switching valve and valve body, which is applied in the direction of valve operating means/release devices, refrigeration components, light and heating apparatus, etc., can solve the problems of insufficient sealing of the valve portion when the valve is opened, the temperature of the coolant is not high enough to obtain and the temperature of the coolant is not high enough to achieve sufficient heating temperature in winter

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-03-01
TGK
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According to this four-way switching valve, the valve element of three-way solenoid valve is divided in two separate valve elements, and valve seats associated with the respective valve elements are each formed by a single component having a guide for guiding the valve element and a valve hole concentric with the guide. This causes the seating of the valve element to be performed by the guiding of the guide, thereby preventing each valve element and the valve hole associated therewith from becoming non-concentric when the valve element is seated, and hence, no defective sealing occurs when the valve is closed.

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Recently, however, due to the improvement in combustion efficiency of the engine, the temperature of the coolant does not rise high enough to obtain sufficient heating temperature in winter.
However, the sleeve accommodating the plunger in a reciprocatingly movable fashion is brazed to the casing to ensure gastightness, and this sometimes results in non-concentricity between the ball secured to the plunger and the valve seat formed in the casing, making the sealing of the valve portion insufficient when the valve is closed.
However, when the switching operation is performed by energization of the coil, the plunger is sometimes seated on the valve seat provided on the core side, in a state attracted to the sleeve, which causes the non-concentricity, to the contrary, and an indentation can be formed on the opening edge of the valve hole by the ball, which makes the sealing of the valve portion insufficient when the valve is closed.

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FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of a four-way switching valve according to the invention, in a switching position taken when its solenoid is OFF. It should be noted that in FIG. 5, component parts and elements similar or equivalent to those of the four-way switching valve shown in FIG. 1 are designated by identical reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

The four-way switching valve according to the second embodiment is distinguished from the four-way switching valve according to the first embodiment in its further enhanced heat insulating effects. That is, a heat-insulating sleeve 34a formed of a material having a low thermal conductivity, e.g. a resin is arranged inside the passage via which the high-temperature high-pressure refrigerant is introduced from the port A, and heat-insulating sleeves 35a, 36a similarly formed of the resin are arranged inside the cylinders in which the plugs 2, 4 are arranged. Further, heat-insulating sleeves 37, 38 simil...

first embodiment

The four-way switching valve constructed above operates similarly to that when its solenoid is turned ON or Off.

FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a four-way switching valve according to a third embodiment of the invention, in a switching position taken when its solenoid is OFF. FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the four-way switching valve according to the third embodiment of the invention, in a switching position taken when its solenoid is ON. It should be noted that in FIGS. 6 and 7, component parts and elements similar or equivalent to those of the four-way switching valve shown in FIG. 1 are designated by identical reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

The four-way switching valve according to the third embodiment is distinguished from that according to the first embodiment in that the construction of the three-way solenoid valve 18 is modified. That is, the three-way solenoid valve 18 of the four-way switching valve urges the needles...

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Abstract

To provide a four-way solenoid valve having a three-way solenoid valve of which non-concentricity between a valve element and a valve hole is small, if any. A core of a three-way solenoid is integrally formed with a refrigerant passage extending axially therethrough, an annular projection forming a valve seat, and a guide for guiding reciprocating motion of a needle forming a valve element. A plug closing a cylinder of a body to define the pressure control chamber is also integrally formed with a valve seat and a guide for guiding reciprocating motion of a needle forming a valve element associated with the valve seat. This causes the needles to be seated on the valve seats associated therewith in respective states guided by the guides substantially concentric with the valve holes, which makes it possible to impart sufficient sealing properties to the valve portions when each valve is closed.

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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS, IF ANYThis application claims priority of Japanese Application No. 2002-044183 filed Feb. 21, 2002 and entitled “Four-Way Switching Valve”.(1) Field of the InventionThis invention relates to a four-way switching valve, and more particularly to a four-way switching valve which carries out switching of refrigerant lines e.g. in a heat pump-type heating and cooling system for an automotive vehicle when the system is switched between a cooling operation mode and a heating operation mode.(2) Description of the Related ArtIn a heating and cooling system for an automotive vehicle, a refrigeration cycle is employed when cooling operation is performed, and engine coolant is used as a heat source when heating operation is performed. Recently, however, due to the improvement in combustion efficiency of the engine, the temperature of the coolant does not rise high enough to obtain sufficient heating temperature in winter. For this reason, there is an in...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F16K31/42F16K31/12F25B41/04B60H1/32F16K11/22F16K11/24
CPCF16K31/423F25B41/046Y10T137/86839Y10T137/87217
Inventor HIROTA, HISATOSHITSUGAWA, TOKUMIKOYAMA, KATSUMI
Owner TGK
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