CN110735959B

CN110735959B - Electronic expansion valve and thermal management assembly

Info

Publication number: CN110735959B
Application number: CN201810801473.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 不公告发明人
Original assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-07-20
Filing date: 2018-07-20
Publication date: 2022-04-08
Anticipated expiration: 2038-07-20
Also published as: CN111022728B; CN110735959A; CN111022728A

Abstract

The electronic expansion valve comprises a valve body, a valve component and a control part, wherein the valve component comprises a valve seat, a valve core and a rotor component, the valve seat is provided with a valve port, the rotor component can drive the valve core to move relative to the valve seat, the valve core can adjust the opening degree of the valve port in motion relative to the valve seat, the control part comprises a cover body, a stator component and an electric control board, the stator component is electrically connected and/or signal connected with the electric control board, the electronic expansion valve further comprises a sensor, the control part is provided with a control cavity, the electric control board is arranged in the control cavity, part of the sensor is positioned in the control cavity, the sensor is fixedly connected with the valve body and is positioned, the sensor is abutted against the electric control board, the sensor is integrated in the electronic expansion valve, the pipeline arrangement can be reduced, and the electronic expansion valve is relatively integrated.

Description

Electronic expansion valve and thermal management assembly

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of fluid control, in particular to a thermal management assembly and an electronic expansion valve.

Background

The refrigeration system comprises a compressor, an evaporator, a condenser and a throttling element, wherein an expansion valve is usually adopted as the throttling element, an electronic expansion valve is usually adopted as the throttling element for improving the control precision, the electronic expansion valve is an electrically controllable device, a sensor is further arranged on an outlet pipeline of the evaporator to acquire relevant parameters of working media at the outlet of the evaporator, the sensor is connected with a control unit through a wire harness, and the control unit adjusts the opening degree of the electronic expansion valve according to a corresponding control program after acquiring the relevant parameters. Thus, the mechanical and electrical connections involved in the sensor lead to a relatively complex structure.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an electronic expansion valve, which is beneficial to simplifying the structure.

An electronic expansion valve comprises a valve body, a valve component, a control part and a sensor, wherein the valve body comprises a first mounting part and a second mounting part, the valve body is provided with a first channel and a second channel, the first mounting part is provided with a first cavity, the second mounting part is provided with a second cavity, the first cavity is communicated with the first channel, and the second cavity is communicated with the second channel; the valve component comprises a valve seat, a valve core and a rotor component, wherein a valve port is formed on the valve seat, the rotor component can drive the valve core to move relative to the valve seat, and the valve core moves relative to the valve seat and can adjust the opening degree of the valve port; at least part of the valve seat is located in the first cavity, and at least part of the sensor is located in the second cavity; the control part comprises a cover body, a stator assembly and an electric control plate, the stator assembly is electrically and/or signal-connected with the electric control plate, the sensor is electrically and/or signal-connected with the electric control plate, and the stator assembly is sleeved on the periphery of the rotor assembly; the cover body is provided with at least part of a control cavity, the electric control board is arranged in the control cavity, part of the sensor is located in the control cavity, the control cavity is communicated with the second cavity, the sensor is fixedly connected with the valve body and is positioned, and the sensor is abutted to the electric control board.

A heat management assembly comprises an electronic expansion valve and a heat exchanger, wherein the electronic expansion valve is fixedly connected with the heat exchanger and comprises a valve body, a valve component, a control part and a sensor, the valve body comprises a first installation part and a second installation part, the valve body is provided with a first channel and a second channel, the first installation part is provided with a first cavity, the second installation part is provided with a second cavity, the first cavity is communicated with the first channel, the second cavity is communicated with the second channel, an opening of the first cavity and an opening of the second cavity are positioned on the same side of the valve body, and the opening of the first cavity and the opening of the second cavity are positioned on a first side wall of the valve body; the valve component comprises a valve seat, a valve core and a rotor component, wherein the valve seat is provided with a valve port, the rotor component can drive the valve core to move relative to the valve seat so as to adjust the opening degree of the valve port, and at least part of the valve seat is positioned in the first cavity; at least a portion of the sensor is located in the second cavity; the control part comprises a cover body, a stator component and an electric control plate, the electric control plate is electrically and/or signal-connected with the stator component, the electric control plate is electrically and/or signal-connected with the sensor, at least one part of the cover body and the stator component are integrally formed by injection molding, and the stator component is sleeved on the rotor component; the cover body is provided with at least part of a control cavity, the electric control board is arranged in the control cavity, the second cavity is communicated with the control cavity, the sensor is fixedly connected with the valve body and is positioned, and the sensor is abutted against the electric control board; the valve body comprises a first inlet, a second inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet, a first channel is communicated with the first outlet and the first inlet, a second channel is communicated with the second outlet and the second inlet, the first outlet is communicated with the inlet of the heat exchanger, the second inlet is communicated with the outlet of the heat exchanger, and the inlet of the heat exchanger is communicated with the outlet of the heat exchanger through a third channel of the heat exchanger.

The heat management assembly comprises an electronic expansion valve, the electronic expansion valve comprises a valve body, a sensor and a control part, the control part comprises an electric control board, the sensor is fixedly arranged with the valve body, the sensor is electrically connected and/or in signal connection with the control board and is abutted against the control board, and the sensor is welded relative to the contact pin, so that stress is relieved; the sensor is directly abutted with the control part without a wire harness, so that the integration of a refrigeration system is facilitated; the sensor is directly fixed with the valve body, which is beneficial to simplifying the structure and leading the structure to be compact.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of one embodiment of a refrigeration system;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of one embodiment of a thermal management assembly;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a one-directional perspective structure of the electronic expansion valve according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic expansion valve according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of the electronic expansion valve of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the electronic expansion valve of FIG. 4 taken along the line C-C;

FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A of the electronic expansion valve of FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of a portion of the structure of the portion D in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the valve body of FIG. 3;

FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view of the sensor of FIG. 6;

fig. 11 is a schematic view of one of the assembly steps of the electronic expansion valve;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a second step of assembling the electronic expansion valve;

fig. 13 is a schematic view of a third assembly step of the electronic expansion valve;

fig. 14 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another embodiment of an electronic expansion valve.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENT (S) OF INVENTION

The invention is further described with reference to the following figures and detailed description:

fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of a refrigeration system, in this example, the refrigeration system includes an air conditioning system including a compressor 100, a condenser 200, a first electronic expansion valve 1, and an evaporator 300, and a battery cooling system; when the air conditioning system works, the refrigerant is compressed into a high-temperature high-pressure refrigerant through the compressor 100, the high-temperature high-pressure refrigerant is radiated through the condenser 200 to become a normal-temperature high-pressure refrigerant, and the normal-temperature high-pressure refrigerant enters the evaporator 300 through the first electronic expansion valve 1; since the pressure of the refrigerant at normal temperature and high pressure is reduced after passing through the first electronic expansion valve 1, the refrigerant is vaporized and changed into a low-temperature refrigerant, and the low-temperature refrigerant absorbs a large amount of heat through the evaporator 300 and is changed into the refrigerant and returns to the compressor 100; the battery cooling system comprises a thermal management assembly, and refrigerant in the air conditioning system exchanges heat with working medium of the battery cooling system in the thermal management assembly.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of a thermal management assembly, in this embodiment, a thermal management assembly 400 includes a heat exchanger 500 and a second electronic expansion valve 2, the heat exchanger 500 and the second electronic expansion valve 2 are integrated into a whole, a refrigerant in an air conditioning system exchanges heat with a working medium of a battery cooling system in the heat exchanger 500, in this embodiment, a structure of a first electronic expansion valve 1 is the same as a structure of the second electronic expansion valve 2, and the first electronic expansion valve 1 and the second electronic expansion valve 2 are collectively referred to as an electronic expansion valve for description. Of course, the structures of the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve may be different, or the battery cooling system does not use an electronic expansion valve, and it is within the protection scope of the present disclosure that one of the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve is the same as the electronic expansion valve of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 3 to 6, the electronic expansion valve 1 includes a control portion 10, a valve body 20, a valve member 40 and a sensor 50, the valve member 40 is fixed to the valve body 20, the sensor 50 is electrically connected to the control portion 10, the sensor 50 is fixed to the valve body 20, and the control portion 10 and the valve body 20 are fixedly disposed. In this way, the sensor 50 is integrated in the electronic expansion valve 1, the sensor 50 is limited by the valve body 20, a mechanical connecting part for limiting the sensor is not required to be separately arranged, the structure is simpler, meanwhile, pins of the sensor are connected with the control part 10, and a wire harness is not required to be separately arranged to transmit signals of the sensor to the controller. The electronic expansion valve 1 further comprises a first sealing member 60, wherein the first sealing member 60 is arranged between the control part 10 and the valve body 20 to enhance the sealing between the control part 10 and the valve body 20; the electronic expansion valve further includes a first groove 103, the first groove 103 is disposed on the control portion 10 or the valve body 20, and the first sealing element 60 is accommodated in the first groove 103 for positioning or limiting the first sealing element.

Referring to fig. 5 to 6, the valve body 20 includes a first inlet 21, a first outlet 23, and a first passage 27, wherein the first inlet 21 and the first outlet 23 can communicate through the first passage 27; the valve body 20 further includes a second inlet 22, a second outlet 24, and a second passage 28, the second inlet 22 and the second outlet 24 being communicable through the second passage 28; the first channel 27 does not communicate with the second channel 28. With reference to fig. 3 and 4, the first inlet 21 and the second outlet 24 are disposed on the same side of the valve body 20, and the second inlet 22 and the first outlet 23 are disposed on the same other side of the valve body 20, so that when the electronic expansion valve is integrated or assembled with a heat exchanger, the first outlet 23 of the electronic expansion valve is connected to the inlet of the heat exchanger 500, and the outlet of the heat exchanger is connected to the second inlet 22 of the electronic expansion valve, which is convenient for the heat exchanger and the electronic expansion valve to be correspondingly installed; the first inlet 21, the second inlet 22, the first outlet 23 and the second outlet 24 may be disposed on the same side of the valve body 20, or may be disposed on different sides of the valve body 20, and may be designed according to the requirements of the electronic expansion valve in practical applications. In the technical scheme, the first outlet is positioned at the upstream of the inlet of the heat exchanger, and the second inlet is positioned at the downstream of the outlet of the heat exchanger according to the flowing direction of the working medium.

Referring to fig. 9, the valve body 20 further includes a first mounting portion 25 and a second mounting portion 26, the first mounting portion 25 has a first cavity 250, the second mounting portion 26 has a second cavity 260, the first cavity 250 can communicate with the first channel 27, the second cavity 260 communicates with the second channel 28, the valve body 20 includes a first sidewall 204, an opening of the first cavity 250 and an opening of the second cavity 260 are both formed on the first sidewall 204, or the first sidewall is formed with the first cavity 250 and the second cavity 260, or the opening of the first cavity and the opening of the second cavity are on the first sidewall, or the opening of the first cavity and the opening of the second cavity are on the same side of the valve body, so in this embodiment, the first inlet 21 and the second outlet 24 are on the same side of the valve body 20, the second inlet 22 and the first outlet 23 are on the same side of the valve body 20, the opening of the first cavity 250 and the second cavity 260 are on the same side of the valve body 20, which is different from that, thus, the interference is avoided, the miniaturization of the valve body is facilitated, and the utilization rate of the valve body is improved.

Referring to fig. 7, the valve component 40 includes a valve seat 41, a valve core 42, and a rotor assembly 43, the rotor assembly 43 can drive the valve core 42 to move the valve core 42 relative to the valve seat 41, the valve seat 41 has a valve port 44, the valve port 44 is connected to the first channel 27 located at two sides of the valve port 44, the valve core 42 changes the flow cross-sectional area of the first channel at the valve port 44 by approaching and departing from the valve port 44, and thus can form a throttle at the valve port 44.

In this embodiment, the valve component 40 further includes a connecting member 45 and a sleeve 46, the sleeve 46 covers the periphery of the rotor assembly 43, the sleeve 46 is welded and fixed with the connecting member 45, and the valve seat 41 is fixedly connected with the connecting member 45, that is, the sleeve 46 and the valve seat 41 are connected through the connecting member 45, which is beneficial to simplifying the mold, miniaturizing the mold, and facilitating the forming process of the valve seat; of course, the connecting member 45 may be formed integrally with the valve seat 41, so that the connecting arrangement between them is not required.

In this embodiment, the connecting member 45 is formed with a flange portion 411, and the flange portion 411 includes two surfaces, i.e., a lower end surface 413 of the flange portion and an upper end surface 412 of the flange portion, respectively, the upper end surface 412 of the flange portion faces the side of the sleeve 46, and the lower end surface 413 of the flange portion faces the side of the valve body 20.

At least a portion of the valve member 40 is received in the first cavity 250, and the valve member 40 is fixedly disposed with the first mounting portion 25. Specifically, referring to fig. 9, the first mounting portion 25 includes a first step surface 252 and a first side portion 253, the first side portion 253 is disposed closer to the outer side of the valve body than the first step surface 252 along the axial direction of the first mounting portion 25, the first step surface 252 is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction of the main body portion of the first mounting portion 25, the first side portion 253 is parallel to the axial direction of the main body portion of the first mounting portion 25, the main body portion of the first mounting portion 25 is a portion in which the first cavity is formed, the first side portion 253 is surface-formed with a thread, and the thread defining the surface-formed first side portion 253 is an internal thread.

Referring to fig. 7, 9, and 12, the lower end face 413 of the flange portion abuts against the first stepped surface 252, and the distance from the first stepped surface 252 to the outer surface of the valve body 20 where the opening of the first chamber is formed is set in advance, whereby the length of the valve seat 41 entering the first chamber 250 can be controlled. The electronic expansion valve 1 further includes a second compression nut 641, the second compression nut 641 has a first through hole 6411, the outer periphery of the second compression nut is formed with a thread, the thread defining the outer periphery of the second compression nut is an external thread 6412, the sleeve 46 passes through the first through hole 6411, the second compression nut 641 is disposed on the outer periphery of the connecting member 45, the lower end surface of the second compression nut abuts against the upper end surface 412 of the flange portion, the second compression nut 641 is rotated, the external thread of the second compression nut 641 acts on the internal thread of the first side portion 253, the second compression nut 641 compresses the flange portion 411 against the valve body 20, and the valve member 40 and the valve body 20 are relatively fixed, which is beneficial to ensuring that the relative position of the valve member 40 and the valve body 20 is unchanged, and the installation is convenient and simple.

The electronic expansion valve 1 further includes a second sealing member 540, and the first mounting portion 250 of the valve body 20 may further include a second step surface 251, the second step surface 251 being substantially parallel to the first step surface 252, and the second step face 251 is distant from the first side wall 204 with respect to the first step face 252, that is, the second step surface 251 is provided closer to the bottom of the first chamber 250 than the first step surface 252, the second seal 540 is provided between the second step surface 251 and the lower end surface 413 of the flange portion, the distance between first step surface 252 and second step surface 251 may be set according to the size of second seal 540 and the need for sealing, this is advantageous to avoid too much or too little pressing force acting on the second sealing member 540, which may result in poor sealing effect of the second sealing member 540, to enhance the sealing between the first mounting portion 25 and the valve member 40 and reduce the risk of leakage of the working medium, thereby improving the sealing performance of the electronic expansion valve. Or, the first stepped surface 252 is provided with a second groove, the second sealing member 540 is provided in the second groove of the first stepped surface 252, the lower end surface 413 of the flange part contacts with the second sealing member 540 to press the second sealing member 540, and the first stepped surface 252 is provided with the second groove, so that the installation of the second sealing member 540 is facilitated, the sealing between the first installation part 25 and the valve seat 41 can be enhanced, the risk of leakage of the working medium is reduced, and the sealing performance of the electronic expansion valve is improved; the depth of the second groove is less than the thickness of a second sealing element, and the second sealing element is pressed between the valve component and the valve body.

Referring to fig. 7 to 11, the control part 10 includes a cover 11, an electric control board 12 and a stator assembly 13, the electric control board 12 is electrically and/or signally connected to the stator assembly 13, the control part 10 has a control cavity 112, the cover 11 forms at least part of the control cavity 112, the control cavity 112 is communicated with a second cavity, the electric control board 12 is installed in the control cavity 112, and the electric control board 12 can output a control signal to the stator assembly 13 or transmit the control signal to the stator assembly 13; cover body 11 and stator module 13 are through moulding plastics as a whole, specifically, stator module 13 includes coil and first contact pin 119, stator module 13 is connected and/or signal connection through first contact pin 119 and automatically controlled board 12 electricity to coil, first contact pin 119 etc. form cover body 11 for the insert is moulded plastics, the one end of first contact pin 119 is encapsulated in cover body 11, the other end of first contact pin 119 exposes cover body 11, the other end of the first contact pin 119 who exposes cover body 11 is pegged graft fixedly and can be connected and/or signal connection with automatically controlled board 12. The control portion 10 further includes an interface portion 115, the electronic expansion valve is electrically connected and/or signal-connected with the outside through the interface portion 115, the interface portion 115 is fixed to the cover 11 by injection molding, the interface portion 115 includes a second pin 116, the interface portion 115 has an installation cavity 1151, the second pin 116 extends into the installation cavity, the second pin 116 is fixed to the cover 11 by injection molding, a first end of the second pin 116 extends into the control cavity 112, a second end of the second pin 116 extends into the installation cavity 1151, at least a middle portion of the second pin 116 is fixed to the cover 11 by injection molding, a first end of the second pin 116 is fixed to the electronic control board 12 by plugging or crimping, a second end of the second pin 116 extends into the installation cavity 1151, and the electronic control board 12 can be connected to a power supply and/or a control signal outside the electronic expansion valve through the second pin 116. The electric control board 12 is provided with a first jack 122 and a second jack 125, the first pin 119 is inserted into the first jack 122, the second pin 116 is inserted into the second jack 125, the first pin 119, the second pin 116 and the electric control board 12 can be connected by welding or by crimping, and the electric control board 12 is relatively fixed with the cover body 11 through the first pin 119 and the second pin 116. The stator assembly 13 and the cover 11 are integrated by injection molding and are assembled with the electric control board 12 to form a first part of the control part, wherein the stator assembly 13 is sleeved on the periphery of the rotor assembly 43.

Referring to fig. 7, 8, 11 and 14, along the axial direction of the second mounting portion 26, the opening direction of the second cavity 260 is defined as up, the opposite direction of the opening direction of the second cavity 260 is defined as down, the surface above the electronic control board 12 is the first surface 123 of the electronic control board, the surface opposite to the first surface 123 of the electronic control board is the second surface 124 of the electronic control board, or, along the axial direction of the second mounting portion 26, the second surface 124 of the electronic control board is closer to the first sidewall 204 than the first surface 123 of the electronic control board, it can be known that the electronic components of the electronic control board 12 are disposed on the first surface of the electronic control board or the second surface of the electronic control board. Along the axial direction of the second mounting part 26, at least part of the electric control board 12 is arranged between the second mounting part 26 and the cover body 11; or, the first surface 123 of the electronic control board faces the inner wall 113 of a part of the cover body, the second surface 124 of the electronic control board faces the first side wall 204 provided with the second mounting portion 26 and the sensor 50, or, the cover body 11 is not provided between the electronic control board 12 and the valve body 20, the electronic control board 12 is fixedly mounted with the first pin 119 and the second pin 116, the electronic control board 12 is placed into the control cavity 112 from one side of the cover body corresponding to the valve body 20, and the electronic control board 12 is in pressure contact with the first pin 119 and the second pin 116, which is beneficial to the mounting of the electronic control board and the assembly of the electronic expansion valve. In addition, the electronic control board 12 and the stator assembly 13 are disposed on the same side of the first sidewall 204, and the electronic expansion valve is relatively compact in structure.

In this technical scheme, sensor 50 and valve body 20 are fixed to be set up, and sensor 50's one end is fixed with second installation department 26, and some sensor 50 stretch into second chamber 260.

In the technical solution, the sensor 50 includes a body 51, a sensing head 52 and a connecting portion 53, the sensing head 52 is fixedly disposed on the body 51, the sensing head 52 is located in the second channel 28 or the second chamber 260, and the sensing head 52 can sense relevant parameters of the working medium in the second channel 28 or the second chamber 260, such as temperature and/or pressure of the working medium. The electric control board 12 and the sensor 50 are electrically and/or signal-connected through a connecting portion 53, one end of the connecting portion 53 is exposed out of the first end of the body, the second end of the induction head 52 exposed out of the body 51 is arranged, the first end of the body 51 and the second end of the body are located at different ends of the body, one end of the connecting portion 53 is packaged in the body 51 and is electrically and/or signal-connected with the induction head 52, the other end of the connecting portion 53 is exposed out of the body 51 and is electrically and/or signal-connected with the electric control board 12, and the electric control board 12 is arranged in the control cavity 112, so at least part of the connecting portion 53 is located in the control cavity 112.

Referring to fig. 8, the second surface 124 of the electronic control board is provided with a first abutting portion 121; the first abutting part 121 comprises a conductive layer formed on the second surface 124 of the electric control board, wherein the conductive layer can be a tin-plated layer, an electroless nickel plating, a gold immersion plating and the like, or a conductive metal sheet fixedly connected with the electric control board; the first abutting part 121 is electrically connected with a circuit of the electric control board, the connecting part 53 of the sensor abuts against the first abutting part 121 and can be electrically connected or/and signal connected, or the connecting part 53 is fixedly connected with the first abutting part and is electrically connected or/and signal connected; the sensor 50 that sets up like this passes through first butt portion 121 butt with automatically controlled board 12, can reduce the circuit relatively and arrange, and need not set up the spliced eye on automatically controlled board 12, is favorable to arranging electrical components and parts on the first face of automatically controlled board, is favorable to improving the utilization ratio of the first face of automatically controlled board, need not weld simultaneously, and assembly process is simpler.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the sensor includes five connecting portions 53, which is beneficial to improving the connection reliability between the connecting portions and the electronic control board, the sensor 50 further includes a conductive plate 54, the conductive plate 54 is made of a conductive material, the conductive plate 54 is packaged in the body 51, and a first end of the connecting portion 53 is fixedly connected to the conductive plate 54, including surface-to-surface contact welding, post-insertion welding, or interference insertion fixing and electrical connection and/or signal connection; the inductive head 52 is fixedly connected or plugged with the conductive plate 54 by welding, and the connecting part 53 is electrically and/or signal-connected with the inductive head 52 through the conductive plate 54, so that the connecting part and the inductive head are supported by the conductive plate. Of course, the positions of the connecting part and the conducting plate can also be limited by the body, namely, the connecting part is in contact with the conducting plate and is electrically connected and/or connected with signals, and the connecting part and the conducting plate are fixedly connected by the body; the positions of the conduction plate and the induction head are limited through the body, namely the conduction plate is electrically connected and/or in signal connection with the induction head, and the conduction plate and the induction head are fixedly connected through the body. Certainly, if the sensor only comprises one connecting part, the sensor can also be provided with no conducting plate, the connecting part is electrically and/or signal-connected with the induction head, and the connecting part is fixedly connected with the induction head or the connecting part is fixedly connected with the induction head through the body; in this way, the structure of the sensor is simpler.

In this embodiment, the connection portion 53 is an elastic element, such as a spring, a spring plate, a leaf spring, etc., in this embodiment, the connection portion 53 is a spring, after the connection portion 53 is fixed, the connection portion 53 is compressed and deformed by the electronic control board 12 and the conducting element 54, the connection portion 53 is elastically deformed, or the length of the elastic element between the electronic control board and the sensor is smaller than the length of the elastic element in a natural state, which is beneficial to more reliable contact between the connection portion 53 and the electronic control board 12. The body is formed with and holds the chamber, and the partly of connecting portion holds in holding the chamber, and the body is exposed to the other part of connecting portion, and connecting portion 53 exposes the one end of body and the conducting layer butt of automatically controlled board 12, and the relative other end of connecting portion and the conducting plate or the inductive head butt of sensor reduce the welding relatively, simplify the equipment process. The connecting portion 53 abuts against the electric control board 12, the electric control board 12 deforms, in order to eliminate the acting force of the connecting portion 53 on the electric control board 12 and enhance the stability of the electric control board 12, the cover 11 is provided with a supporting portion 101, the supporting portion 101 relatively protrudes out of the inner wall 113 of the cover and protrudes towards the electric control board 12, the supporting portion 101 is located above the electric control board 12 along the axial direction of the second mounting portion 26, the supporting portion 101 is approximately perpendicular to the first surface 123 of the electric control board, the supporting portion 101 contacts with the first surface 123 of the electric control board, the supporting portion 101 and the connecting portion 53 are respectively located on two sides of the electric control board 12, the supporting portion 101 is used for offsetting the elastic force of the connecting portion 53 acting on the electric control board 12, in this embodiment, the electric control board 12 includes five first abutting portions 121, the cover 11 includes two supporting portions 101, the first abutting portions 121 form a first area around, and the supporting portion 101 is supported near the center of the first area, to facilitate relative stabilization of the electronic control board 12.

The body 51 further comprises a limiting part 512 which is a non-rotating body, the limiting part 512 comprises a limiting surface 535, and the limiting surface 535 is distributed along the circumferential direction of the limiting part 512; correspondingly, second installation department 26 includes cooperation portion 264, and cooperation portion 264 includes the fitting surface, and the fitting surface is formed in the lateral wall of second installation department, and the sensor is assembled with the valve body back, and the fitting surface cooperates the butt with spacing face, prescribes the rotation of sensor relative valve body, guarantees the position of sensor for the valve body, and then guarantees the position of sensor for automatically controlled board. Specifically, referring to fig. 9 and 10, the main body 51 further includes a main body portion 511, the conductive plate 54 is fixed to the main body portion 511, in this embodiment, at least a portion of the limiting portion 512 protrudes out of the outer edge of the main body portion 511, the main body portion 511 is adjacent to the electronic control board 12 than the limiting portion 512 along the axial direction of the second mounting portion 26, and the electronic expansion valve further includes a first compression nut, and the first compression nut is pressed on the portion of the limiting portion 512 protruding out of the main body portion. Specifically, the limiting part 512 includes a limiting surface 535, a lower end surface 534 of the limiting part, and an upper end surface 533 of the limiting part, the limiting surface 535 is distributed along the circumferential direction of the limiting part 512, the lower end surface 534 of the limiting part is located on one side of the limiting part 512, and the upper end surface 533 of the limiting part is located on the other side of the limiting part 512 along the axis direction of the sensor. The position-limiting surface 535 includes an arc surface and a plane surface, and it can be known that when the position-limiting portion 512 is located in the second cavity 260, the sensor cannot rotate because the position-limiting portion is a non-rotating body. The structure of the limiting part can be various as long as the sensor can be prevented from rotating, such as the square, oval or other shapes of the limiting part. The second mounting portion 26 includes a third stepped surface 263, an abutment surface 262, and a second side portion 265, and in the axial direction of the second mounting portion 26, the mating surface 264 is located between the third stepped surface 263 and the abutment surface 262, the third stepped surface 263 is closer to the first side wall 204 than the abutment surface 262, and the second side portion 265 is closer to the first side wall 204 than the third stepped surface 263; the third step surface 263 and the abutting surface 262 are approximately perpendicular to the axial direction of the second mounting part 26, the matching surface 264 and the second side part 265 are approximately parallel to the axial direction of the second mounting part 26, the second side part 265 is provided with internal threads, the lower end surface 534 of the limiting part abuts against the abutting surface 262, and the length of the sensor 50 entering the second cavity 260 can be controlled; the electronic expansion valve comprises a first compression nut 541, the main body portion 511 is sleeved with the first compression nut 541, the lower end face of the first compression nut is abutted to the upper end face of the limiting portion, threads are formed on the periphery of the first compression nut, the second installation portion comprises threaded portions, the threaded portions are far away from the bottom of the second installation portion than the matching portions, and under the action of the threads on the periphery of the first compression nut 541 and the threaded portions on the second side portion 265 of the second installation portion, the first compression nut 541 compresses the limiting portion 512, so that the sensor 50 and the valve body 20 are connected.

In this embodiment, the electronic expansion valve further includes a third sealing member 520 disposed between the bottom of the second mounting portion and the sensor to form a sealing structure between the sensor and the valve body, so as to prevent the working medium in the second passage from entering the control chamber through a gap between the sensor and the valve body. The third sealing element 520 is arranged at the bottom of the second mounting part and is limited by forming a matching surface, the distance from the abutting surface to the bottom of the second mounting part is less than the thickness of the third sealing element, the lower end surface 534 of the limiting part is in contact with the third sealing element 520 to press the third sealing element 520 to the bottom of the second mounting part, and the compression amount of the third sealing element is controlled by setting the distance from the abutting surface to the bottom of the second mounting part, so that the situation that the sealing effect of the third sealing element 520 is poor due to too large or too small pressing force acting on the third sealing element 520 is avoided, the sealing between the second mounting part 26 and the sensor 50 is enhanced, the risk that a working medium leaks to a control cavity is reduced, the sealing performance of the electronic expansion valve is improved, and the risk of internal leakage is reduced; it can be known that the third sealing element may also be disposed between the limiting surface and the valve body, that is, the third groove is disposed on the limiting surface or the valve body, the third sealing element is clamped in the third groove, and the limiting surface or the valve body, which is not provided with the third groove, compresses the third sealing portion. Or, a third groove or step part is formed on the lower end surface of the limiting part of the sensor; or a third groove is formed on the abutting surface of the second mounting part, the third sealing element is clamped in the third groove, the depth of the third groove is smaller than the thickness of the third sealing element, and the third sealing element is pressed between the lower end surface of the limiting part of the sensor and the valve body.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 11, the cover 11 further includes a first ring portion 117, the first ring portion 117 is formed near the outer edge of the cover 11 of the control portion, or the first ring portion 117 surrounds the periphery of the control cavity, in an embodiment of the present invention, after the cover is assembled with the valve body, the first ring portion 117 abuts against the first sidewall 204 of the valve body; the electronic expansion valve further includes a first sealing member 60 disposed around the periphery of the control chamber, the first sealing member 60 is disposed between the first sidewall 204 and the first ring portion 117, and further, the cover 11 presses the first sealing member 60 against the valve body 20, so as to enhance the sealing between the cover 11 and the valve body 20, reduce the leakage of the working medium to the outside of the electronic expansion valve through the connection portion of the cover and the valve body, or allow the external medium to enter the inside of the electronic expansion valve through the connection portion of the cover and the valve body, and improve the external sealing of the electronic expansion valve The second projection, the third projection, first projection, second projection are located the region that the third projection surrounds, and first sealing member is located the periphery of first chamber opening and second chamber opening promptly, like this, first ring portion and valve body relatively fixed back can prevent that external working medium from entering into the control chamber. In another embodiment, please refer to fig. 14, since the damage of the electric control board is mainly caused by the external medium entering the control chamber, in this embodiment, along the axial direction of the second mounting portion 26, the first sealing element 60 is disposed around the opening of the second chamber 260, and after the first ring portion is connected with the valve body, the cover body presses the first sealing element to the valve body, so that the first ring portion and the valve body are relatively fixed, and then the sealing of the control chamber can be realized. Part of the first sealing element is arranged between the opening of the first cavity and the opening of the second cavity, and can also prevent the working medium entering the first cavity from entering the control cavity, and the first sealing element is not arranged on the periphery of the opening of the first cavity; this is advantageous in miniaturizing the first seal member. First contact pin 119 and second contact pin 116 mould plastics with cover body 11 an organic whole, when assembling automatically controlled board 12, press automatically controlled board 12 to first contact pin 119 and second contact pin 116, automatically controlled board 12 is fixed with first contact pin 119 and second contact pin 116 crimping or welded fastening, and the opening in the control chamber of cover body is towards the valve body, and the control chamber is arranged in from the opening in the control chamber of cover body to automatically controlled board, cover body 11 and stator module integrated into one piece. Certainly, the cover body 11 also comprises a first shell and a second shell, the first shell is formed separately, the second shell and the stator assembly are formed integrally, thus the opening of the control cavity is opposite to the valve body, the electric control board is arranged in the control cavity from the opening of the control cavity and is fixedly connected with the first contact pin and the second contact pin, and then the first shell and the second shell are fixedly and hermetically arranged, for example, are hermetically fixed in a laser welding mode; the second shell includes first ring portion, and the second shell is formed with first communicating hole, and first ring portion is around first communicating hole periphery, and first sealing member is around first communicating hole periphery, and the second shell compresses tightly first sealing member in the valve body.

In this embodiment, the electronic expansion valve further includes a first groove 103, and the first groove 103 may be disposed on the first ring portion 117; the first groove 103 may also be disposed in the valve body 20, that is, a wall of the first groove is a part of the first sidewall 204, or the first sidewall 204 includes a wall of the first groove, and the first groove 103 is disposed opposite to the first ring portion 117; the first sealing element 60 is disposed in the first groove 103, the depth of the first groove is smaller than the height of the first sealing element, and the first sealing element 60 is pressed when the cover body 11 and the valve body 20 are fixed, so as to achieve sealing between the valve body 20 and the cover body 11. In addition, referring to fig. 11, the electronic expansion valve may further include at least one clamping groove 105, the clamping groove and the first groove 103 are jointly disposed at the first ring portion of the valve body or the cover body, the clamping groove 105 is communicated with the first groove 103, correspondingly, the first sealing member 60 further includes at least one protrusion 601, the protrusion 601 of the first sealing member is in interference fit with the clamping groove 105, when the first groove 103 is disposed at the first ring portion 117 of the cover body 11, the first sealing member 60 may be prevented from dropping when the control portion 10 and the valve body 20 are assembled, and the installation is convenient.

Referring to fig. 11 and 13, the cover body 11 further includes two limit pins 102, the number of the limit pins is greater than or equal to two, in this embodiment, the cover body includes two limit pins 102, the limit pins 102 are fixedly connected with the first ring portion 117, the limit pins 102 protrude toward the valve body 20 relative to the first ring portion 117, the limit pins 102 are disposed near the outer edge of the first ring portion 117, or the limit pins are located outside the first groove; the valve body 20 comprises the positioning holes 202, the number of the positioning holes 202 is the same as that of the limiting pins 102, the limiting pins 102 are inserted into the positioning holes 202, and the relative positions of the control part 10 and the valve body 20 are limited, so that the control part 10 can be prevented from deviating relative to the valve body 20 in the assembling process, and the control part 10 and the valve body 20 are accurately fixedly connected and are convenient to assemble. It can be known that the limit pin can also be arranged on the valve body, and the corresponding limit hole is arranged on the cover body.

The electronic expansion valve further comprises a fastening device 70, the fastening device 70 may be a bolt or a screw, the cover 11 includes a second communication hole 104, the second communication hole 104 is disposed near the outer edge of the first ring portion 117, that is, the second communication hole 104 penetrates through the first ring portion 117, the valve body 20 includes a threaded hole 203, the fastening device 70 penetrates through the second communication hole 104 and the threaded hole 203 to fixedly connect the control portion 10 and the valve body 20, in this embodiment, the number of the second communication holes is greater than or equal to two, and the number of the threaded holes is the same as the number of the second communication holes, so as to compress the first sealing member 60, so that the control portion 10 and the valve body 20 can be integrated into a whole, and the sealing property, the waterproof and dustproof property between the valve body 20 and the control portion 10 can be ensured, the intrusion of external water or dust and the leakage of the internal working medium can be effectively prevented, and the function of integral sealing is achieved.

With reference to fig. 11 to 13, a method for manufacturing an electronic expansion valve includes a control portion, a valve body, a valve component, and a sensor, where the control portion includes a cover body, a stator component, and an electric control plate, and the cover body and the stator component are integrated by injection molding, and the method includes the following steps:

a1, assembling the control part, including

Forming a first part of the control part, and forming the first part comprising the cover body by taking the stator assembly, the first contact pin and the second contact pin as inserts for injection molding;

assembling the electric control board with the first part, wherein the electric control board is fixedly connected with the first contact pin and the second contact pin;

a2, fixedly connecting the valve member with the valve body;

a3, fixedly connecting the sensor with the valve body;

a4, assembling the control part formed in the step a1 and the assembly formed in the steps a2 and a 3.

The above sequence of steps a1, a2, a3 is adjustable, a4 follows steps a1, a2, a 3. Before the step a2, the method further comprises assembling a valve component, wherein the valve component comprises a valve seat, a valve core, a sleeve, a connecting piece and a rotor assembly, the rotor assembly and the valve core assembly are arranged on the inner side of the sleeve, the sleeve and the connecting piece are welded and fixed, and the valve seat and the connecting piece are welded and fixed.

Before step a3, the method further comprises forming a sensor, wherein the sensor comprises a connecting part, a conducting plate, a body and a sensing head, the connecting part comprises an elastic element, the elastic element is in contact with the conducting plate, the sensing head is in contact with the conducting plate, and the elastic element, the conducting plate and the sensing head are used as inserts to form the sensor comprising the body through injection molding.

Step a2 includes: and placing a second sealing piece in the first cavity, placing the valve component in the first cavity, and fixedly arranging the valve component and the valve body through a second compression nut.

Step a3 still includes and places the third sealing member in the second chamber, and is spacing with the spacing portion of sensor and the cooperation portion of valve body, places the sensor in the second intracavity of valve body, sets up sensor and valve body are fixed through first gland nut.

Step a4 further includes: and arranging the first sealing element in the first groove, inserting the limiting pin into the positioning hole of the valve body, and fixedly connecting the control part with the valve body through the fastening device.

Step a4 includes: the sensor is electrically connected and/or signal connected with the electric control board, the connecting part of the sensor is abutted against the first abutting part of the electric control board, and the electric control board compresses the elastic element of the connecting part of the sensor to deform for a set length.

The electronic expansion valve comprises a control part, a valve body, a valve component and a sensor, wherein the control part comprises a cover body, a stator component and an electric control plate, the cover body comprises a first shell and a second shell, the second shell and the stator component are integrally formed, a control cavity is formed between the first shell and the second shell, and the manufacturing method of the electronic expansion valve comprises the following steps:

a1, assembling the control part, including

Forming a first part of the control part, and forming the first part comprising a second shell by taking the stator assembly, the first contact pin and the second contact pin as insert injection molding;

the electric control plate is mounted with the first part; the electric control board is fixedly connected with the first contact pin and the second contact pin;

the first shell is fixedly connected with the second shell;

a2, fixedly connecting the valve member with the valve body;

a3, fixedly connecting the sensor with the valve body;

a4, assembling the control part formed in the step a1 with the valve body.

The electronic expansion valve manufactured in this way has a large degree of freedom in design of the assembly process, since the steps of assembly of the valve parts and assembly of the sensor are not limited.

It should be noted that: although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above-mentioned embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be modified and equivalents may be substituted for those skilled in the art, and all technical solutions and modifications that do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention should be covered by the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. An electronic expansion valve comprises a valve body, a valve component, a control part and a sensor, wherein the valve body comprises a first mounting part and a second mounting part, the valve body is provided with a first channel and a second channel, the first mounting part is provided with a first cavity, the second mounting part is provided with a second cavity, the first cavity is communicated with the first channel, and the second cavity is communicated with the second channel; the valve component comprises a valve seat, a valve core and a rotor component, wherein a valve port is formed on the valve seat, the rotor component can drive the valve core to move relative to the valve seat, and the valve core moves relative to the valve seat and can adjust the opening degree of the valve port; at least part of the valve seat is located in the first cavity, and at least part of the sensor is located in the second cavity; the control part comprises a cover body, a stator assembly and an electric control plate, the stator assembly is electrically and/or signal-connected with the electric control plate, the sensor is electrically and/or signal-connected with the electric control plate, and the stator assembly is sleeved on the periphery of the rotor assembly; the cover body is provided with at least part of a control cavity, the electric control board is arranged in the control cavity, part of the sensor is positioned in the control cavity, the control cavity is communicated with the second cavity, the sensor is fixedly connected with the valve body and positioned, and the sensor is abutted against the electric control board; the sensor comprises a connecting part, the connecting part comprises an elastic element, the sensor is abutted to the electric control board through the elastic element, and the length of the elastic element between the electric control board and the sensor is smaller than that of the elastic element in a natural state.

2. The electronic expansion valve of claim 1, wherein: the electric control plate comprises a first surface and a second surface, the first surface and the second surface are arranged in a back-to-back mode, the second surface faces the valve body, the electric control plate comprises a first abutting portion, the first abutting portion is formed on the second surface or the first abutting portion is fixedly connected with the second surface, the sensor is in contact with the first abutting portion, and the first abutting portion is electrically connected with and/or in signal connection with a circuit of the electric control plate.

3. The electronic expansion valve of claim 2, wherein: the sensor also comprises a body and an induction head, the induction head is fixedly connected with the body, the connecting part is fixedly connected with the body, the induction head is electrically and/or signal-connected with the connecting part, and the induction head is positioned in the second cavity or the second channel; the elastic element abuts against the first abutting portion.

4. The electronic expansion valve of claim 3, wherein: the sensor comprises more than two elastic elements and further comprises a conducting plate, the conducting plate is fixedly connected with the body, the elastic elements are fixedly welded with the conducting plate, and the induction head is fixedly and electrically connected with the conducting plate and/or connected with signals.

5. The electronic expansion valve of claim 2, wherein: the control part comprises a supporting part, the supporting part is formed by protruding the cover body towards the control cavity, the supporting part is abutted to the first surface, the contact position of the supporting part and the first surface is in one-to-one correspondence with the position of the second surface where the first abutting part is located, or the contact position of the supporting part and the first surface is located in an area surrounded by the first abutting part.

6. The electronic expansion valve of claim 3, wherein: the control part comprises a supporting part, the supporting part is formed by protruding the cover body towards the control cavity, the supporting part is abutted to the first surface, the contact position of the supporting part and the first surface is in one-to-one correspondence with the position of the second surface where the first abutting part is located, or the contact position of the supporting part and the first surface is located in an area surrounded by the first abutting part.

7. The electronic expansion valve of claim 6, wherein: the elastic element is a spring, the body is provided with an accommodating cavity, one part of the spring is accommodated in the accommodating cavity, the other part of the spring is exposed out of the body, the first abutting part comprises a conductive layer formed on the electric control board, and the other part of the spring exposed out of the body is abutted to the conductive layer.

8. The electronic expansion valve of claim 7, wherein: the body includes spacing portion, spacing portion is the non-rotator, spacing portion includes spacing face, spacing face is followed the circumference of spacing portion distributes, and at least partial spacing portion is protruding the outer fringe setting of body, the second installation department includes cooperation portion and butt face, cooperation portion includes the fitting surface, the fitting surface form in the lateral wall of second installation department, spacing face with the fitting surface butt, the butt face compares cooperation portion is more close to the bottom setting of second installation department, the lower terminal surface of spacing portion with butt face butt.

9. The electronic expansion valve of claim 8, wherein: the electronic expansion valve comprises a first compression nut, wherein threads are formed in the periphery of the first compression nut, the second installation part comprises a thread part, the thread part is compared with the matching part, the bottom of the second installation part is arranged, the thread part is formed in the side wall of the second installation part, the first compression nut is in threaded connection with the thread part, and the lower end face of the first compression nut is abutted to the upper end face of the limiting part.

10. An electronic expansion valve according to any of claims 1 to 9, wherein: at least one part of the cover body and the stator assembly are integrally molded through injection, the opening of the control cavity faces the valve body, the opening of the first cavity and the opening of the second cavity are located on the same side of the valve body, the opening of the first cavity and the opening of the second cavity are located on the first side wall of the valve body, the electronic expansion valve further comprises a first contact pin and a second contact pin, the first contact pin and the second contact pin are fixedly molded with the cover body through injection, the electric control board is fixedly connected with the first contact pin and the second contact pin, the control portion is fixedly connected with the valve body, at least, a first sealing element is arranged on the periphery of the second cavity, and the first sealing element is tightly pressed with the valve body through the control portion.

11. A heat management assembly comprises an electronic expansion valve and a heat exchanger, wherein the electronic expansion valve is fixedly connected with the heat exchanger and comprises a valve body, a valve component, a control part and a sensor, the valve body comprises a first installation part and a second installation part, the valve body is provided with a first channel and a second channel, the first installation part is provided with a first cavity, the second installation part is provided with a second cavity, the first cavity is communicated with the first channel, the second cavity is communicated with the second channel, an opening of the first cavity and an opening of the second cavity are positioned on the same side of the valve body, and the opening of the first cavity and the opening of the second cavity are positioned on a first side wall of the valve body; the valve component comprises a valve seat, a valve core and a rotor component, wherein the valve seat is provided with a valve port, the rotor component can drive the valve core to move relative to the valve seat so as to adjust the opening degree of the valve port, and at least part of the valve seat is positioned in the first cavity; at least a portion of the sensor is located in the second cavity; the control part comprises a cover body, a stator component and an electric control plate, the electric control plate is electrically and/or signal-connected with the stator component, the electric control plate is electrically and/or signal-connected with the sensor, at least one part of the cover body and the stator component are integrally formed by injection molding, and the stator component is sleeved on the rotor component; the cover body is provided with at least part of a control cavity, the electric control board is arranged in the control cavity, the second cavity is communicated with the control cavity, the sensor is fixedly connected with the valve body and is positioned, and the sensor is abutted against the electric control board;

the valve body comprises a first inlet, a second inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet, a first channel is communicated with the first outlet and the first inlet, a second channel is communicated with the second outlet and the second inlet, the first outlet is communicated with the inlet of the heat exchanger, the second inlet is communicated with the outlet of the heat exchanger, and the inlet of the heat exchanger is communicated with the outlet of the heat exchanger through a third channel of the heat exchanger.