JP2013053723A - Valve with pilot function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a valve with a pilot function which includes a main valve element having a pilot port and a sub valve element that opens and closes the pilot port by relative movement with respect to the main valve element in a predetermined range, and in which upon assembling the sub valve element and the main valve element relative to each other so as to regulate a relative moving distance of the valves elements, the assembling work is facilitated and which can be made compact.SOLUTION: A recessed part 90 is formed in one of the main valve element 78 and the sub valve element 79, and an insertion part 91 is formed in the other valve element. A ring 98 that can elastically deform so as to expand or contract is attached to an annular groove 97 formed on one of the inner circumference of the recessed part 90 and the outer circumference of the insertion part 91. An engaging projection 99, which climbs over the ring 98 when the insertion part 91 is inserted and assembled into the recessed part 90, is formed to protrude on the other of the inner circumference of the recessed part 90 and the outer circumference of the insertion part 91. When the sub valve element 79 moves to the side to open the pilot port 80, the engaging projection 99 engages with the ring 98 after the pilot port 80 is opened, to move the main valve element 78 toward a valve opening position.

Description

  The present invention enables a main valve body having a pilot port arranged on the central axis while enabling movement along the central axis so as to switch between flow and blocking of the fluid, and the direction in the direction along the central axis. The present invention relates to a valve with a pilot function that includes a sub-valve body that enables relative movement within a predetermined range with respect to a main valve body and opens and closes the pilot port by the relative movement.

  A concave portion is provided in the sub-valve body, and an insertion portion that is movable between a C-shaped retaining ring that is caulked and fixed to an opening end of the concave portion and a closed end of the concave portion is inserted into the concave portion. Patent Document 1 discloses a valve with a pilot function in which a seal member provided in the main valve body and capable of closing a pilot port on the central axis of the insertion portion is provided in the central portion of the closed end of the recess. It has been.

JP 11-270729 A

  However, in the one disclosed in Patent Document 1, since the C-shaped retaining ring that prevents the insertion portion from being detached from the recess is caulked and fixed to the opening end of the recess, the caulking force is excessive. In order to avoid deformation, the thickness of the retaining ring is set to be relatively large, which not only increases the size of the retaining ring, but also requires a caulking process, which means that assembly work is easy. hard.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and in assembling the sub-valve body and the main valve body to each other so as to regulate the relative movement amount thereof, the assembling work is facilitated and the size can be reduced. An object of the present invention is to provide a valve with a pilot function that is made possible.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention provides a main valve body that has a pilot port arranged on the central axis while allowing movement along the central axis so as to switch between flow and block of fluid. A valve with a pilot function that enables relative movement within a predetermined range with respect to the main valve body in a direction along the central axis, and includes a sub-valve body that opens and closes the pilot port by the relative movement. A coaxial recess is provided in one of the main valve body and the sub-valve body, and an insertion portion to be inserted into the recess is provided in the other of the main valve body and the sub-valve body, and the inner periphery of the recess and the A ring that can be elastically deformed so as to expand and contract in response to the action of an external force projects partly outward from the annular groove when no external force is applied to an annular groove provided on one of the outer circumferences of the insertion portion. When the insertion part is inserted into the recess and the main valve body and the sub-valve body are assembled to each other, an engaging projection that overcomes the ring by applying the external force to the ring is provided in the recess. And the relative position of the ring and the engagement projection in the assembled state of the main valve body and the sub-valve body is in the non-actuated state. In the state where the valve body closes the pilot port, a gap along the moving direction of the main valve body and the sub-valve body is generated between the ring and the engagement projection, but the sub-valve body is opened on the side where the pilot port is opened. The first feature is that, when the is moved, the engagement projection is engaged with the ring after the pilot port is opened to move the main valve body to the valve opening position side.

  According to the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first feature, when the insertion portion is inserted into the recess to insert the main valve body and the sub-valve body into the engagement protrusion, A second feature is that a tapered portion is formed to apply an external force in the direction accommodated in the annular groove to the ring in accordance with the advance of the portion.

  The shutoff valve 7 of the embodiment corresponds to the valve with a pilot function of the present invention, and the shutoff valve body 78 of the embodiment corresponds to the main valve body of the present invention.

  According to the first feature of the present invention, when the main valve body and the sub-valve body are assembled to each other, when the insertion portion is inserted into the concave portion, the engaging projection gets over the ring, so that the retaining ring is fixed by caulking. Compared to the conventional one, it is easy to connect the main valve body and sub-valve body while restricting relative movement within a predetermined range, and it is miniaturized by eliminating the need for a thick C-shaped retaining ring. Is possible.

  According to the second feature of the present invention, the engaging protrusion is formed with a tapered portion, and when the insertion portion is inserted into the recess, the tapered portion is accommodated in the annular groove in accordance with the advancement of the insertion portion. Since the external force in the direction is applied to the ring, it becomes easier to connect the main valve body and the sub-valve body.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the decompression device in a state where the decompression valve is opened and the shut-off valve is closed. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion indicated by an arrow 2 in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2 in a state where both the pressure reducing valve and the shutoff valve are closed. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. 2 in a state where both the pressure reducing valve and the shutoff valve are opened.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4. First, in FIG. 1, this decompression device decompresses gas fuel, for example, and supplies it to an engine (not shown). Therefore, the main body 5 is mounted in the engine room of a gas fuel vehicle, and has a pressure reducing valve 6 having a pressure reducing valve body 10 connected to a diaphragm 8 as a pressure passive member, and a main drive driven by a solenoid 9. A shutoff valve 7 as a valve with a pilot function having a shutoff valve body 78 as a valve body is provided.

  The body 5 is formed by connecting a first body member 12 and a second body member 13 disposed above the first body member 12 to each other. The first body member 12 includes an outer cylinder portion 12a extending vertically, a first inward flange portion 12b projecting radially inward from a lower portion of the outer cylinder portion 12a, and a first body member 12 coaxial with the outer cylinder portion 12a. An inner cylinder portion 12c extending upward from an intermediate portion of the first inward flange portion 12b, and a short cylinder portion 12d extending coaxially with the inner cylinder portion 12c and slightly upward from the inner periphery of the first inward flange portion 12b. The sliding support hole 14 having a circular cross section that is formed integrally with the central portion of the first inward flange portion 12b and the short cylindrical portion 12d and is coaxial with the outer cylindrical portion 12a and the inner cylindrical portion 12c. Is formed.

  Further, the second body member 13 integrally has a fitting cylinder portion 13a fitted to the end portion on the second body member 13 side of the inner cylinder portion 12c, and a part of the fitting cylinder portion 13a is included in the fitting cylinder portion 13a. The formed accommodation hole 15 is provided in the second body member 13. The second body member 13 is integrally provided with a second inward flange portion 13b projecting radially inward from the end portion of the accommodating hole 15 on the diaphragm 8 side, that is, the distal end of the fitting tube portion 13a. Moreover, the accommodation hole 15 includes a screw hole portion 15a opened to the opposite side of the diaphragm 8, and a fitting hole portion 15b having a smaller diameter than the screw hole portion 15a and disposed on the second inward flange portion 13b side. Are connected to the same axis.

  An annular first seal member 16 is interposed between the outer cylinder portion 12 a of the first body member 12 and the second body 5, and the second body member 13 fitted into the inner cylinder portion 12 c of the first body member 12. An annular second seal member 17 is interposed between the fitting cylinder 13a and the inner cylinder 12c. Thus, a decompression chamber 18 is formed between the first and second body members 12 and 13 so that the outer periphery is defined by the inner cylindrical portion 12 c of the first body member 12, and communicates with the decompression chamber 18. An outlet passage 19 is provided in the connection pipe 20 and the first body member 12 that are attached to the first body member 12 so as to protrude from the side surface of the first body member 12. An annular passage 21 having an outer periphery and an inner periphery defined by the outer cylinder portion 12 a and the inner cylinder portion 12 c of the first body member 12 is formed between the first and second body members 12, 13, and the decompression chamber 18. A heating medium such as hot water for heating the inside flows through the annular passage 21.

  Referring also to FIG. 2, the pressure reducing valve 6 is formed in a ring shape with a pressure reducing valve seat 25 that opens a valve hole 24 communicating with the pressure reducing chamber 18 in the center thereof and is formed in a ring shape. A valve seat member 26 fixedly disposed in the fitting hole 15b of the housing hole 15, a valve shaft 27 loosely passing through the inside of the second inward flange 13b and the valve hole 24, and the pressure reducing valve seat 25, and a pressure-reducing valve body 10 made of synthetic resin that can be seated on the outer periphery of the valve shaft 27.

  In the fitting hole portion 15b of the receiving hole 15, a dish-shaped holding portion 28a opened toward the second inward flange portion 13b side, and the second inner side are coaxially connected to the center portion of the holding portion 28a. A large-diameter cylindrical portion 28b extending to the opposite side of the facing flange portion 13b, a small-diameter cylindrical portion 28c formed smaller in diameter than the large-diameter cylindrical portion 28b and coaxially connected to the large-diameter cylindrical portion 28b, and the small-diameter cylindrical portion 28c 2 A housing 28 integrally having an end wall portion 28d that closes an end opposite to the inward flange portion 13b is inserted and fixed, and the valve seat member 26 is fixed to the holding portion 28a of the housing 28. Press-fitted into and fixed. Thus, an annular third seal member 29 that is coaxial with the valve hole 24 is mounted on the surface of the valve seat member 26 that faces the second inward flange 13b, and the housing 28 of the valve seat member 26 is provided. A ring-shaped fourth seal member 30 that is coaxial with the third seal member 29 is attached to the surface facing the surface.

  A valve chamber 31 for accommodating the pressure-reducing valve body 10 is formed in the housing 28, and the pressure-reducing valve seat 25 is tapered on the inner peripheral edge of the valve seat member 26 so as to face the valve chamber 31. The portion of the pressure-reducing valve body 10 seated on the pressure-reducing valve seat 25 is also tapered.

  The pressure-reducing valve body 10 is slidably supported by a large-diameter cylindrical portion 28b and a small-diameter cylindrical portion 28c of the housing 28. Between the large-diameter cylindrical portion 28b and the pressure-reducing valve body 10, An annular fifth seal member 32 that slides on the outer periphery of the pressure reducing valve body 10 and guides the movement of the pressure reducing valve body 10 is interposed. A first backup ring 33 is disposed between the step between the large diameter cylindrical portion 28 b and the small diameter cylindrical portion 28 c and the fifth seal member 32, and the fifth seal member 32 is disposed between the first backup ring 33 and the first backup ring 33. A retaining ring 34 sandwiched between the two is caulked and fixed to the inner periphery of the large-diameter cylindrical portion 28b.

  By the way, the pressure reducing valve body 10 includes a valve opening position where the pressure reducing valve body 10 is separated from the pressure reducing valve seat 25 as shown in FIG. 2, and a pressure reducing valve seat as shown in FIG. 25, and can be moved between the valve closing position where the pressure reducing valve body 10 is seated. A fifth seal member 32 seals between the small-diameter cylindrical portion and the end wall portion 28d of the housing 28, the valve shaft 27, and the valve body 10 for pressure reduction. A back pressure chamber 35 is formed, and the back pressure chamber 35 communicates with the decompression chamber 18 through a communication passage 36 provided in the valve shaft 27.

  The sliding support hole 14 formed in the short cylindrical portion 12 d at the center of the first body member 12 has an annular sixth seal member 37 that elastically slides on the inner periphery of the sliding support hole 14. Are connected to the outer periphery of the connecting member 38 so as to be slidable. On the other hand, a ring-shaped connecting piece 39 is fixed to the end of the valve shaft 27 on the diaphragm 8 side, and the connecting member 38 has a bottomed insertion hole 40 into which the connecting piece 39 is inserted. Provided. In addition, a C-shaped engagement ring 43 that enables elastic expansion and contraction in the radial direction is engaged with the annular engagement grooves 41 and 42 provided on the outer periphery of the connecting piece 39 and the inner periphery of the insertion hole 40, respectively. As a result, the connecting member 38 is connected to the valve shaft 27.

  Referring to FIG. 1, the first body member 12 on the side opposite to the second body member 13 has an end wall 45a on the side opposite to the first body member 12, and is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape. A diaphragm cover 45 is fastened so as to sandwich the peripheral edge of the diaphragm 8 with the first body member 12, and the connecting member 38 is connected to the central portion of the diaphragm 8. In other words, the connecting member 38 has a shaft portion 38 a extending in the direction opposite to the opening direction of the insertion hole 40 coaxially and integrally, and this shaft portion 38 a is provided between the connecting member 38 and the central portion of the diaphragm 8. A ring-shaped first retainer 46 sandwiched between the first retainer 46 and a ring-shaped second retainer 47 sandwiching the central portion of the diaphragm 8 between the first retainer 46 and the protruding portion from the second retainer 47 The center portion of the diaphragm 8 is connected to the shaft portion 38a by caulking a part of the outer periphery of the shaft portion 38a and engaging the second retainer 47. An annular seventh seal member 48 is interposed between the connecting member 38 and the first retainer 46.

  Thus, a pressure acting chamber 49 is formed between the diaphragm 8 and the first body member 12 so that one surface of the diaphragm 8 can face, and a spring chamber between which the other surface of the diaphragm 8 faces between the diaphragm 8 and the diaphragm cover 45. 50 is formed, and the first body member 12 is provided with a communication passage 51 through which the outlet passage 19 leading to the decompression chamber 18 communicates with the pressure working chamber 49. In addition, a coiled diaphragm spring 52 accommodated in the spring chamber 50 is contracted between the diaphragm cover 45 and the diaphragm 8. The diaphragm cover 45 is connected to a negative pressure introducing pipe 53 that communicates with the spring chamber 50. The negative pressure introducing pipe 53 is connected to the engine, and the intake negative pressure of the engine is introduced into the spring chamber 50. .

  By the way, a support cylinder 54 protruding toward the spring chamber 50 is integrally provided at the center portion of the end wall 45a of the diaphragm cover 45, and adjustment that enables rotation from the outside of the diaphragm cover 45 is possible. A screw 55 is screwed into the support tube 54 so that one end of the screw 55 enters the spring chamber 50, and an annular eighth seal member 56 is interposed between the support tube 54 and the adjustment screw 55. . The spring chamber 50 accommodates a bottomed cylindrical spring receiving member 57 that covers the support tube 54 by bringing one end of the adjusting screw 55 into contact with the central portion of the closed end, and the diaphragm spring. 52 is contracted between the spring receiving member 57 and the second retainer 47 fixed to the diaphragm 8 at the center. Thus, the spring receiving member 57 can be moved back and forth by rotating the adjusting screw 55, whereby the spring load of the diaphragm spring 52 can be adjusted.

  In such a pressure reducing valve 6, when the diaphragm 8 is bent toward the spring chamber 50 against the spring force of the diaphragm spring 52 due to the pressure in the pressure acting chamber 49, that is, the pressure in the pressure reducing chamber 18, as shown in FIG. 3. When the pressure-reducing valve body 10 is seated on the pressure-reducing valve seat 25 and is closed, and when the diaphragm 8 is bent toward the pressure-action chamber 49 due to the pressure drop of the pressure-action chamber 49, as shown in FIG. When the body 10 is separated from the pressure reducing valve seat 25 and opened, and the seating and separation of the pressure reducing valve body 10 with respect to the pressure reducing valve seat 25 are repeated, the pressure reducing chamber 18 has a valve chamber. The high-pressure gas fuel from 31 is depressurized and guided.

  The solenoid 9 of the shut-off valve 7 includes a bobbin 62 having a central hole 61 and formed of a synthetic resin, a coil 63 wound around the bobbin 62, and a synthetic resin that covers the bobbin 62 and the coil 63. One end is inserted and fixed into the cover 64 made of metal and the receiving hole 15 of the second body member 13 in the body 5, and the other end is inserted into one end of the center hole 61 of the bobbin 62. A guide tube 65 made of material, a fixed core 66 that closes the other end of the guide tube 65 and is fixed coaxially to the guide tube 65, and has one end opened and the other end closed by an end wall 67a. A solenoid housing 67 made of a magnetic material, which is formed in a bottom cylindrical shape and covers the bobbin 62, the coil 63, and the covering portion 64, and is screwed into a screw hole portion 15a of the accommodation hole 15 in the second body member 13. A cylindrical portion 68a having a male screw engraved on the outer periphery and a holder 68 that closes one end opening of the solenoid housing 67 and a fixed core 66 are slidably fitted in the guide tube 65. A movable core 69 to be joined, and a return spring 70 contracted between the fixed core 66 and the movable core 69 are provided.

  The end wall portion 67a of the solenoid housing 67 is integrally provided with a cylindrical portion 67b that is fitted to the other end side of the center hole 61 of the bobbin 62, and the fixed portion that is fitted into the cylindrical portion 67b. Bolts 72 that are inserted through the center of the end wall 67a are screwed into the core 66. In addition, a coupler portion 64 a that protrudes from the solenoid housing 67 to the outside is integrally formed on the covering portion 64.

  The guide cylinder 65 has a small diameter in which one end is coaxially inserted into the screw hole 15 a of the accommodation hole 15 in the second body member 13 and the other end is fitted to one end of the center hole 61 of the bobbin 62. A large-diameter portion 65a that has a diameter larger than that of the small-diameter portion 65a and that is coaxially connected to one end of the small-diameter portion 65a so as to be fitted in the fitting hole portion 15b of the accommodation hole 15. And are fixed to the second body member 13.

  The guide cylinder 65 has a small-diameter hole 74 into which one end portion of the fixed core 66 is fitted and the movable core 69 is inserted coaxially, and a larger diameter than the small-diameter hole 74, and the large-diameter portion 65b. A large-diameter hole 75 opened at one end of the large-diameter portion is formed so as to be coaxially connected at an intermediate portion in the axial direction of the large-diameter portion 65b.

  Moreover, one end of the large-diameter portion 65b contacts the holding portion 28a of the housing 28 from the side opposite to the second inward flange 13b, and the guide tube 65 is between the second inward flange 13b. An annular ninth seal member 76 and a second back-up ring that are fixed to the second body member 13 so as to sandwich the housing 28 and elastically contact the inner periphery of the fitting hole 15b. 77 is attached to the outer periphery of the large-diameter portion 65b.

  The guide tube 65 is formed with an annular step portion 65c facing the second inward flange portion 13b at the connecting portion of the small diameter portion 65a and the large diameter portion 65b. One end of the cylindrical portion 68a of the holder 68 screwed into the 15 screw hole portions 15a contacts the step portion 65c. Therefore, the holder 68 holds the diaphragm 8 in the receiving hole 15 so as to sandwich the large diameter portion 65b of the guide cylinder 65 and the holding portion 28a of the housing 28 with the second inward flange portion 13b. Is screwed into the screw hole 15a at the opposite end.

  Thus, the bobbin 62, the coil 63, and the bolt 63 are fastened by screwing the bolt 72 to the fixed core 66 at the other end of the guide cylinder 65 fixed to the second body member 13 of the body 5. The holder 68 fixed to the second body member 13 of the body 5 comes into contact with one end opening of the solenoid housing 67 that covers the covering portion 64, and magnetic flux generated when the coil 63 is energized. The solenoid housing 67 and the holder 68 form a path.

  The shut-off valve 7 includes a shut-off valve body 78 and a sub-valve body 79 assembled to the shut-off valve body 78 to enable relative movement within a predetermined range with the shut-off valve body 78. The sub-valve element 79 is formed at the end of the movable core 69 opposite to the fixed core 66. The shut-off valve body 78 is inserted into the fitting hole portion 15b of the housing hole 15 of the second body member 13 from the opposite side to the diaphragm 8, and the shut-off valve body 78 contains the pressure reducing valve 6 therein. The pressure-reducing valve body 10 is accommodated coaxially.

  The shut-off valve body 78 includes a stepped cylindrical portion 78a that coaxially covers the large diameter cylindrical portion 28b and the small diameter cylindrical portion 28c of the housing 28, and protrudes radially outward from one end of the stepped cylindrical portion 78a. The holding portion 28a of the housing 28 has a flange portion 78b facing from the opposite side to the second inward flange portion 13b, and a pilot port 80 coaxial with the central axis of the stepped cylindrical portion 78a at the center portion. An end wall portion 78c that closes the other end portion of the stepped cylindrical portion 78a is formed integrally with a bottomed cylinder, and the outer surface of the central portion of the end wall portion 78c in the shut-off valve body 78 is formed. A projecting portion 78d forming a part of the pilot port 80 is integrally projected toward the fixed core 66 side. The stepped cylindrical portion 78 a of the shut-off valve body 78 is coaxially inserted into the small diameter hole 74 of the guide cylinder 65, and the flange portion 78 b is disposed coaxially within the large diameter hole 75 of the guide cylinder 65. Is done.

  An annular first rubber seal 81 is embedded in the flange portion 78b of the shut-off valve body 78 so as to face the surface of the holding portion 28a of the housing 28 opposite to the second inward flange portion 13b. A shut-off valve seat 82 on which the first rubber seal 81 can be seated is a separate member fixed to the second body member separately from the second body member 13 of the body 5, in this embodiment the housing 28. A shut-off valve seat 82 projecting in an annular shape so as to seat the first rubber seal 81 on the holding portion 28a of the housing 28 is formed.

  By the way, an annular recess 83 is provided on the outer periphery of the large diameter portion 65b of the guide cylinder 65 between the ninth seal member 76 and the holding portion 28a of the housing 28, and an inlet passage 84 leading to the annular recess 83 is formed in the second body. A connecting member 85 provided on the member 13 for connecting a conduit for guiding high-pressure gas fuel to the inlet passage 84 is attached to the side surface of the second body member 13.

  The large diameter portion of the guide cylinder 65 is provided with a plurality of first communication holes 86 through which the annular recess 83 communicates with the large diameter hole 75, and the large diameter cylindrical portion 28 b of the housing 28 is provided with the pressure reducing valve 6. A plurality of second communication holes 87 that communicate with the valve chamber 31 are provided. Thus, the inlet passage 84, the annular recess 83, the first communication hole 86, and the second communication hole 87 constitute a high-pressure passage 88 that guides high-pressure gas fuel to the pressure reducing valve 6 side. The shut-off valve body 78 and the shut-off valve seat 82 of the shut-off valve 7 are disposed between first and second communication holes 86... 87 in the middle of the high-pressure passage 88.

  One of the shut-off valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79, in this embodiment, the sub-valve body 79 is provided with a recess 90 coaxial with the central axis of the shut-off valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79. An insertion portion 91 inserted into 90 is provided on the other side of the shutoff valve body 78 and the subvalve body 79, in this embodiment on the shutoff valve body 78, and the stepped cylindrical portion 78a of the shutoff valve body 78 A part and the end wall portion 78 c are inserted into the recess 90 as the insertion portion 91. Thus, a pilot valve chamber 92 is formed between the sub-valve element 79 and the shutoff valve element 78, and a first communication hole 86... Communicating with the inlet passage 84 through the annular recess 83 is provided in the pilot valve chamber 92. A first passage 93 to be communicated is formed between the guide cylinder 65 and the shut-off valve body 78, and a second communication hole 87 communicating with the valve chamber 31 is formed between the housing 28 and the shut-off valve body 78. A second passage 94 communicating with the pilot port 80 is formed.

  Thus, a second rubber seal 95 is embedded in the sub-valve element 79 so as to be positioned at the central portion of the closed end of the recess 90, and the insertion of the shut-off valve element 78 is performed as shown in FIGS. When the second rubber seal 95 comes into contact with the protrusion 78d of the portion 91 to close the pilot port 80, and as shown in FIG. 4, the second rubber seal 95 is spaced apart from the protrusion 78d to open the pilot port 80. The movable core 69, that is, the sub-valve element 79 is operated so as to switch the state according to the non-energization and energization of the solenoid 9.

  One of the inner periphery of the recess 90 and the outer periphery of the insertion portion 91, in this embodiment, an annular groove 97 provided on the outer periphery of the insertion portion 91 can be elastically deformed so as to expand and contract in response to the action of external force. A ring 98 having a shape is mounted so that a part protrudes outward from the annular groove 97 when no external force is applied. In addition, in this embodiment, the insertion portion 91 is inserted into the concave portion 90 on the other of the inner periphery of the concave portion 90 and the outer periphery of the insertion portion 91, and the shut-off valve is inserted. When the body 78 and the sub-valve body 79 are assembled to each other, an engaging protrusion 99 is applied so as to protrude radially inward by applying the external force to the ring 98 and overcoming the ring 98.

  In addition, the relative positions of the ring 98 and the engagement protrusion 99 in the state where the shutoff valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79 are assembled with each other are such that the solenoid 9 is in a non-energized state and in the non-operating state. When the pilot port 80 is closed as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the ring 98 and the engagement protrusion are formed in the gap along the moving direction of the shut-off valve body 78 and the auxiliary valve body 79. 99, when the solenoid 9 is energized and the sub-valve element 79 moves to the side where the pilot port 80 is opened, the pilot port 80 is opened as shown in FIG. The engagement protrusion 99 is set to engage with the ring 98 to move the shutoff valve body 78 to the valve opening position side.

  In addition, when the insertion portion 91 is inserted into the recess 90 in order to assemble the shut-off valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79 to the engagement protrusion 99, the insertion portion 91 moves in accordance with the advancement of the insertion portion 91. A tapered portion 99a is formed to apply an external force in the direction accommodated in the annular groove 97 to the C-shaped ring 98.

  In such a shut-off valve 7, when the engine is stopped, the movable core 69 moves away from the fixed core 66 by the spring force of the return spring 70 due to the deenergization of the coil 63, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3. In addition, the first rubber seal 81 of the shut-off valve body 78 is seated on the shut-off valve seat 82 so as to shut off the first and second communication holes 86... 87 and the second rubber seal 95 of the sub-valve body 79. When the pilot port 80 is closed by contacting the projection 78d, the pilot valve chamber 92 and the second passage 94 are also shut off, and the supply of high-pressure gas fuel to the valve chamber 31 is stopped.

  On the other hand, when the coil 63 is energized at the start of engine operation, first, the movable core 69 moves toward the fixed core 66 only by separating the second rubber seal 95 of the sub-valve element 79 from the projection 78d forming the pilot port 80. Then, the second passage 94 communicating with the valve chamber 31 via the second communication holes 87... Communicates with the pilot valve chamber 92 via the pilot port 80. As a result, high-pressure gas fuel gradually flows from the inlet passage 84 to the pilot port 80 through the annular recess 83, the first communication hole 86, the first passage 93 and the pilot valve chamber 92. As a result, the difference in pressure acting on the shutoff valve body 78 from both sides is reduced. Thus, when the driving force of the solenoid 9 overcomes the force in the valve closing direction based on the differential pressure acting on the shutoff valve body 78, the engagement protrusion 99 is engaged with the ring 98 to engage the ring 98. The sub-valve element 79, that is, the movable core 69 connected to the shut-off valve element 78 is further moved to the fixed core 66 side, and as shown in FIG. 4, the first rubber seal 81 of the shut-off valve element 78 becomes the shut-off valve seat. The gas fuel flows away from the high pressure passage 88 to the valve chamber 31 side.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The second body member 13 of the body 5 is provided with a receiving hole 15 coaxial with the central axis of the pressure reducing valve body 10 provided in the pressure reducing valve 6, and the receiving hole. 15 is provided integrally with a second inward flange 13b projecting radially inward from the end portion on the diaphragm 8 side, and a shutoff valve body 78 provided in the shutoff valve 7 is coaxial with the pressure reducing valve body 10. And is inserted into the receiving hole 15 from the side opposite to the diaphragm 8, so that the pressure reducing valve 6 and the pressure reducing valve 6 are arranged in the direction along the operating axis of the pressure reducing valve body 10. While arranging the shut-off valves 7, a part of the pressure-reducing valve body 10 and a part of the shut-off valve body 78 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the operation axis of the pressure-reducing valve body 10, and the operation of the pressure-reducing valve body 10 is performed. Pressure reducing valve 6 and shut off in the direction along the axis It is possible to avoid upsizing in the direction along its operating axis when disposed in the body 5 side by side 7.

  A housing 28 that covers the pressure-reducing valve body 10 and is fixed to the second body member 13 of the body 5 is fitted in the shut-off valve body 78, and the pressure-reducing valve body 10 is slidable by the housing 28. The pressure reducing valve body 10 is guided by the housing 28, and the housing 28 is fitted in the shutoff valve body 78 so that the pressure reducing device can be moved in the direction along the operation axis of the pressure reducing valve body 10. It can be downsized.

  Further, since the back pressure chamber 35 communicating with the decompression chamber 18 is formed between the housing 28 and the decompression valve body 10, the back pressure chamber 35 for maintaining the balance of the pressure acting on the decompression valve body 10 is provided, and the decompression is performed. The pressure reducing device can be downsized in the direction along the operation axis of the valve body 10.

  Further, the shut-off valve seat 82 on which the shut-off valve body 78 is seated is formed as a separate member that is fixed to the second body member 13 separately from the second body member 13 of the body 5. The processing of the valve seat 82 is facilitated. In particular, since the shut-off valve seat 82 is formed in the housing 28, the processing of the shut-off valve seat 82 can be facilitated while avoiding an increase in the number of parts.

  A guide cylinder 65 for guiding the operation of the movable core 69 provided in the solenoid 9 is fixed to the second body member 13 of the body 5 so as to sandwich the housing 28 with the second inward flange 13b. Therefore, the housing 28 can be fixed to the body 5 while avoiding an increase in the number of parts.

  In addition, the solenoid 9 includes a holder 68 that forms a part of the magnetic path, and the holder 68 holds the guide cylinder 65 and the housing 28 between the second inward flange 13b. Since the hole 15 is screwed onto the end of the hole 15 opposite to the diaphragm 8, the guide cylinder 65 and the housing 28 can be fixed to the body 5 while avoiding an increase in the number of parts.

  Further, in this embodiment, one of the shut-off valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79 provided in the shut-off valve 7 is provided with a recess 90 coaxial with the central axis of the shut-off valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79. The insertion portion 91 to be inserted into the concave portion 90 is provided on the other side of the cutoff valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79, in this embodiment, the cutoff valve body 78, and is provided on the outer periphery of the insertion portion 91. A C-shaped ring 98 that can be elastically deformed so as to expand and contract in response to the action of an external force is attached to the annular groove 97 so that a part protrudes outward from the annular groove 97 when no external force is applied. When the insertion portion 91 is inserted into the concave portion 90 and the shut-off valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79 are assembled to each other on the inner periphery of the opening end of 90, the external force is applied to the ring 98 to apply the external force to the ring 98. The engagement protrusion 99 overriding 98 has a radius It is projected so as to protrude inward direction. In addition, the relative positions of the ring 98 and the engagement protrusion 99 in the assembled state of the shut-off valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79 are such that when the sub-valve body 79 closes the pilot port 80, Although a clearance along the moving direction of the valve body 79 is formed between the ring 98 and the engagement protrusion 99, when the sub-valve body 79 moves to the side where the pilot port 80 is opened, the pilot port 80 is opened and then engaged. The protrusion 99 is set to engage with the ring 98 to move the shutoff valve body 78 to the valve opening position side.

  Therefore, when the insertion valve 91 is inserted into the recess 90 when the shut-off valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79 are assembled to each other, the engaging protrusion 99 gets over the ring 98, so that the retaining ring is fixed by caulking. In comparison, it is easy to connect the shut-off valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79 while restricting relative movement within a predetermined range, and it is possible to reduce the size by eliminating the need for a thick C-shaped retaining ring. It becomes.

  Further, when the insertion portion 91 is inserted into the recess 90 in order to assemble the shut-off valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79 to the engagement protrusion 99, the annular projection is moved in accordance with the advancement of the insertion portion 91. Since the taper portion 99a that applies an external force in the direction accommodated in the groove 97 to the ring 98 is formed, it becomes easier to connect the shutoff valve body 78 and the sub-valve body 79.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the present invention described in the claims. Is possible.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the shut-off valve 7 driven by the solenoid 9 having the shut-off valve body 78 as the main valve body has been described. However, the present invention relates to a main valve body having a pilot port and a main valve body. The present invention can be widely implemented in connection with a valve with a pilot function including a sub-valve element that enables relative movement within a predetermined range and opens and closes a pilot port by the relative movement.

  In the above embodiment, the case has been described in which the engagement protrusion is provided on the concave side provided in the sub-valve body and the annular groove for mounting the ring is provided on the outer periphery of the insertion portion provided in the main valve body. The main valve body and the sub-valve body may be provided, and the insertion portion inserted into the recess may be provided on either the main valve body or the sub-valve body. In addition, the engagement protrusion may be provided on either the inner periphery of the recess or the outer periphery of the insertion portion, and the annular groove for mounting the ring is provided on either the inner periphery of the recess or the outer periphery of the insertion portion. What should I do?

78: shut-off valve element 79 ... sub valve element 80 ... pilot port 90 ... recess 91 ... insertion part 97 ... annular groove 98 ... ring 99. ..Engagement protrusion 99a ... taper part

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  A main valve body (78) having a pilot port (80) disposed on the central axis while allowing movement along the central axis so as to switch between flow and blocking of the fluid; and in a direction along the central axis A pilot function valve comprising a sub-valve element (79) that enables relative movement of the main valve element (78) within a predetermined range and opens and closes the pilot port (80) by the relative movement. A recess (90) coaxial with the central axis is provided on one of the main valve body (78) and the sub-valve body (79), and an insertion part (91) inserted into the recess (90) is the main valve body. (78) and the sub-valve body (79), and the annular groove (97) provided on one of the inner periphery of the recess (90) and the outer periphery of the insertion portion (91) is subjected to the action of external force. Scale up or down accordingly A ring (98) that can be elastically deformed is mounted so that a part protrudes outward from the annular groove (97) when no external force is applied, and the insertion portion (91) is inserted into the recess (90). When the main valve body (78) and the sub-valve body (79) are assembled to each other, an engaging protrusion (99) that applies the external force to the ring (98) and gets over the ring (98) is provided. The ring (98) in a state where the main valve body (78) and the sub-valve body (79) are assembled to each other, protruding from the other of the inner periphery of the recess (90) and the outer periphery of the insertion portion (91) When the sub-valve element (79) in which the engagement protrusion (99) is in an inoperative state closes the pilot port (80), the main valve element (78) and the sub-valve element (79) ) Along the moving direction of the ring (98) and When the sub-valve element (79) moves to the side where the pilot port (80) is opened, although it is generated between the engagement protrusions (99), the engagement protrusion (99) is opened after the pilot port (80) is opened. ) Is set so as to engage the ring (98) and move the main valve body (78) to the valve opening position side.   The engagement protrusion (99) is inserted when the insertion portion (91) is inserted into the recess (90) to assemble the main valve body (78) and the sub-valve body (79). The taper part (99a) which makes the said ring (98) act the external force of the direction accommodated in the said annular groove (97) according to advance of a part (91) is characterized by the above-mentioned. Valve with pilot function.

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