JP6391084B2 - Pressure regulating valve device - Google Patents

Description

In the present invention, a base having a fuel passage for sending fuel discharged from a fuel pump to a fuel injection valve of an engine is provided with a holding hole having a ceiling surface, and the ceiling surface is connected to the fuel passage or a pressure regulating passage connected thereto. The valve housing has an opening, a valve housing that is press-fitted into the holding hole and opened to the low-pressure portion, a high-pressure port that communicates with the opening, and a valve seat that communicates with the high-pressure port. A valve seat member that is press-fitted, a valve body that opens and closes the high-pressure port in cooperation with the valve seat in the valve housing, and a predetermined seating direction in the seating direction of the valve body in the valve housing with the valve seat A pressure regulating valve is composed of a pressure regulating spring that is energized by a set load, and a seal member that is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the holding hole is mounted on the outer periphery of the protruding portion of the valve seat member that protrudes from the valve housing. Pressure regulating valve device Improved on.

Such a pressure regulating valve device is already known as disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.
WO2010-104058

In the conventional pressure regulating valve device, when the valve housing is press-fitted into the holding hole of the base body, the protruding portion of the valve seat member protruding from the valve housing is brought into contact with the ceiling surface of the holding hole, thereby holding the holding hole of the valve housing. Although not regulate the press-fitting depth of the, in this one, the valve seat member and the contact force between the ceiling surface, become deeper and somewhat pressed into the valve housing of the valve seat member, the pressure regulating spring set load of May become inconvenient in the direction of increasing the valve opening pressure of the valve body.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. When the valve housing is press-fitted into the holding hole of the base body, the valve seat member and the ceiling surface are prevented from coming into contact with each other. It is an object of the present invention to provide the pressure regulating valve device that regulates the press-fitting depth and prevents the set load of the pressure regulating spring from being changed.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a base having a fuel passage for sending fuel discharged from a fuel pump to a fuel injection valve of an engine, provided with a holding hole having a ceiling surface, and the fuel passage on the ceiling surface. Alternatively, an opening portion connected to the pressure adjusting passage connected thereto, a valve housing which is press-fitted into the holding hole and opened to the low pressure portion, a high pressure port communicating with the opening portion, and a valve seat connected to the high pressure port are provided. A valve seat member that is press-fitted into the valve housing; a valve body that opens and closes the high-pressure port in cooperation with the valve seat in the valve housing; and the valve body in the valve housing A pressure regulating valve is configured with a pressure regulating spring that is biased with a predetermined set load in the seating direction with respect to the seat, and the outer circumference of the protruding portion of the valve seat member protruding from the valve housing is arranged on the inner circumference of the holding hole. Seal member that is in close contact with the surface In the pressure regulating valve device formed by wear, of the valve housing, and a flange portion formed on the outer circumference of the end portion of the press-fitting direction rear side to the holding hole is formed in the base body, that the collar portion abuts A press-fitting restricting means configured to hold the ceiling surface and the valve seat member in a non-contact state with a stopper surface that restricts a press-fitting depth into the holding hole of the valve housing in the press-fitting direction. First feature. In addition, the said base | substrate respond | corresponds to the attachment base member 2 in embodiment of this invention mentioned later.

  According to the present invention, in addition to the first feature, a plurality of protruding walls that protrude from between the plurality of stopper surfaces and pass between the plurality of flanges are formed on the base body, and the protruding walls are caulked. A second feature is that a caulking portion that is engaged with the valve housing is formed.

According to the first feature of the present invention, the press-fitting restricting means for restricting the press-fitting depth into the holding hole of the valve housing between the base and the valve housing so as to hold the ceiling surface and the valve seat member in a non-contact state. Thus, the valve seat member is avoided from receiving a load from the ceiling surface when press-fitted into the holding hole of the valve housing, and the set load of the pressure regulating spring can be prevented from being misaligned. Therefore, it is possible to quickly press-fit into the holding hole of the valve housing without worrying about a deviation in the set load of the pressure adjusting spring.

In addition, the press-fitting restricting means is formed on the outer periphery of the end of the valve housing on the rear side in the press-fitting direction with respect to the holding hole, and on the base, and the hook is in contact with the holding hole of the valve housing. The press- fitting restricting means can have a simple structure because it is configured with a stopper surface that restricts the press-fitting depth into the press .

  According to the second feature of the present invention, the valve housing is formed by forming a plurality of protruding walls projecting from between the plurality of stopper surfaces and passing between the plurality of flanges on the base, and caulking the protruding walls. By forming the caulking portion that locks onto the valve housing, the coupling force to the holding hole of the valve housing can be enhanced.

The longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the fuel supply module provided with the pressure regulation valve apparatus of this invention in the attachment state to the fuel tank of a motorcycle. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of part 2 of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a view taken in the direction of arrow 4 in FIG. 2.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, in FIG. 1, a fuel supply module M for supplying fuel in the fuel tank T to the fuel injection valve I of the engine is attached to the ceiling wall 1 of the fuel tank T mounted on the motorcycle. The fuel supply module M includes an attachment base member 2, an electric pump Ep disposed directly below the attachment base member 2 with the axial direction directed up and down, and an upper pump holder formed integrally with the attachment base member 2. 3A, a lower pump holder 3B for housing and holding the electric pump Ep in cooperation with the mounting base member 2, and a fuel attached to the lower end of the electric pump Ep. And a strainer 4.

  An opening 5 for inserting the electric pump Ep is provided in the ceiling wall 1 of the fuel tank T, and a mounting ring 6 surrounding the opening 5 is fixed. A plurality of mounting bolts 7, 7... Projecting from the upper surface of the mounting ring 6 are fixed.

  The mounting base member 2 is overlaid on the upper surface of the mounting ring 6 so as to close the opening 5, and includes a plurality of mounting bolts 7, 7... And a plurality of nuts 8, 8. It is fixed to the mounting ring 6. At that time, an annular seal member 9 for sealing the opening 5 is interposed between the mounting base member 2 and the ceiling wall 1 of the fuel tank T.

  The attachment base member 2 is made of synthetic resin, and a fuel take-out pipe 12 protruding in the horizontal direction outside the fuel tank T is integrally formed on the top of the attachment base member 2. Is connected to a fuel supply conduit 33 connected to the fuel injection valve I of the engine.

  The upper pump holder 3A formed integrally with the lower surface of the mounting base member 2 has a cylindrical shape so as to protrude into the fuel tank T and fit into the outer peripheral surface of the upper half of the electric pump Ep. The lower pump holder 3B is formed into a cylindrical shape with a synthetic resin so as to accommodate and hold the lower half of the electric pump Ep. Locking claws (not shown) are formed at the opposing ends of the upper and lower pump holders 3A and 3B, and the pump holders 3A and 3B can be separated from each other by the engagement of the locking claws. The electric pump Ep is coupled and held between the upper pump holder 3A and the lower pump holder 3B.

  The electric pump Ep includes an electric motor E with the rotor 20 oriented in the vertical direction and a fuel pump P driven by the electric motor E. The electric motor E is coupled to a cylindrical stator 17 having a plurality of magnets 17a arranged in the circumferential direction on the inner circumferential surface, an upper bearing bracket 18 that is caulked to the upper end of the stator 17, and a lower end portion thereof. The lower bearing bracket 19 and the rotor 20 on which the rotor shaft 20a is supported by the upper and lower bearing brackets 18 and 19 are configured.

  The fuel pump P includes a pump case 23 that is caulked to the stator 17 together with the lower bearing bracket 19 to define a pump chamber 22 between the lower surface of the lower bearing bracket 19 and a rotor shaft that is rotatably accommodated in the pump chamber 22. The pump impeller 24 connected to the lower end of 20a is configured as a Wesco type.

  The pump case 23 is provided with a suction port 25 that opens into the pump chamber 22, and the fuel strainer 4 disposed at the bottom of the fuel tank T is connected to the suction port 25. It is attached to a support shaft 26 projecting from the lower surface of the case 23. The lower bearing bracket 19 is provided with a discharge port 27 that communicates with the pump chamber 22 and the stator 17.

  The upper bearing bracket 18 is integrally formed with a fuel discharge pipe 30 that protrudes upward and has a final discharge port 34 that communicates with the interior of the stator 17, and the fuel flows back to the final discharge port 34 inside thereof. A check valve 31 is provided to prevent this. The fuel discharge pipe 30 is fitted into a fitting hole 29 opened on the lower surface of the mounting base member 2 via a seal member 32.

  The attachment base member 2 is formed with a series of L-shaped fuel passages 28 that run inside the fuel take-out pipe 12 and the fuel discharge pipe 30, and a pressure regulation path 35 that branches from the middle of the fuel passage 28. A pressure adjusting valve R for adjusting the pressure in the fuel passage 28 to a predetermined pressure suitable for fuel injection from the fuel injection valve I is connected to the pressure adjusting path 35.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the mounting base member 2 is integrally formed with a holding cylinder 43 having a hollow portion as a holding hole 44, and the ceiling surface 44 a of the holding hole 44 is continuous with the pressure adjusting path 35. An opening 35a is provided. The pressure regulating valve R includes a synthetic resin valve housing 36 that is press-fitted into the holding hole 44, a high-pressure port 37 that communicates with the opening 35 a, and a conical valve seat 38 that communicates with the high-pressure port 37. A metal valve seat member 39 press-fitted into the valve housing 36; a valve body 41 made of a steel ball that opens and closes the high-pressure port 37 in cooperation with the valve seat 38 in the valve housing 36; An umbrella-shaped valve retainer 45 that supports the valve body 38 on the opposite side of the valve seat 38, and a pressure regulating spring 40 that biases the valve body 41 in a seating direction with the valve seat 38 with a predetermined set load via the valve retainer 45. Consists of. The lower end wall of the valve housing 36 is provided with a guide hole 58 that slidably supports the flange 45a of the valve retainer 45, and an open port 57 that opens the inside of the valve housing 36 into the low pressure portion, that is, the fuel tank T. It is done.

  The valve seat member 39 has a protrusion 39 a that protrudes upward from the valve housing 36, and a seal member 42 that is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the holding hole 44 is attached to the outer periphery of the protrusion 39 a.

Between the holding cylinder 43 and the valve housing 36, a press- fitting restricting means 52 for restricting the press- fitting depth into the holding hole 44 of the valve housing 36 is provided. The press-fitting restricting means 52 is formed on the end of the valve housing 36 on the rear side in the press-fitting direction into the holding hole 44, that is, on the outer periphery of the lower end, and a plurality (a pair in the illustrated example) of flanges 53 are arranged at equal intervals. And a stopper surface 54 that is formed at the lower end portion of the holding cylinder 43 and regulates the depth of press-fitting into the holding hole 44 of the valve housing 36 in the press-fitting direction when the flange portion 53 abuts. For example, the space between the ceiling surface 44a and the valve housing 36 is in a non-contact state where a gap g exists.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a plurality of protruding walls 55 projecting from between the plurality of stopper surfaces 54 and passing between the plurality of flange portions 53 are integrally formed at the lower end portion of the holding cylinder 43. By caulking 55, a caulking portion 56 that is engaged with the lower end surface of the valve housing 36 is formed.

  In FIG. 1 again, the fuel discharge pipe 30 is arranged on one side of the upper end surface of the upper bearing bracket 18, and a power supply terminal 47 of the electric motor E is projected on the other side. On the other hand, the mounting base member 2 is integrally formed with a power feeding coupler 48 protruding from the upper surface thereof, and the connection terminal 49 in the coupler 48 and the power feeding terminal 47 are connected via the relay conductor 50.

  The lower surface of the pressure regulating valve R is disposed so as to face the upper surface 18a of the upper bearing bracket 18 on which the power supply terminal 47 projects, that is, the upper surface of the electric pump Ep, and the fuel discharged from the open port 57 is It falls on the upper surface 18 a of the upper bearing bracket 18 around the power supply terminal 47. In order to recirculate the dropped fuel into the fuel tank T, a notch window 51 is provided on the peripheral wall of the upper pump holder 3A.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

  First, when assembling the pressure regulating valve R, the pressure regulating spring 40, the valve retainer 45, and the valve body 41 are sequentially inserted into the valve housing 36, and finally the valve seat member 39 is press-fitted into the opening of the valve housing 36. By adjusting the press-fitting amount, the set load of the pressure regulating spring 40 is set to a specified value. At that time, the valve seat member 39 forms a protruding portion 39a that protrudes a predetermined length or more from the opening of the valve housing 36, and a seal member 42 is mounted on the outer periphery of the protruding portion 39a.

  The press-fitting pressure regulating valve R is attached to the holding cylinder 43 as follows. That is, the valve housing 36 is press-fitted into the holding hole 44 of the holding cylinder 43 with the valve seat member 39 as the head, and the press-fitting depth of the flange 53 of the valve housing 36 abuts against the stopper surface 54 of the holding cylinder 43. To regulate. As a result, the valve seat member 39 and the ceiling surface 44a of the holding hole 44 are in a non-contact state in which a gap g is generated, so that the valve seat member 39 is avoided from receiving a press-fitting load from the ceiling surface 44a. Thus, it is possible to prevent the set load of the pressure adjusting spring 40 from being changed. Therefore, it is possible to quickly press-fit the valve housing 36 into the holding hole 44 without worrying about a deviation in the set load of the pressure adjusting spring 40.

  Next, between the plurality of flange portions 53, a caulking portion 56 that engages with the lower end surface of the valve housing 36 is formed by heat caulking the projecting wall 55 of the holding cylinder 43 that projects downward from the valve housing 36. The valve housing 36 is fixed. As a result, the coupling force of the valve housing 36 to the holding hole 44 can be enhanced.

  Thus, when the electric motor E is operated, the pump impeller 24 is rotationally driven by the rotor shaft 20a. Along with this, the fuel in the fuel tank T is sucked into the pump chamber 22 from the suction port 25 while being filtered by the fuel strainer 4, boosted by the pump impeller 24, and pumped into the stator 17 from the discharge port 27, and the final discharge port 34. To the fuel injection valve I through the fuel discharge pipe 30 and the fuel take-out pipe 12, that is, the fuel passage 28.

  Meanwhile, the pressure of the fuel passage 28, that is, the discharge pressure of the electric pump Ep acts on the valve body 41 of the pressure regulating valve R via the pressure adjusting passage 35. Therefore, when the discharge pressure of the electric pump Ep exceeds a predetermined value, the valve body 41 opens against the set load of the pressure adjusting spring 40, and a part of the fuel in the fuel passage 28 flows out into the valve housing 36 through the pressure adjusting passage 35, the high pressure port 37 and the valve seat 38, and When the pressure in the fuel passage 28 returns to a predetermined value as a result of being discharged from the open port 57 into the fuel tank T, the valve body 41 is closed again by the set load of the pressure regulating spring 40. Thus, the pressure in the fuel passage 28 is automatically adjusted to a predetermined value, so that the fuel injection pressure from the fuel injection valve I is properly controlled.

  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

I ... Fuel injection valve P ... Fuel pump R ... Pressure adjustment valve 28 ... Fuel passage 35 ... Pressure regulation passage 35a ... Opening 36 ... ..Valve housing 37 ... High pressure port 38 ... Valve seat 39 ... Valve seat member 39a ... Projection 40 ... Pressure regulating spring 41 ... Valve body 42 ... ··· Sealing member 44 ··· Holding hole 44a ··· Ceiling surface 52 ··· Press-fit restricting means 53 ··· flange 54 · · · stopper surface 55 · · · projection wall 56 ···・ Caulking part

Claims (2)

A holding hole (44) having a ceiling surface (44a) is provided in a base body (2) having a fuel passage (28) for sending fuel discharged from a fuel pump (P) to a fuel injection valve (I) of the engine. An opening (35a) connected to the fuel passage (28) or the pressure adjusting passage (35) connected to the fuel passage (28) is provided on the surface (44a), and the valve is press-fitted into the holding hole (44) to open the inside to the low pressure portion. It has a housing (36), a high pressure port (37) communicating with the opening (35a), and a valve seat (38) communicating with the high pressure port (37), and is press-fitted into the valve housing (36). A valve seat member (39); a valve body (41) for opening and closing the high pressure port (37) in cooperation with the valve seat (38) in the valve housing (36); and the valve housing (36) To attach the valve body (41) to the valve seat (38). A pressure regulating valve (R) is constituted by a pressure regulating spring (40) biased in a direction with a predetermined set load, and a protruding portion (39a) of the valve seat member (39) protruding from the valve housing (36) ) On the outer periphery of the pressure-regulating valve device, wherein a sealing member (42) that is in close contact with the inner peripheral surface of the holding hole (44) is attached.
A flange (53) formed on the outer periphery of the valve housing (36) on the rear end in the press-fitting direction into the holding hole (44), and the flange (53) formed on the base body (2). With the stopper surface (54) for regulating the press-fitting depth of the valve housing (36) into the holding hole (44) in the press- fitting direction, the ceiling surface (44a) and the valve seat member (39) A pressure regulating valve device comprising press-fitting restricting means (52) for holding the gap in a non-contact state. The pressure regulating valve device according to claim 1,
A plurality of protruding walls (55) protruding from between the plurality of stopper surfaces (54) and passing between the plurality of flanges (53) are formed on the base body (2), and the protruding walls (55) are caulked. The pressure regulating valve device is characterized in that a caulking portion (56) is formed to be engaged with the valve housing (36).

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