Transmission Control Plate Integrated Valve Recess
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional transmission control devices face complexity and high costs in implementing valves or valve-orifice combinations due to the need for additional holder implementations.
Innovation Solution
A transmission control device with a planar control plate featuring a spring element and functional layers, where the spring element is mounted in a recess with holding arms, allowing fluid flow in one direction through a through-flow opening, and includes a seating and/or sealing element for enhanced stoppage function, maintaining the overall thickness of the control plate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If additional holder implementations are used for valve elements, then valve functions can be realized, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the valve holder function directly into the control plate by forming a recess and holding arms as integral parts of the plate structure. This merging eliminates the need for separate holder components, reducing device complexity while maintaining reliable valve element retention and functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The control plate serves multiple functions: it acts as a sealing element, provides fluid channels, and incorporates integrated holders for valve elements. By making the control plate multi-functional, the patent eliminates the need for additional specialized holder components, simplifying the overall device structure.
2Reliability
If additional holder implementations are used for valve elements, then valve functions can be realized, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The valve holder features (recess and holding arms) are formed as integral parts of the control plate during the same manufacturing process. This merging reduces the number of separate components that need to be manufactured and assembled, thereby lowering manufacturing costs while ensuring reliable valve element retention.
Solution Approach 2:
The control plate is designed to perform multiple functions including sealing, fluid distribution, and valve element retention. This multi-functionality reduces the total component count and assembly steps, leading to lower manufacturing costs while maintaining reliable valve functionality.
3Ease of operation
If spring element with holding arms is used, then one-way fluid flow control is achieved, but control plate thickness increases
Solution Approach 1:
The spring element with holding arms is nested within a recess formed in the control plate. This nesting arrangement allows the valve mechanism to be housed within the existing plate thickness without requiring additional external space, maintaining a compact overall structure while enabling one-way fluid flow control.
Solution Approach 2:
The holding arms extend radially outward from the spring element within the plane of the control plate, utilizing the radial dimension rather than increasing thickness. This dimensional strategy allows the valve mechanism to function effectively within the constrained thickness of the control plate while achieving reliable one-way fluid flow control.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables simple, economical, and reliable realization of one-way fluid flow and valve functions, ensuring reproducible sealing and control without increasing the control plate's thickness, while allowing for variable opening behavior and reduced flow resistance.
Implementation Method 1
A spring element (20) is mounted in the recess (13). The spring element has a spring plate (21) which is arranged within the through-flow opening (5) in the carrier layer (10), projecting perpendicularly onto the plane of the transmission control plate (4)
Implementation Method 2
The transmission control device according to the invention enables the through-flow of a fluid to be realized only in one direction, for example in that direction in which an (annular) gap opens in the spring element (20), so that the fluid can flow through this gap
Data Source
AI summary
A transmission control device has two mutually oppositely arranged counter-components, for example control boxes, and a planar transmission control plate, which is arranged between the two counter-components. The transmission control plate seals the clearance between the two counter-components or their channel portions and bores in the form of a flat seal. The plate also provides through-openings between channels or bores, respectively, in the opposing counter-components, where the fluid in the channels controls the function of a transmission. The sealing function is realized by stamped beads and/or partial coatings. Transmission control plates therefore have fluid through-flow openings so the fluid can flow through from one side of the plate to the other side of the plate. Additional functional elements can be present in the through-flow openings, for example valve elements which stop the through-flow in one direction or combined valve-orifice elements, which restrict the through-flow in one or both directions.