Valve Support Plate Coaxial Alignment and Sealing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing support plates for valve bodies in internal combustion engines fail to maintain coaxial alignment of bearings, leading to potential valve blockage and inefficient fluid flow control, along with a lack of seal between the distributor and cylinder head, resulting in energy loss.
Innovation Solution
A support plate with a transverse groove and plane configuration, featuring aligned controlled and non-controlled pipe portions, a base armature with diametrically opposite bearings, and a control axis rod that maintains coaxial alignment and provides a seal between the cylinder head and distributor, ensuring consistent fluid flow and energy efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional support plate is used, then the structure is simple, but the bearings do not maintain coaxial alignment over time, leading to valve blockage and energy loss
Solution Approach 1:
The support plate is divided into a base armature and separately mounted valve bodies with control axes. The base armature contains pipe portions with recesses that receive and position the valve bodies, allowing independent alignment of bearing components while maintaining overall structural integrity.
Solution Approach 2:
The base armature is pre-formed with recesses and bearing portions positioned in correct alignment before the valve bodies are mounted. This preliminary positioning ensures that when valve bodies are installed, the bearings are automatically coaxially aligned, preventing future misalignment and valve blockage.
2Manufacturing precision
If valve bodies are mounted in conventional support plates, then assembly is simple, but the control axis and bearings fail to maintain coaxial alignment, causing valve blockage
Solution Approach 1:
The base armature serves as an intermediary component between the support plate structure and the valve bodies. It provides recesses that act as positioning intermediaries, ensuring precise coaxial alignment of bearings and control axes during assembly without requiring complex alignment procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a vertical dimension to the assembly process by using recesses in the base armature that receive valve bodies from above. This allows precision alignment to be achieved through vertical positioning rather than complex horizontal alignment, simplifying the manufacturing process while maintaining high precision.
3Loss of energy
If known support plates are used, then the device is simple, but there is no seal between the distributor and cylinder head, resulting in energy loss
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing function is merged with the structural support function. The base armature is designed with surfaces that simultaneously provide structural support and create sealing contact between the distributor and cylinder head, eliminating the need for separate sealing components while preventing energy loss through leakage.
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AI summary
A method for producing a support plate (1) for valve bodies includes: i) providing a base armature (22) including an even number of portions of pipes (4, 4′); ii) arranging a valve body (5) on portions (19) of the base armature (22) forming temporary reception zones for a valve body (5); iii) mounting the control axis through bearings (7 and 9) and the transverse groove of each valve body (5); iv) molding onto the control axis a bearing support for each valve body (5) and a mounting insert in the corresponding guide bearing (7); v) mounting each valve body (5) on the corresponding bearing support by sliding on the control axis, and vi) inserting mounting inserts in the corresponding guide bearings (7).