HYDRAULIC OIL FILTER SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION

Abstract

The invention relates to a pressure oil filter system for a hydraulic transmission, in particular for a motor vehicle transmission, comprising at least one oil pump which can be actuated as required and which has a pressure side and a suction side, a pressure line to a consumer and at least a first oil filter which is arranged at the pressure side of the oil pump in the pressure line, wherein means for damping pressure surges during intermittent operation of the oil pump are provided in the pressure line upstream of the first oil filter in the flow direction of the oil.

Claims

1-10. (canceled)

11. A pressure oil filter system for a hydraulic transmission, for a hydraulic control device or for the oil circuit of an internal combustion engine, comprising: at least one oil pump which can be actuated as required and which has a pressure side and a suction side, a pressure line to a consumer, at least a first oil filter which is arranged at the pressure side of the oil pump in the pressure line, at least a first pressure valve configured to damp pressure surges during intermittent operation of the oil pump is provided in the pressure line upstream of the first oil filter in the flow direction of the oil, a bridging line of the first oil filter provided in the pressure line, wherein the at least the first pressure valve is arranged in the flow direction of the oil upstream of the first oil filter and downstream of a branch of the bridging line, wherein at least a second pressure valve is arranged in the bridging line, wherein the first pressure valve has a slow opening characteristic and the second pressure valve has a fast opening characteristic, wherein the first pressure valve is constructed as a damped non-return valve, and wherein the second pressure valve is constructed as an undamped non-return valve.

12. The pressure oil filter system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the opening pressure of the first pressure valve is less than or equal to the opening pressure of the second pressure valve.

13. The pressure oil filter system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the damping characteristic of the first pressure valve can be adjusted.

14. The pressure oil filter system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first pressure valve is hydraulically or mechanically damped.

15. A motor vehicle transmission having a pressure oil filter system having the features of claim 11.

16. A method for pressure oil filtration of the oil volume flow of a hydraulic transmission, having an oil pump which can be actuated and which has a pressure side and a suction side, having a pressure line and at least a first oil filter which is arranged at the pressure side of the oil pump in the pressure line, wherein the oil pump is operated intermittently and wherein a damping of the pressure oil volume flow is provided when the oil pump is actuated, wherein a bridging line of the first oil filter is provided in the pressure line, in that at least a first pressure valve is arranged in the flow direction of the oil upstream of the first oil filter and downstream of a branch of the bridging line, in that at least a second pressure valve is arranged in the bridging line, in that the first pressure valve has a slow opening characteristic and the second pressure valve has a fast opening characteristic, wherein the first pressure valve is constructed as a damped non-return valve and wherein the second pressure valve is constructed as an undamped non-return valve.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] The invention is described below with reference to an embodiment illustrated in the drawings.

[0032] FIG. 1 is a graphic illustration of the number of particles in the oil volume flow, indicated over the filtered oil volume with continuous delivery of the oil volume flow and with pulsed delivery of the oil volume flow,

[0033] FIG. 2 is an illustration corresponding to FIG. 1, wherein the oil purity classes in accordance with DIN ISO are indicated over the filtered oil volume,

[0034] FIG. 3 is a hydraulic circuit diagram of a pressure oil filtration system according to the invention, and

[0035] FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of the pressure progression of the pressure oil volume flow indicated over time both for an ideally undamped pressure increase and for different damping characteristics.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0036] Reference is initially made to the illustration in FIG. 1 which illustrates the result of a simulated pulsed operation of a pressure oil filtration system with an electrically actuatable oil pump. There are indicated the number of particles in the oil volume flow with a diameter of approximately 4 μm over the filtered volume flow, that is to say, consequently over the duration of the filtration. As can be seen in the graph illustrated in FIG. 1, a constant operation of an oil pump over a constant oil volume flow is first provided as far as an overall volume of approximately 1,200 l. Then, an electrically operated oil pump is actuated, which brings about a pressure surge inside the system. The electric oil pump is arranged upstream of the first oil filter. The actuation of the electric oil pump brings about an abrupt increase of the number of particles in the oil volume flow and a subsequently slower decrease of the number of particles in the oil volume flow. Other switching operations of the intermittently operated electric oil pump are not illustrated in the graph.

[0037] FIG. 2 shows the same simulation, but wherein in place of the number of particles, relative to the recirculated oil volume, the respective DIN ISO purity class is indicated.

[0038] Reference is now made to FIG. 3, which shows a hydraulic plan of the pressure oil filter system 1 according to the invention. The pressure oil filter system 1 according to the invention comprises an oil reservoir 2 from which an oil pump 4, which is preferably constructed as an electric oil pump, draws in hydraulic fluid, for example, hydraulic oil. The oil pump 4 conveys the oil via a pressure line 9 to a consumer 8, for example, in the form of a control unit of a hydraulic transmission, for example, a motor vehicle transmission.

[0039] The oil is conveyed back into the oil reservoir 2 via a return line 10.

[0040] The oil pump 4 which is illustrated in the hydraulic plan is provided as an additional, actuatable oil pump.

[0041] If the consumer is, for example, a motor vehicle transmission or a control unit of a motor vehicle transmission, the oil circulation is additionally brought about by means of an oil pump which is driven by the internal combustion engine.

[0042] As a result of the actuation of the oil pump 4 which, for example, in the pressure line can bring about an oil conveying pressure between 4 and 6 bar, there are induced in the pressure line 9 a pressure surge and an abrupt volume increase, which acts on a first oil filter 7 which is provided in the pressure line 9. In this context, an oil filter arrangement having one or more filter media is referred to as a first oil filter.

[0043] In order to prevent the pressure surge which is brought about by the actuation of the oil pump 4 in the pressure line 9 resulting in a flushing of the first oil filter 7, there is provided according to the invention a so-called pulse protection valve circuit which comprises a first pressure valve 5 and a second pressure valve 6. The first pressure valve 5 is arranged in the flow direction of the oil upstream of the first oil filter 7 and downstream of a branch 11 of a bridging line 12 of the first oil filter 7. In the illustrated embodiment, both the first pressure valve 5 and the second pressure valve 6 are constructed as resiliently loaded non-return valves, wherein the first pressure valve 5 is constructed so as to open slowly and the second pressure valve 6 is constructed so as to open quickly or open rapidly. The first pressure valve 5 opens at an opening pressure between 0.5 and 1 bar and is constructed as a damped non-return valve, whereas the second pressure valve 6 also opens at a pressure between 0.5 and 1 bar and is substantially undamped.

[0044] In the event of a pressure surge induced by the oil pump 4 in the pressure line 9, the first pressure valve 5 opens in a delayed manner, whereas the second pressure valve 6 allows the pressure surge to pass. This pressure surge is guided via the bridging line 12 past the first oil filter 7 so that the pulse produced does not act directly on the filter medium provided in the first oil filter 7.

[0045] In the case of the illustrated embodiment, another suction filter 3 is arranged upstream of the suction side of the oil pump 4 as a second oil filter.

[0046] Reference will now be made to FIG. 4, which shows different pressure progressions in the pressure line 9 for different damping characteristics.

[0047] The pressure progression which is designated a) is an ideally undamped pressure surge which produces a rectangular graph. The pressure progressions b), c) and d) each show a different progression in accordance with the adjusted damping characteristic of the first pressure valve 5. In this instance, the flank of the pressure increase extends differently, the portion of the lines which shows a constant pressure and a subsequent pressure drop is identical for all the valve characteristics.

[0048] The opening characteristic of the first pressure valve can be influenced both by means of a hydraulic damping of the valve member and in a mechanical manner. The lines b), c) and d) illustrated in FIG. 4 each show pressure increase lines, for example, for a progressive, linear or degressive spring characteristic of the spring of the first pressure valve 5.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0049] 1 Pressure oil filter system [0050] 2 Oil reservoir [0051] 3 Second oil filter [0052] 4 Oil pump [0053] 5 First pressure valve [0054] 6 Second pressure valve [0055] 7 First oil filter [0056] 8 Consumer [0057] 9 Pressure line [0058] 10 Non-return line [0059] 11 Branch [0060] 12 Bridging line