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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2024
Mahle International Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Manuel Zahlecker, Neuhausen, DE;
Jeffrey Van Delden, Wendlingen, DE;
Mahle International GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
An electromotive expansion valve for a refrigeration circuit for expanding a two-phase refrigerant is disclosed. The expansion valve includes a hydraulic flange for integrating the expansion valve into the refrigeration circuit, a housing secured to the hydraulic flange, a valve body unit for controlling a flow opening configured in the hydraulic flange, an electric motor for axially adjusting the valve body unit. The valve body unit includes a needle body and a stopper body. The hydraulic flange includes a valve opening that leads to the flow opening and is covered by the housing, The valve body unit projects axially into the valve opening. A catching pressure spring is arranged in the valve opening, being axially supported on the stopper body and directly or indirectly on the housing, and pretensions the stopper body away from the housing.