US 12,305,770 B2
Coil assembly for an actively controlled damping valve assembly of a vehicle
Stefan Deferme, Sint-Truiden (BE); Oskar Rombo, Jönköping (SE); and Simon Tingåker, Jönköping (SE)
Assigned to DRIV Automotive Inc., Northville, MI (US)
Appl. No. 18/290,161
Filed by DRIV AUTOMOTIVE INC., Northville, MI (US)
PCT Filed May 19, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/063610
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/243451, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21175185 (EP), filed on May 21, 2021; and application No. 2151438-5 (SE), filed on Nov. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353020 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. F16K 31/06 (2006.01); F16F 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 31/0675 (2013.01) [F16F 9/3271 (2013.01); F16F 2226/04 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0041 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coil assembly for an actively controlled damping valve assembly of a vehicle, comprising:
a mating surface for mating with an inner surface of a cavity of a valve housing of the damping valve assembly, and
a fixation member configured for axially and rotationally locking the coil assembly with said valve housing,
wherein the fixation member is adapted with an outer surface of substantially circular geometry comprising two or more protuberances circumferentially spaced apart and defining press-fit interference points with the inner surface of the cavity such that the coil assembly is axially and rotationally lockable to the valve housing irrespective whether the coil assembly is inserted into the valve housing in a first axial rotational orientation or an at least second axial rotational orientation relative the valve housing different from the first axial rotational orientation.