Air intake device and valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10273871-B2
Application number	US-201615203003-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2016
Priority date	Jul 7, 2015
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

An air intake device includes: an air intake port; and a valve that includes an elastically deformable seal portion disposed in Ha side end portion, and switches between flow paths of the air intake port by being turned around a turning shaft, wherein the side end portion of the valve is provided with a curved side end portion that extends from one end portion side to the other end portion side along an extension direction of the turning shaft while being curved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An air intake device comprising:
an air intake port; and
a valve that includes an elastically deformable seal portion disposed in a side end portion, and switches between flow paths of the air intake port by being turned around a turning shaft,
wherein the side end portion of the valve is provided with a curved side end portion that extends from one end portion side to the other end portion side along an extension direction of the turning shaft while being curved,
wherein the valve further includes a valve body with a body side end portion in which the seal portion is disposed,
wherein the seal portion includes 1) a fixing portion fixed to the valve body, 2) a restrict portion which protrudes from the fixing portion in a turning direction, 3) a first deformable portion that extends from the fixing portion while being separated from the valve body, 4) a second deformable portion that has a tapered shape and extends from the first deformable portion toward one side in the turning direction, and 5) a third deformable portion which extends from a side surface of the second deformable portion and forms an obtuse angle of less than 180 degrees with a first side of the side surface of the second deformable portion and an acute angle with a second side of the side surface of the second deformable portion,
wherein a length of the second deformable portion in the turning direction is shorter than total lengths of the fixing portion and the restrict portion in the turning direction.

2. The air intake device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the curved side end portion is curved outward while being separated from the turning shaft.

3. The air intake device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a ratio of the radius of curvature of the curved side end portion to a width of the valve in the direction, in which the turning shaft extends, is set to two or less.

4. The air intake device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the seal portion is disposed in a curved manner in a curved body side end portion of the valve body, which extends along the extension direction of the turning shaft while being curved, in the curved side end portion of the valve.

5. The air intake device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a length of the valve in the turning direction at the location of the first and second deformable portions is shorter than the length of the valve in the turning direction at the location of the fixing portion.

6. A valve that can be turned around a turning shaft, the valve comprising:
an elastically deformable seal portion that is disposed in a side end portion of the valve,
wherein the side end portion of the valve is provided with a curved side end portion that extends from one end portion side to the other end portion side along an extension direction of the turning shaft while being curved,
wherein the valve further includes a valve body with a body side end portion in which the seal portion is disposed,
wherein the seal portion includes 1) a fixing portion fixed to the valve body, 2) a restrict portion which protrudes from the fixing portion in a turning direction, 3) a first deformable portion that extends from the fixing portion while being separated from the valve body, 4)a second deformable portion that has a tapered shape and extends from the first deformable portion toward one side in the turning direction, and 5) a third deformable portion which extends from a side surface of the second deformable portion and forms an obtuse angle of less than 180 degrees with a first side of the side surface of the second deformable portion and an acute angle with a second side of the side surface of the second deformable portion,
wherein a length of the second deformable portion in the turning direction is shorter than total lengths of the fixing portion and the restrict portion in the turning direction.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• OIWA Toshiyuki
• Ninomiya Kyohei
• Oishi Masato

Classifications

• F02B27/0215 Primary

  Oscillating pipe charging, i.e. variable intake pipe length charging · CPC title

• F02B27/0263

  the plenum chamber and at least one of the intake ducts having a common wall, and the intake ducts wrap partially around the plenum chamber, i.e. snail-type (F02B27/0257 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02D9/1095

  Rotating on a common axis, e.g. having a common shaft · CPC title

• F02D9/1015

  Details of the edge of the flap, e.g. for lowering flow noise or improving flow sealing in closed flap position · CPC title

• F02D9/10 Primary

  having pivotally-mounted flaps · CPC title