Fluid transportation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10359036-B2
Application number	US-201815982130-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2018
Priority date	May 31, 2017
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

A fluid transportation device includes a valve cover, a valve body, a valve membrane and a valve chamber seat. The valve cover has two openings. The valve body includes an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The valve membrane is arranged between the valve body and the valve chamber seat, having two valve plates respectively close an inlet valve channel and an outlet valve channel of the valve chamber seat. The valve chamber seat forms a pressure chamber which is sealed and covered by an actuator. The valve cover is sleeved on the valve body and tightly fitted to the inner wall of an outer sleeve to assemble the device, in which a first gasket is disposed between the valve body and the valve membrane, and a second gasket is disposed between the valve membrane and the valve chamber, by which sealing effect is improved and backflow is prevented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid transportation device, comprising:
a valve cover comprising a first opening and a second opening, wherein a bottom edge of the valve cover has a chamfer;
a valve body comprising an inlet passage, an outlet passage, a first surface and a second surface, wherein a first protrusion platform is protruding from the second surface so that a first coupling plane is concavely formed on the second surface, the inlet passage and the outlet passage run through the first surface and the second surface, an inlet opening is formed on the second surface and in communication with the inlet passage, and an outlet opening is formed on the second surface and in communication with the outlet passage;
a valve membrane comprising two valve plates with the same thickness, plural extension parts disposed around each of the valve plates for elastically supporting the valve plates, and a hollow part formed between each two adjacent extension parts;
a first gasket attached on the first coupling plane to be arranged between the valve body and the valve membrane, the first gasket having a first perforation corresponding to the inlet opening;
a valve chamber seat comprising a third surface, a fourth surface, an inlet valve channel and an outlet valve channel, wherein a second protrusion platform is protruding from the third surface so that a second coupling plane is concavely formed on the third surface, the inlet valve channel and the outlet valve channel run through the third surface and the fourth surface, the two valve plates of the valve membrane are respectively supported by the inlet valve channel and the outlet valve channel to form two valve structures thereon, a pressure chamber is concavely formed on the fourth surface, and the pressure chamber is in communication with the inlet valve channel and the outlet valve channel;
a second gasket attached on the second coupling plane to be arranged between the valve membrane and the valve chamber seat, the second gasket having a second perforation corresponding to the outlet opening of the valve body;
an actuator covering and sealing the pressure chamber of the valve chamber seat; and
an outer sleeve comprising an inner wall, an accommodation space surrounded by the inner wall, and an annular protrusion structure formed on the bottom of the inner wall,
wherein the valve body, the first gasket, the valve membrane, the second gasket, the valve chamber seat and the actuator are sequentially stacked and corresponding to each other and accommodated within the accommodation space of the outer sleeve and supported by the annular protrusion structure of the outer sleeve, wherein the inlet passage and the outlet passage of the valve body are respectively penetrating through the first opening and the second opening of the valve cover, and the valve cover is introduced into the accommodation space of the outer sleeve by the chamfer thereof to be tightly fitted with the inner wall of the outer sleeve and to be assembled with the valve body, the first gasket, the valve membrane, the second gasket, the valve chamber seat and the actuator which are sequentially stacked so that the valve cover, the valve body, the first gasket, the valve membrane, the second gasket, the valve chamber seat and the actuator are positioned.

2. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein the first gasket and the second gasket have the same shape, and a shape of the valve membrane is a combination of the shapes of the first gasket and the second gasket.

3. The fluid transportation device according to claim 2 , wherein the first gasket and the second gasket have semicircular shapes, and the valve membrane has a circular shape.

4. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein the second surface of the valve body further comprises a first periphery annular region, and the third surface of the valve chamber seat further comprises a second periphery annular region, wherein when the valve body, the first gasket, the valve membrane, the second gasket, and the valve chamber seat are sequentially stacked, an annular groove between the valve body and the valve chamber seat is formed by the first periphery annular region and the second periphery annular region, and a sealing ring is trapped within the annular groove.

5. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein the valve cover has an outer diameter greater than an internal diameter of the outer sleeve, so that when the valve cover is assembled with the outer sleeve, the valve cover is tightly fitted with the inner wall of the outer sleeve.

6. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein plural recesses are formed on the second surface of the valve body, and plural posts are formed on the third surface of the valve chamber seat, wherein the plural posts are engaged with the corresponding recesses so that the valve chamber seat is fixed on the valve body.

7. The fluid transportation device according to claim 6 , wherein the valve membrane is arranged between the valve body and the valve chamber seat, and the valve membrane comprises plural positioning holes corresponding to the plural posts, wherein the plural posts are penetrating through the corresponding positioning holes for positioning the valve membrane.

8. The fluid transportation device according to claim 6 , wherein the first gasket comprises at least one first gasket positioning hole, the second gasket comprises at least one second gasket positioning hole, wherein the first gasket positioning hole and the second gasket positioning hole are corresponding to the posts so that the posts are correspondingly penetrating through the first gasket positioning hole and the second gasket positioning hole for positioning the first gasket and the second gasket.

9. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein a first protrusion block is formed on the second surface of the valve body and arranged around the inlet opening, and a second protrusion block is formed on the third surface and arranged around the outlet valve channel, wherein the first protrusion block and the second protrusion block are for being respectively in close contact with the two valve plates so that a pre-force is generated to result in a sealing effect to prevent backflow.

10. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator comprises a vibration plate and a piezoelectric element, wherein the piezoelectric element is attached on a surface of the vibration plate, the piezoelectric element is subjected to a deformation in response to an applied voltage, and the vibration plate of the actuator is assembled with the fourth surface of the valve chamber seat to cover and seal the pressure chamber.

Assignees

• Microjet Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Shou-Hung
• Chen Shih-Chang
• Liao jia-yu
• Chen Mei-Yen
• Chen Hsuan-Kai
• Han Yung-Lung
• Huang Chi-Feng

Classifications

• F16K7/12

  with flat, dished, or bowl-shaped diaphragm · CPC title

• F04B53/22

  Arrangements for enabling ready assembly or disassembly · CPC title

• F04B53/16

  Casings; Cylinders; Cylinder liners or heads; Fluid connections · CPC title

• F04B43/046 Primary

  with piezoelectric drive · CPC title

• F04B43/009

  leakage control; pump systems with two flexible members; between the actuating element and the pumped fluid · CPC title