Fluid transportation device comprising a valve body, a valve membrane, a valve chamber seat, and an actuator each sequentially stacked within a accommodation space of an outer sleeve having a ring-shaped protrusion structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10598169-B2
Application number	US-201815896396-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2018
Priority date	Feb 24, 2017
Publication date	Mar 24, 2020
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020

Abstract

A fluid transportation device includes a valve body, a valve membrane, a valve chamber seat, an actuator and an outer sleeve. The valve body includes an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The valve chamber seat includes an inlet valve channel, an outlet valve channel and a pressure chamber. The pressure chamber is in communication with the inlet valve channel and the outlet valve channel. The valve membrane is arranged between the valve body and the valve chamber seat. The valve membrane includes two valve plates. The inlet valve channel and the outlet valve channel are closed by the two valve plates. The pressure chamber is covered by the actuator. The outer sleeve has an accommodation space. A ring-shaped protrusion structure is formed on the inner wall of the outer sleeve. Moreover, plural engaging structures are discretely arranged on a periphery of the outer sleeve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid transportation device, comprising:
a valve body comprising an inlet passage, an outlet passage, a first surface and a second surface, wherein the inlet passage and the outlet passage run through the first surface and the second surface, an inlet opening is formed in the second surface and in communication with the inlet passage, an outlet opening is formed in the second surface and in communication with the outlet passage, and a coupling structure is concavely formed in the first surface of the valve body;
a valve membrane comprising two valve plates, plural extension parts and plural hollow parts, wherein the two valve plates have the same thickness, the plural extension parts are arranged around the valve plates for elastically supporting the valve plates, and the hollow parts are arranged between the extension parts;
a valve chamber seat comprising a third surface, a fourth surface, an inlet valve channel, an outlet valve channel and a pressure chamber, wherein the inlet valve channel and the outlet valve channel run through the third surface and the fourth surface, the two valve plates are respectively supported on the inlet valve channel and the outlet valve channel so as to form a valve structure, the pressure chamber is concavely formed in the fourth surface, and in communication with the inlet valve channel and the outlet valve channel;
an actuator, wherein the pressure chamber of the valve chamber seat is covered by the actuator; and
an outer sleeve, wherein an accommodation space is defined by an inner wall of the outer sleeve, a ring-shaped protrusion structure is formed on the inner wall of the outer sleeve, and plural engaging structures are discretely arranged on a periphery of the outer sleeve at regular intervals,
wherein the valve body, the valve chamber seat and the actuator are sequentially stacked on each other, accommodated within the accommodation space of the outer sleeve, and supported on the ring-shaped protrusion structure, wherein the plural engaging structures of the outer sleeve are engaged with the coupling structure of the valve body so as to form the fluid transportation device.

2. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein every two adjacent engaging structures of the outer sleeve are separated from each other through a separation slot so that the engaging structures arranged on the periphery of the outer sleeve are capable of being elastically pressed.

3. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein plural recesses are formed in 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 inserted into the corresponding recesses, so that the valve chamber seat is fixed on the valve body.

4. The fluid transportation device according to claim 3 , 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 penetrated through the corresponding positioning holes, so that the valve membrane is positioned and supported on the valve chamber seat.

5. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein a first groove is formed in the second surface and arranged around the inlet opening, a second groove is formed in the second surface and arranged around the outlet opening, a third groove is formed in the third surface and arranged around the inlet valve channel, and a fourth groove is formed in the third surface and arranged around the outlet valve channel, wherein the fluid transportation device further comprises plural sealing rings, and the plural sealing rings are received in the first groove, the second groove, the third groove and the fourth groove respectively so as to prevent from the fluid leakage.

6. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein a first protrusion block is formed on the second surface of the valve body and disposed on a periphery of the inlet opening, and a second protrusion block is formed on the third surface of the valve chamber seat and disposed on a periphery of the outlet valve channel, wherein the first protrusion block and the second protrusion block are in close contact with the valve plates respectively and a pre-force is generated to result in a sealing effect to prevent a fluid from returning back.

7. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator comprises a vibration plate and a piezoelectric plate, wherein the piezoelectric plate is attached on a surface of the vibration plate, the piezoelectric plate 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 the pressure chamber.

8. The fluid transportation device according to claim 1 , wherein the valve chamber seat further comprises a concave structure, wherein the concave structure is formed in the fourth surface of the valve chamber seat and arranged around the pressure chamber, and a sealing ring is received in the concave structure so as to prevent from the fluid leakage around a periphery of the pressure chamber.

Assignees

• Microjet Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Shou-Hung
• Chen Shih-Chang
• Liao Hung-Hsin
• Huang Chi-Feng
• Tsai Chang-Yen

Classifications

• F04B43/009

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

• F04B53/1087

  Valve seats · CPC title

• F04B53/10

  Valves; Arrangement of valves · CPC title

• F04B43/0054

  particularities of the flexible members · CPC title

• F04B53/16

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