Valve device and exhaust heat recovery system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10787993-B2
Application number	US-201716073798-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2017
Priority date	Jan 29, 2016
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

This valve device is provided with: a body (10) that has at least one passage (11, 12) for passing a fluid and valve shaft holes (13, 14, 15); a valve shaft (20), which is passed through the valve shaft holes so as to be rotatable; and butterfly valves (30, 40), which are fixed on the valve shaft and are for opening and closing the passages (11, 12). The butterfly valves (30, 40) are disposed so as to close the passages (11, 12) on a downstream side or an upstream side of the valve shaft holes (13, 14, 15) in a flow direction of the fluid. As a result, it is possible to prevent fluid leakage and achieve effective utilization of exhaust heat in an exhaust heat recovery system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A valve device, comprising:
a body that has a first passage and a second passage for passing a fluid and has valve shaft holes;
a valve shaft, which is passed through the valve shaft holes so as to be rotatable; and
a first butterfly valve, which is fixed to the valve shaft and is for opening and closing the first passage;
a second butterfly valve, which is fixed to the valve shaft and is for opening and closing the second passage; wherein
the first butterfly valve is disposed so as to close the first passage on a downstream side of the valve shaft holes in a flow direction of the fluid while the second butterfly valve is disposed so as to close the second passage on an upstream side of the valve shaft holes in the flow direction of the fluid, wherein
the first passage is provided with two first sealing parts which contact with the first butterfly valve in a position on the downstream side of the valve shaft holes, the distances of the two first sealing parts from a central line of the valve shaft holes differing from each other, and
the second passage is provided with two second sealing parts which contact with the second butterfly valve in a position on the upstream side of the valve shaft holes, the distances of the two second sealing parts from the central line of the valve shaft holes differing from each other.

2. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first butterfly valve is disposed so as to close the first passage on the downstream side which deviates from the central line of the valve shaft holes for a distance greater than the radius of the valve shaft holes, and
the second butterfly valve is disposed so as to close the second passage on the upstream side which deviates from the central line of the valve shaft holes for a distance greater than the radius of the valve shaft holes.

3. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein
the valve shaft holes are formed so as to cause the first passage to communicate with the second passage, and the second butterfly valve is for opening and closing the second passage in a phase opposite to the first butterfly valve.

4. The valve device according to claim 3 , wherein
the valve shaft is supported at two ends thereof via a bearing mounted on the body so as to be rotatable.

5. The valve device according to claim 3 , comprising
a spring that presses the valve shaft to one side in an axis direction of the valve shaft.

6. An exhaust heat recovery system, comprising: a main exhaust gas pipe for passing an exhaust gas of an engine; a circumvention exhaust gas pipe, which diverts from the main exhaust gas pipe; a valve device, which is disposed in a midway of the main exhaust gas pipe and the circumvention exhaust gas pipe; and a heat exchanger, which is connected to the midway of the circumvention exhaust gas pipe and on a downstream side of the valve device; wherein
the valve device is the valve device according to claim 3 .

Assignees

• Mikuni Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Karasawa Toshio
• Ishii Toshiaki
• Watabe Takashi

Classifications

• F02D9/1045

  for sealing of the flow in closed flap position, e.g. the housing forming a valve seat · CPC title

• F16K27/02

  of lift valves (for reducing the flow resistance of screw-spindle lift-valves F16K1/06) · CPC title

• F16K1/226

  Shaping or arrangements of the sealing · CPC title

• F02D9/1025

  the rotation axis of the flap being off-set from the flap center axis · CPC title

• F01N13/08 Primary

  Other arrangements or adaptations of exhaust conduits {(pipes, joints or supports therefor in general F16L; collecting or removing exhaust gases of vehicle engines in workshops B08B15/00, on highways E01C1/005)} · CPC title