Pressure regulating valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10788137-B2
Application number	US-201716333662-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2017
Priority date	Sep 20, 2016
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

A pressure regulating valve includes a casing, a holder, a fixed valve, a movable valve, a spring member, a diaphragm, and a filter. The filter is configured to filter fluid flowing from a flow inlet of the casing into a pressure chamber. The filter includes a filtering part for filtering fluid and a holding part including a frame part for holding an outer periphery of the filtering part. An alignment structure configured to align the holding part at a predetermined position is provided between the holding part of the filter and the holder, or between the holding part of the filter and the casing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A pressure regulating valve, comprising:
a casing having a flow inlet at a first end and a flow outlet at a second end opposite the first end;
a holder disposed within the casing and fixably coupled to an inner peripheral wall of the casing;
a communication passage positioned between the inner peripheral wall of the casing and an outer peripheral wall of the holder;
a fixed valve disposed on the holder;
a movable valve having a valve hole, wherein the movable valve has a closed position seated on the fixed valve and an open position removed from the fixed valve, wherein the movable valve is configured to transition from the closed position to the open position when pressure of fluid flowing from the flow inlet into the casing is equal to or greater than a predetermined pressure to allow the fluid to flow through the valve hole toward the flow outlet;
a movable partition wall positioned between the casing and the movable valve, wherein the movable partition wall divides an interior of the casing into a pressure chamber on the holder side and a back pressure chamber on the flow outlet side;
a biasing member configured to bias the movable valve to the closed position; and
a filter configured to filter fluid entering from the flow inlet of the casing into the pressure chamber, wherein:
the filter includes a filtering part configured to filter fluid and a holding part having a frame part configured to hold an outer peripheral portion of the filtering part, wherein the filtering part is oriented perpendicular to a central axis of the flow inlet of the casing such that fluid flows axially through the flow inlet and filtering part, and
an alignment structure configured to align the holding part at a predetermined position is provided between the holding part of the filter and the holder or between the holding part of the filter and the casing.

2. The pressure regulating valve of claim 1 , wherein the alignment structure includes a projection at one of the holding part of the filter or the holder and a recess into which the projection is disposed, wherein the recess is provided at the other one of the holding part or the holder.

3. The pressure regulating valve of claim 1 , wherein the alignment structure includes a projection provided the holding part of the filter and a recess into which the projection is disposed, wherein:
the recess is provided at an end of the holder facing the filter, due to the engagement of the projection into the recess, movement of the holding part toward the holder side and radial movement of the projection of the holding part is restricted, and
a predetermined interval is defined between the frame part of the holding part and the holder.

4. The pressure regulating valve of claim 1 , wherein the alignment structure includes an outer peripheral surface of the holding part of the filter configured to contact an inner peripheral surface of the casing facing the outer peripheral surface.

5. The pressure regulating valve of claim 1 , wherein the movable valve includes a valve main body defining the valve hole, and a movable partition wall clamp portion configured to clamp an inner peripheral portion of the movable partition wall, wherein
the movable partition wall clamp portion includes a first piece portion facing a first surface of the movable partition wall and a second piece portion facing a second surface of the movable partition wall on the opposite side of the first surface.

6. The pressure regulating valve of claim 5 , wherein the movable partition wall is a diaphragm, and wherein:
a stepped portion having a height is formed at one of the first piece portion or the second piece portion,
the other one of the first piece portion or the second piece portion abuts the stepped portion,
the first piece portion and the second piece portion clamp the inner peripheral portion of the diaphragm in a compressed state, and
the height of the stepped portion is the same as the diaphragm in the compressed state.

7. The pressure regulating valve of claim 5 , wherein the first piece portion and the second piece portion are formed as one piece with the valve main body.

8. A pressure regulating valve, comprising:
a casing;
a holder disposed within the casing and fixably coupled to an inner peripheral wall of the casing;
a communication passage between the inner peripheral wall of the casing and an outer peripheral wall of the holder;
a movable partition wall disposed within the casing and affixed to the inner peripheral wall of the casing, wherein the movable partition wall partitions an interior of the casing into a pressure chamber on the holder side and a back pressure chamber on an opposite side;
a filter comprising a filter part configured to filter fluid entering the pressure chamber and a holding part configured to secure the filtering part; and
an alignment structure positioned in the pressure chamber, wherein the alignment structure is configured to align the holding part at a predetermined position with respect to the casing, wherein the alignment structure comprises an abutment portion that contact the inner peripheral stopper portion formed at an upper area of the abutment portion, wherein the stopper portion contacts an upward surface of the inner peripheral wall.

9. The pressure regulating valve of claim 8 , wherein the alignment structure extends radially from a surface of the holder.

10. The pressure regulating valve of claim 9 , wherein the abutment portion contacts an upper portion of the holding part.

11. The pressure regulating valve of claim 8 , wherein a width of a gap formed between the outer peripheral wall of the holder and an inner peripheral wall of the holding part is smaller than a width of the communication passage.

12. The pressure regulating valve of claim 8 , wherein the alignment structure is positioned at least partially between the filter part and the holder.

13. The pressure regulating valve of claim 8 , wherein the alignment structure comprises an alignment column extending upwards from an upper surface of the filter part and an alignment hole formed in a lower surface of the holder.

14. The pressure regulating valve of claim 13 , wherein the alignment column has a height greater than a height of the holding part.

15. The pressure regulating valve of claim 8 , wherein at least a portion of the holding part does not contact a lower portion of the holder.

16. The pressure regulating valve of claim 8 , wherein a width of a gap formed between the outer peripheral wall of the holder and an inner peripheral wall of the holding part is equal to or greater than a width of the communication passage.

Assignees

• Aisan Ind

Inventors

• Higashi Shinya
• Yoshida Koji
• Akamatsu Toshiaki
• Yamashita Yuji
• Nakamura Satoshi
• Niwa Kensuke

Classifications

• F02M37/00

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• G05D16/0663 Primary

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