Pressure control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10801605-B2
Application number	US-201916535079-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2019
Priority date	Aug 28, 2018
Publication date	Oct 13, 2020
Grant date	Oct 13, 2020

Abstract

The disclosure provides a pressure control device that improves the workability in assembling a body and a filter unit. The pressure control device includes a body and a filter unit. The body has a flow path that includes a groove and a widened part. The widened part is connected to the groove, extends to a bottom of the groove, and has a width larger than a width of the groove. The filter unit is housed along a depth direction of the widened part to capture foreign matter mixed in a fluid that passes through the flow path. The filter unit includes a cylindrical frame and a flat plate-shaped filter member, wherein the frame includes a through hole part that penetrates in a direction orthogonal to a central axis, and the filter member is disposed to block the through hole part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pressure control device, comprising:
a body having a flow path that comprises a groove and a widened part, wherein the widened part is connected to the groove, extends to a bottom of the groove, and has a width larger than a width of the groove; and
a filter unit housed along a depth direction of the widened part to capture foreign matter mixed in a fluid that passes through the flow path,
wherein the filter unit comprises a cylindrical frame and a flat plate-shaped filter member, wherein the frame comprises a through hole part that penetrates in a direction orthogonal to a central axis of the frame, and the filter member is disposed to block the through hole part.

2. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein the filter member is disposed along the central axis of the frame.

3. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein an outer circumferential part of the frame is rounded in an arc shape, and
the widened part comprises a curved part that is curved along the rounded arc shape.

4. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein the filter unit does not protrude from the flow path when housed in the widened part.

5. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is made of resin, and
the filter unit is an insert molded product of the frame and the filter member.

6. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the filter member is equal to or larger than the width of the groove positioned on an upstream side of the widened part.

7. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein the filter member has a plurality of small holes that penetrate in a thickness direction of the filter member.

8. The pressure control device according to claim 1 , wherein the filter unit comprises a regulation part that regulates an arrangement direction with respect to the groove.

9. The pressure control device according to claim 8 , wherein the regulation part comprises a protrusion that protrudes toward the groove positioned on the upstream side or a downstream side of the widened part.

10. The pressure control device according to claim 8 , wherein the regulation part is constituted by a non-circular portion.

Assignees

• Nidec Tosok Corp

Inventors

• Nakano Takeshi
• Yamaki Yoshinori
• Yasuda Tomohiro
• Chen Weiming
• Kuramochi Kenta

Classifications

• F16H57/0404 Primary

  Lubricant filters · CPC title

• F15B21/041

  Removal or measurement of solid or liquid contamination, e.g. filtering · CPC title

• B01D29/03 Primary

  self-supporting · CPC title

• F16H61/0021

  Generation or control of line pressure · CPC title

• F16H57/0435

  Pressure control for supplying lubricant; Circuits or valves therefor · CPC title