Valve device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10823294-B2
Application number	US-201716306584-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2017
Priority date	Jun 3, 2016
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

A valve device is provided with a valve body driving member rotated by driving force from a drive source, and a valve body rotating in a circumferential direction integrally with the valve body driving member. Fitting parts fitted one another are formed in the lower surface of the valve body driving member and the upper surface of the valve body. The valve body has hole parts formed therethrough in the axial direction thereof. Groove parts that are flow channels linking from the outer peripheral surface of the valve body to the hole parts are formed in the upper surface of the valve body. The fitting parts and the groove parts on the valve body side have connecting parts that are portions where the fitting parts and the groove parts are formed continuously in the upper surface of the valve body without being separated by other elements constituting the valve body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A valve device, comprising:
a drive source;
a valve body driving member rotated by a driving force from the drive source;
a valve body fixed to one end surface of the valve body driving member in an axial direction and rotating in a circumferential direction integrally with the valve body driving member; and
a valve seat having a valve seat surface, wherein the valve body is disposed adjacent to the valve seat surface, wherein
when a surface of the valve body driving member facing the valve body is set as a lower surface of the valve body driving member, a surface of the valve body facing the valve body driving member is set as an upper surface of the valve body, and an end surface, that is opposite to the upper surface of the valve body and is disposed on the valve seat surface, is set as a lower surface of the valve body,
fitting parts, which are fitted to one another, are formed in the lower surface of the valve body driving member and the upper surface of the valve body,
the valve body has hole parts formed therethrough in the axial direction of the valve body,
opening parts, that are inflow ports or outflow ports of a fluid, are formed in the valve seat surface of the valve seat,
groove parts, that are flow channels linking from an outer peripheral surface of the valve body to the hole parts, are formed in the upper surface of the valve body, and
the fitting parts and the groove parts of the valve body on a side of the valve body have connecting parts that are portions where the fitting parts and the groove parts are formed continuously in the upper surface of the valve body without being separated by other elements constituting the valve body.

2. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein at least any one of the valve seat surface of the valve seat and the lower surface of the valve body is ground.

3. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the drive source is a motor,
the valve body driving member is a gear member in which a teeth portion is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the valve body driving member, and
a driving force from the drive source is decelerated and transmitted to the valve body driving member.

4. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein a polyphenylene sulfide resin is used in a material of the valve body, and
a nylon resin is used in a material of the valve body driving member.

5. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the valve body has a plurality of hole parts with different hole diameters, and
the groove parts are formed in each of the hole parts in the upper surface of the valve body.

6. The valve device according to claim 5 , wherein the concave portions that are the fitting parts on the side of the valve body have a plurality of the groove parts and the connecting parts.

7. The valve device according to claim 5 , wherein any one of the plurality of hole parts is arranged in a position which substantially becomes a radius center on the upper surface of the valve body.

8. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein error absorbing parts, which are concave portions that use the hole parts as radial centers and have diameters larger than hole diameters of the hole parts, are formed in the lower surface of the valve body.

9. The valve device according to claim 8 , wherein the valve body has a plurality of the hole parts with different hole diameters,
the groove parts are formed in each of the hole parts in the upper surface of the valve body, and
the diameter of each error absorbing part is determined in accordance with the hole diameter of the corresponding hole part.

10. The valve device according to claim 8 , wherein a depth of the error absorbing part is deeper than the hole diameter of the corresponding hole part.

11. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting parts are constituted by concave portions and convex portion that are fitted one another.

12. The valve device according to claim 11 , wherein the fitting parts of the valve body are concave portions.

13. The valve device according to claim 12 , wherein the concave portions that are the fitting parts of the valve body overlap partially with the groove parts.

14. The valve device according to claim 12 , wherein a diameter of the valve body is less than 10 mm,
the hole parts of the valve body have five different hole diameters,
the groove parts are formed in each of the hole parts in the upper surface of the valve body,
the fitting parts are constituted by a plurality of groups of concave portions and convex portions that are fitted to one another,
at least one of the plurality of concave portions that are the fitting parts on the side of the valve body has the connecting part,
a cutout part that is a flow channel obtained by cutting the lower surface of the valve body from the outer peripheral surface of the valve body to a center side in the radial direction is formed in the lower surface of the valve body, and
the cutout part has a size capable of exposing all the opening parts in the valve seat surface when the valve body reaches a predetermined angle position, and
the valve body has, in the lower surface thereof, a flat surface part which closes all the opening parts in the valve seat surface.

15. The valve device according to claim 12 , wherein a cutout part that is a flow channel obtained by cutting the lower surface of the valve body from the outer peripheral surface of the valve body to a center side in a radial direction is formed in the lower surface of the valve body, and
the cutout part has a size capable of exposing all the opening parts in the valve seat surface when the valve body reaches a predetermined angle position.

16. The valve device according to claim 15 , wherein the fitting parts are constituted by a plurality groups of concave portions and convex portions that are fitted to one another,
at least one of the plurality of the concave portions that are the fitting parts on a side of the valve body has the connecting part,
among the plurality of concave portions that are the fitting parts of the valve body, the concave portions arranged in the upper surface of the valve body and in an upper part of a forming range of the cutout part are through holes penetrating to a side of the cutout part, and
the convex portions of the valve body driving member, which are fitted to the concave portions that are the through holes, are caulked on the side of the cutout part and are fixed to the valve body.

17. The valve device according to claim 12 , wherein the fitting parts are constituted by a plurality of groups of concave portions and convex portions that are fitted to one another, and
at least one of the plurality of concave portions that are the fitting parts on the side of the valve body has the connecting part of the valve body.

18. The valve device according to claim 17 , wherein support parts, which support the lower surface of the valve body driving member, are arranged on an outside in a radial direction of the concave portions which are formed in the upper surface of the valve body and are the fitting parts of the valve body having the connecting parts.

19. The valve device according to claim 17 , wherein a plurality of groups of concave portions and convex portions constituting the fitting parts are arranged at unequal intervals in the circumferential direction of the valve body driving member and the valve body.

Assignees

• Nidec Sankyo Corp

Inventors

• Yokoe Satoru

Classifications

• F16K3/04 Primary

  with pivoted closure members · CPC title

• F25B41/35

  by rotary motors, e.g. by stepping motors · CPC title

• F16K31/041

  for rotating valves (F16K31/055 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16K31/535 Primary

  for rotating valves (F16K31/54 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y02B30/70

  Efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant flow, motor or heating · CPC title