Butterfly valve including a valve body, shaft, groove portion and seal ring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11085543-B2
Application number	US-202016774324-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2020
Priority date	Jan 30, 2019
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

A valve body has a substantially disk shape and is provided in a gas passage. A shaft supports the valve body so as to be rotatable in the gas passage. A groove portion is provided at an outer edge portion of the valve body on an outer side in a radial direction so as to extend in a circumferential direction of the valve body. A seal ring is formed in an annular shape, has a separated portion as a cut in a part in the circumferential direction, and is fitted in the groove portion of the valve body. At least one of one end surface in a circumferential direction and the other end surface in the circumferential direction of the seal ring is a inclined surface that is inclined so as to guide a foreign matter accumulated in a gap of the separated portion to an outside of the gap.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A butterfly valve provided in a gas passage comprising:
a valve body having a substantially disc shape and provided in the gas passage;
a shaft that rotatably supports the valve body in the gas passage;
a groove portion provided at an outer edge portion of the valve body on an outer side in a radial direction so as to extend in a circumferential direction of the valve body; and
a seal ring that is formed in an annular shape, has a separated portion as a cut in a part of the circumferential direction, and fits into the groove portion of the valve body, wherein
at least one of one end surface in a circumferential direction and the other end surface in the circumferential direction of the seal ring constituting the separated portion is an inclined surface that is inclined so as to guide a foreign matter accumulated in a gap of the separated portion to an outside of the gap when a diameter of the seal ring is reduced, and
in both a state in which the butterfly valve opens the gas passage and a state in which the butterfly valve closes the gas passage, the inclined surface of the separated portion is inclined such that the gap of the separated portion in increased from the outer side in the radial direction to the inner side in the radial direction.

2. The butterfly valve according to claim 1 , wherein
the inclined surface of the separated portion is inclined such that the gap of the separated portion is increased toward an outer side in an axial direction of the seal ring.

3. The butterfly valve according to claim 1 , wherein
in both a state in which the butterfly valve opens the gas passage and a state in which the butterfly valve closes the gas passage, the inclined surface of the separated portion is inclined such that the gap of the separated portion is increased from an inner side in a radial direction to an outer side in the radial direction, and
the inclined surface of the separated portion is inclined such that the gap of the separated portion is increased toward an outer side in an axial direction of the seal ring.

4. The butterfly valve according to claim 1 , wherein
the separated portion of the seal ring has a step cut shape in which a protrusion extending in the circumferential direction from one end in the circumferential direction of the seal ring constituting the separated portion fits into a recess provided at the other end in the circumferential direction of the seal ring constituting the separated portion, and
at least one of an end surface in the circumferential direction of the protrusion and an end surface in the circumferential direction of the recess is an inclined surface that is inclined so as to guide the foreign matter accumulated in the gap of the separated portion to the outside of the gap when a diameter of the seal ring is reduced.

5. The butterfly valve according to claim 1 , wherein
one end surface in the circumferential direction of the separated portion is an inclined surface which is inclined with respect to a line segment connecting a center of the gap formed by one end surface and the axis of the seal ring, and the other end surface in the circumferential direction of the separated portion is an inclined surface which is inclined with respect to the line segment connecting the center of the gap formed by the other end surface and the axis of the seal ring.

6. The butterfly valve according to claim 1 , wherein
at least one of one end surface in the circumferential direction of the separated portion and the other end surface in the circumferential direction of the separated portion is a surface parallel to a line segment connecting one end surface and the axis of the seal ring.

7. The butterfly valve according to claim 4 , wherein
the end surface in the circumferential direction of the protrusion constituting the step cut shape of the seal ring is an inclined surface with respect to a line segment connecting the center of the gap formed by the end surface and the axis of the seal ring, and is an inclined surface inclined with respect to the axis of the seal ring, and the end surface in the circumferential direction of the recess is an inclined surface inclined with respect to a line segment connecting the center of the gap formed by the end surface and the axis of the seal ring, and is an inclined surface inclined with respect to the axis of the seal ring.

8. The butterfly valve according to claim 1 , wherein
the end surface of an inner part in the radial direction of one end of the separated portion is the inclined surface, the inclined surface being inclined with respect to a line segment connecting a center of a gap formed by the end surface and the axis of the seal ring, and
the end surface of an inner part in the radial direction of the other end of the separated portion is another inclined surface inclined with respect to the line segment connecting the center of the gap formed by the end surface and the axis of the seal ring.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Tsuzuki Yushi
• Inagaki Noriyuki

Classifications

• F02D9/1015

  Details of the edge of the flap, e.g. for lowering flow noise or improving flow sealing in closed flap position · CPC title

• F02M26/70

  Flap valves; Rotary valves; Sliding valves; Resilient valves · CPC title

• F16K1/2261 Primary

  the sealing being arranged on the valve member · CPC title

• F16J15/164

  the sealing action depending on movements; pressure difference, temperature or presence of leaking fluid · CPC title

• F16J15/3224

  capable of accommodating changes in distances or misalignment between the surfaces, e.g. able to compensate for defaults of eccentricity or angular deviations · CPC title