Control valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11719347-B2
Application number	US-202117188555-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2021
Priority date	May 14, 2018
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

A control valve includes a valve body and a valve gate, the valve body has an inner space, first fluid inlets, second fluid inlets, and a fluid outlet, the valve gate is movably located inside the inner space, the first fluid inlets are located at a side of the fluid outlet, the second fluid inlets are located at another side of the fluid outlet, the first fluid inlets and the second fluid inlets are arranged along a radial direction of the valve gate, the valve gate has a main channel having a first inlet end, a second inlet end, and an outlet end, the first inlet end is connected to the first fluid inlets, the second inlet end is connected to the second fluid inlets, and the outlet end is connected to the fluid outlet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control valve, comprising:
a valve body, having an inner space; and
a valve gate, pivotably disposed inside the inner space;
wherein the valve body has a plurality of first fluid inlets, a plurality of second fluid inlets and a fluid outlet which are all connected to the inner space, the plurality of first fluid inlets are located at a side of the fluid outlet, the plurality of second fluid inlets are located at another side of the fluid outlet, the plurality of first fluid inlets and the plurality of second fluid inlets are arranged along a radial direction of the valve gate, the valve gate has a main channel, the main channel has a first inlet end, a second inlet end and an outlet end, the first inlet end is connected to the plurality of first fluid inlets, the second inlet end is connected to the plurality of second fluid inlets, and the outlet end is connected to the fluid outlet;
wherein the valve body is made of a single piece with inner surfaces defining the inner space, the plurality of first fluid inlets, the plurality of second fluid inlets, and the fluid outlet.

2. The control valve according to claim 1 , wherein a same side of one of the plurality of first fluid inlets is directly connected with the rest of the plurality of first fluid inlets.

3. The control valve according to claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of first fluid inlets extends in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the valve gate while the rest of the plurality of first fluid inlets extend in the same direction as the axial direction of the valve gate.

4. The control valve according to claim 1 , wherein a same side of one of the plurality of second fluid inlets is directly connected with the rest of the plurality of second fluid inlets.

5. The control valve according to claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of second fluid inlets extends in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the valve gate while the rest of the plurality of second fluid inlets extend in the same direction as the axial direction of the valve gate.

6. The control valve according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid outlet is located at a bottom surface of the valve body.

7. The control valve according to claim 1 , wherein the main channel has a circle-shaped cross section.

8. The control valve according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first fluid inlets and the plurality of second fluid inlets are respectively located at two opposite sides of the fluid outlet.

9. The control valve according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one seal ring sleeved on an insertion portion of the valve gate and located between and pressed by the valve body and the insertion portion.

10. The control valve according to claim 1 , wherein the main channel has a cross section which has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, and a width of the first side is substantially equal to a width of the second side.

11. The control valve according to claim 1 , wherein the valve body is made of a single piece and has an opening corresponding to the inner space, the valve gate is disposed through the inner space via the opening.

Assignees

• Cooler Master Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tsai Shui-Fa
• Kuo Sy-Chi
• Chen Hsin-Hung

Classifications

• F16K5/10 Primary

  Means for additional adjustment of the rate of flow · CPC title

• F16K5/04

  with plugs having cylindrical surfaces; Packings therefor · CPC title

• F16K11/076

  with sealing faces shaped as surfaces of solids of revolution · CPC title

• F04B49/225

  with throttling valves or valves varying the pump inlet opening or the outlet opening · CPC title

• F16K3/26

  with fluid passages in the valve member · CPC title