Valve device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11932101-B2
Application number	US-202017785227-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2020
Priority date	Dec 24, 2019
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

There is provided a valve device including: a housing; a float valve; and a pressure adjusting valve. A first valve seat is formed from a peripheral edge of a valve hole. An accommodation portion is provided in a protruding manner from a surface of a partition wall. An inner periphery of the accommodation portion is provided with a reduced diameter portion and an increased diameter portion. A height of an upper end of the reduced diameter portion is equal to or greater than a front surface of the pressure adjusting valve in a state where the pressure adjusting valve is in contact with the first valve seat. The pressure adjusting valve is configured to be beyond the upper end of the reduced diameter portion when the pressure adjusting valve is raised to a maximum due to an increase in pressure in a fuel tank.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A valve device comprising:
a housing in which a valve chamber is provided on a lower side and a ventilation chamber is provided on an upper side via a partition wall, the valve chamber communicating with an inside of a fuel tank, the ventilation chamber communicating with an outside of the fuel tank, and the partition wall being formed with a valve hole through which the valve chamber and the ventilation chamber communicate with each other;
a float valve accommodated in the valve chamber so as to be movable up and down and configured to open and close the valve hole; and
a pressure adjusting valve configured to adjust pressure and accommodated in the ventilation chamber so as to be movable up and down,
wherein a first valve seat which the pressure adjusting valve is configured to come into contact with and separate from is formed from the valve hole toward the upper side, and a second valve seat which the float valve is configured to come into contact with and separate from is formed from the valve hole toward the lower side,
wherein an accommodation portion configured to surround and accommodate the pressure adjusting valve is provided in a protruding manner from a surface of the partition wall toward the upper side, and an internal space of the accommodation portion communicates with the valve hole,
wherein an inner periphery of the accommodation portion is provided with
a reduced diameter portion positioned on a side of the partition wall, the reduced diameter portion having a shape surrounding an outer periphery of the pressure adjusting valve, and
an increased diameter portion positioned above the reduced diameter portion in an axial direction, the increased diameter portion having a shape larger in diameter than the outer periphery of the pressure adjusting valve,

wherein a height of an upper end of the reduced diameter portion from the surface of the partition wall on the side of the ventilation chamber is equal to or greater than a position of a front surface of the pressure adjusting valve in the axial direction when a back surface of the pressure adjusting valve is in contact with the first valve seat, and
wherein the front surface of the pressure adjusting valve and the back surface of the pressure adjusting valve are each positioned above the height of the upper end of the reduced diameter portion in the axial direction when the pressure adjusting valve is raised to a maximum due to an increase in pressure in the fuel tank.

2. The valve device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a storage space configured to store fuel flowed into the ventilation chamber is formed between an outer periphery of the accommodation portion and an inner periphery of the housing, and
wherein an upper end of the accommodation portion is formed so as to be positioned below a fuel vapor discharge port provided in the housing and communicating with the outside of the fuel tank.

3. The valve device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the increased diameter portion is provided with a plurality of ribs extending in an axial direction of the increased diameter portion and arranged at predetermined intervals in a peripheral direction of the increased diameter portion.

4. The valve device according to claim 3 ,
wherein inner ends of the ribs in a radial direction are formed at the same position as an inner peripheral surface of the reduced diameter portion when the accommodation portion is viewed in the axial direction.

5. The valve device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a plurality of openings are formed at equal intervals in a peripheral direction of the accommodation portion.

6. A valve device comprising:
a housing in which a valve chamber is provided on a lower side and a ventilation chamber is provided on an upper side via a partition wall, the valve chamber communicating with an inside of a fuel tank, the ventilation chamber communicating with an outside of the fuel tank, and the partition wall being formed with a valve hole through which the valve chamber and the ventilation chamber communicate with each other;
a float valve accommodated in the valve chamber so as to be movable up and down and configured to open and close the valve hole; and
a pressure adjusting valve configured to adjust pressure and accommodated in the ventilation chamber so as to be movable up and down,
wherein a first valve seat which the pressure adjusting valve is configured to come into contact with and separate from is formed from the valve hole toward the upper side, and a second valve seat which the float valve is configured to come into contact with and separate from is formed from the valve hole toward the lower side,
wherein an accommodation portion configured to surround and accommodate the pressure adjusting valve is provided in a protruding manner from a surface of the partition wall toward the upper side, and an internal space of the accommodation portion communicates with the valve hole,
wherein an inner periphery of the accommodation portion is provided with a reduced diameter portion positioned on a side of the partition wall and having a shape adapted to an outer periphery of the pressure adjusting valve, and an increased diameter portion positioned above the reduced diameter portion and having a shape larger in diameter than the outer periphery of the pressure adjusting valve,
wherein a height of an upper end of the reduced diameter portion from the surface of the partition wall on the side of the ventilation chamber is equal to or greater than a front surface of the pressure adjusting valve in a state where the pressure adjusting valve is in contact with the first valve seat,
wherein the pressure adjusting valve is configured to be beyond the upper end of the reduced diameter portion when the pressure adjusting valve is raised to a maximum due to an increase in pressure in the fuel tank,
wherein the increased diameter portion is provided from the upper end of the reduced diameter portion via a stepped portion,
wherein the increased diameter portion is provided with a plurality of ribs extending from the stepped portion in an axial direction of the increased diameter portion and arranged at predetermined intervals in a peripheral direction of the increased diameter portion, and
wherein inner ends of the ribs in a radial direction are formed at the same position as an inner peripheral surface of the reduced diameter portion when the accommodation portion is viewed in the axial direction.

Assignees

• Piolax Inc

Inventors

• Mihara Kenta
• Yajima Kazuki

Classifications

• B60K15/035 Primary

  characterised by venting means · CPC title

• F16K17/12

  weight-loaded · CPC title

• F16K24/044

  the float being rigidly connected to the valve element, the assembly of float and valve element following a substantially translational movement when actuated, e.g. also for actuating a pilot valve · CPC title

• B60K2015/03289

  Float valves; Floats therefor · CPC title

• G05D16/12

  the sensing element being a float · CPC title