Fluid control valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12449046-B2
Application number	US-202118269724-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2021
Priority date	Dec 31, 2020
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

A fluid control valve is disclosed, comprising a driving assembly, a valve core assembly, and a main valve body. The valve core assembly can be driven by the driving assembly to rotate; the main valve body is provided with a valve body part and at least two adapter parts; each adapter part extends radially outwards from a side wall of the valve body part, the adapter part is provided with an adapter channel, and the adapter part further has an adapter port corresponding to and communicated with the adapter channel; an opening of the adapter port of each adapter part faces a side of the adapter part facing away from the driving assembly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fluid control valve, comprising a driving assembly, a valve core assembly and a main valve body, wherein the fluid control valve is provided with a valve chamber, at least part of the valve core assembly is located in the valve chamber, the valve core assembly is rotatable driven by the driving assembly, wherein the main valve body is provided with a valve body portion and at least two adapter portions, the valve body portion forms at least part of a wall portion of the valve chamber, each adapter portion extends outward from a side wall of the valve body portion, each adapter portion is provided with an adapter passage, each adapter portion is further provided with an adapter port corresponding to and in communication with the adapter passage, the valve body portion is provided with at least two connection ports, the at least two connection ports are located on different sides of the valve body portion, the adapter passage is in communication with at least one connection port; wherein the adapter ports of the at least two adapter portion are opened in a same direction opposite to the driving assembly and are located on a same plane,
wherein each of the adapter ports is configured as an inlet or an outlet, and
wherein the main valve body is further provided with a connecting plate portion, and at least part of the connecting plate portion is located between adjacent adapter portions.

2. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein a sealing component is provided between the wall portion of the valve chamber and the valve core assembly, the valve core assembly is provided with at least one connection passage, the sealing component is provided with at least two communication holes, the at least two communication holes correspond to and are in communication with the at least two connection ports, and one connection passage is in communication with at least two communication holes, so that one adapter passage is in communication with the other adapter passage through one connection port, one communication hole, the connection passage, the other communication hole and the other connection port.

3. The fluid control valve according to claim 2 , wherein the adapter ports are located on a same plane, the fluid control valve further comprises a lower end cover, and the lower end cover covers at least part of each adapter port, wherein the lower end cover is sealed to the at least two adapter portions.

4. The fluid control valve according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the adapter passages is provided with a first passage, at least one bending portion and a second passage, the first passage is in communication with the second passage through the bending portion, the first passage is in communication with the corresponding connection port, and an included angle a formed between the first passage and the second passage ranges from 0° to 180°.

5. The fluid control valve according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the adapter passages is provided with at least two branch passages that are independent with each other, and the at least two branch passages in the same adapter passage are in communication with the same connection port.

6. The fluid control valve according to claim 2 , wherein the main valve body comprises an adapter body, the adapter body is provided with a plurality of adapter portions and the connecting plate portion, the plurality of adapter portions and the connecting plate portion are in an integral structure, and the adapter body is fixed to the valve body portion by welding.

7. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid control valve further comprises a lower end cover, and the lower end cover covers at least part of each adapter port, wherein the lower end cover is sealed to the at least two adapter portions.

8. The fluid control valve according to claim 7 , wherein the valve body portion is provided with an extension portion on a side opposite to the at least two adapter portions, the lower end cover is provided with a hole portion, the extension portion is matched with the hole portion, at least part of the extension portion extends into the hole portion, the extension portion is fixed to the hole portion by welding, and the lower end cover sealedly covers at least part of the adapter ports.

9. The fluid control valve according to claim 8 , wherein the lower end cover is provided with protrusion portions corresponding to the communication passages, the protrusion portions are located on a side, opposite to the driving assembly, of the lower end cover, and each adapter portion is fixed to the corresponding protrusion portion by welding and is sealed to the corresponding protrusion portion.

10. The fluid control valve according to claim 8 , wherein the lower end cover is provided with communication passages that correspond to the adapter passages, and the openings of the communication passages toward the adapter passage are directed to be opposite to the opening of each adapter passage.

11. The fluid control valve according to claim 10 , wherein the lower end cover is further provided with ports which correspond to the communication passages, the ports are in communication with the communication passages, and each port is opened in a direction, opposite to the driving assembly, of the lower end cover.

12. The fluid control valve according to claim 10 , wherein the lower end cover is provided with protrusion portions corresponding to the communication passages, the protrusion portions are located on a side, opposite to the driving assembly, of the lower end cover, and each adapter portion is fixed to the corresponding protrusion portion by welding and is sealed to the corresponding protrusion portion.

13. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the adapter passages is provided with a first passage, at least one bending portion and a second passage, the first passage is in communication with the second passage through the bending portion, the first passage is in communication with the corresponding connection port, and an included angle a formed between the first passage and the second passage ranges from 0° to 180°.

14. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the adapter passages is provided with at least two branch passages that are independent with each other, and the at least two branch passages in the same adapter passage are in communication with the same connection port.

15. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein the main valve body comprises an adapter body, the adapter body is provided with a plurality of adapter portions and the connecting plate portion, the plurality of adapter portions and the connecting plate portion are in an integral structure, and the adapter body is fixed to the valve body portion by welding.

16. The fluid control valve according to claim 15 , wherein the valve body portion is provided with a plurality of through holes corresponding to the plurality of adapter portions, the adapter body is provided with an accommodating hole, a plurality of connecting holes are provided in a wall portion of the accommodating hole, the adapter passages are in communication with the plurality of through holes through the plurality of connecting holes, each adapter passage is in communication with at least one connecting hole, and part of the valve body portion extends into the accommodating hole and the valve body portion is sealed to the adapter body.

17. The fluid control valve according to claim 16 , wherein the valve body portion

Assignees

• Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Lixin
• Wang Yun
• Lin Long
• Chi Jianhua

Classifications

• F16K27/065

  with cylindrical plugs · CPC title

• F16K27/107

  for taps or cocks · CPC title

• F16K31/041

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

• F16K11/0853 Primary

  having all the connecting conduits situated in a single plane perpendicular to the axis of the plug · CPC title

• F16K11/085 Primary

  with cylindrical plug · CPC title