Valve device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026002529-A1
Application number	US-202519220425-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 28, 2025
Priority date	Jul 1, 2024
Publication date	Jan 1, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

A check valve for opening and closing an intake-side communication passage for fluid, includes a pump body including a partition wall in which the intake-side communication passage and a convex portion are formed, a valve body made of a flexible material, formed in a plate shape including an insertion hole, and configured to open and close the passage as being supported by the convex portion with the convex portion inserted into the insertion hole, and a push nut formed in a disk shape smaller than the valve body and including a hole into which the convex portion is inserted at a center part, and being locked to the convex portion locking the valve body to prevent the valve body from slipping off from the convex portion. An outer peripheral end part of the push nut being in contact with the valve body being formed in a curved surface shape.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A valve device opening and closing a passage for fluid, comprising:a housing including a wall member in which the passage and a convex portion are formed;a valve body made of a flexible material, formed in a plate shape including a first hole, andconfigured to open and close the passage as being supported by the convex portion with the convex portion inserted into the first hole; and
a push nut formed in a disk shape smaller than the valve body and including a second hole into which the convex portion is inserted at a center part, and being locked to the convex portion to prevent the valve body from slipping off from the convex portion, an outer peripheral end part of the push nut in contact with the valve body being formed in a curved surface shape.

2 . The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the valve body includes a first valve body made of rubber, and a second valve body made of a PET material,
an outer peripheral portion of the push nut is formed in a curved surface shape and abuts on the second valve body, and
the first valve body abuts on a valve seat provided on the housing.

3 . The valve device according to claim 2 , wherein the valve body is configured by superimposing the first valve body and the second valve body.

4 . The valve device according to claim 2 , wherein the push nut includes a main body portion having an annular plate shape and including, at a center part, the second hole larger than the convex portion, and a claw inclined in an axial direction and extending from an inside surface of the main body portion toward the center part, and
a front end of the claw is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the convex portion and is locked to the convex portion.

5 . The valve device according to claim 4 , wherein the convex portion incudes, at a front end, a protrusion protruding radially outward, andthe claw of the push nut is locked to the protrusion.

6 . The valve device according to claim 5 , wherein the protrusion protrudes radially outward over an entire circumference of the convex portion.

7 . The valve device according to claim 4 , wherein a plurality of the claws are provided at equal intervals in a circumferential direction of the main body portion.

8 . The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the valve device is provided in a fuel pump, andthe fluid is fuel.

Assignees

• Mikuni Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Nakamura Taiki
• Takehana Norio
• Ogi Takeshi

Classifications

• F16K15/1481 Primary

  with biasing means in addition to material resiliency, e.g. spring · CPC title

• F16K27/0209

  Check valves or pivoted valves · CPC title

• F16K15/144

  the closure elements being fixed along all or a part of their periphery · CPC title

• F16K15/148

  the closure elements being fixed in their centre · CPC title

• F04B53/103 Primary

  Flat-annular type disc valves · CPC title