Fluid control valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9057449-B2
Application number	US-201213688934-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 29, 2012
Priority date	Dec 2, 2011
Publication date	Jun 16, 2015
Grant date	Jun 16, 2015

Abstract

A fluid control valve includes: a resin valve main body including inlet and outlet ports in opposite side surfaces, a valve chamber communicating between the inlet and outlet ports and opening at the upper surface center of the main body, and a valve seat provided in an inner wall of the chamber; a valve element movable into or out of contact with the valve seat; and a valve upper body including a drive part to drive the valve element. An inflow passage is formed like an L shape extending through the inner wall to communicate between the inlet port and the chamber via the valve seat. The inner wall is cylindrical having a thick-wall portion to have a wall thickness thicker on the inlet port side than on the outlet port side. The valve main body is provided, at a center of a lower surface, with a resin injected part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid control valve comprising:
a resin valve main body including an inlet port and an outlet port formed in opposite side surfaces of the valve main body, a valve chamber communicating between the inlet port and the outlet port and opening at a center of an upper surface of the valve main body, and a valve seat provided in an inner wall of the valve chamber;
a valve element arranged to be moved into or out of contact with the valve seat; and
a valve upper body including a drive part to drive the valve element,
an inflow passage being formed like an L shape extending through the inner wall to communicate between the inlet port and the valve chamber via the valve seat, wherein
the inner wall is shaped in a cylindrical form including a thick-wall portion so that a wall thickness of the inner wall is thicker on the inlet port side than on the outlet port side,
the valve main body is provided, at a center of a lower surface, with a resin injected part,
an outer wall of the valve chamber is formed, at an upper end, with an annular seal portion to hold a retainer portion of the valve element between the outer wall and a lower end of the valve upper body, and
an annular groove is formed around an outer circumference of the seal portion so that the groove is deep on the inlet port side and shallow on the outlet port side.

2. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein
the valve seat and the seal portion at the upper end of the outer wall of the valve chamber are formed by injection molding in such a way that molten resin is completely filled for an end face of the valve seat at the same timing over an entire circumference and for an end face of the seal portion respectively at the same timing over an entire circumference.

3. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein
the seal portion of the outer wall has a wall thickness thicker on the outlet port side than on the inlet port side.

4. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein
the inner wall is formed with a uniform-thick wall portion between the thick-wall portion and the valve seat.

5. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein
the valve main body is formed, in a lower surface, with a resin supply rib radially extending from the resin injected part toward the thick-wall portion.

6. A fluid control valve comprising:
a resin valve main body including an inlet port and an outlet port formed in opposite side surfaces of the valve main body, a valve chamber communicating between the inlet port and the outlet port and opening at a center of an upper surface of the valve main body, and a valve seat provided in an inner wall of the valve chamber;
a valve element arranged to be moved into or out of contact with the valve seat; and
a valve upper body including a drive part to drive the valve element,
an inflow passage being formed like an L shape extending through the inner wall to communicate between the inlet port and the valve chamber via the valve seat, wherein
the inner wall is shaped in a cylindrical form including a thick-wall portion so that a wall thickness of the inner wall is thicker on the inlet port side than on the outlet port side,
the valve main body is provided, at a center of a lower surface, with a resin injected part,
an outer wall of the valve chamber is formed, at an upper end, with an annular seal portion to hold a retainer portion of the valve element between the outer wall and a lower end of the valve upper body, and
the seal portion of the outer wall has a wall thickness thicker on the outlet port side than on the inlet port side.

7. A fluid control valve comprising:
a resin valve main body including an inlet port and an outlet port formed in opposite side surfaces of the valve main body, a valve chamber communicating between the inlet port and the outlet port and opening at a center of an upper surface of the valve main body, and a valve seat provided in an inner wall of the valve chamber;
a valve element arranged to be moved into or out of contact with the valve seat; and
a valve upper body including a drive part to drive the valve element,
an inflow passage being formed like an L shape extending through the inner wall to communicate between the inlet port and the valve chamber via the valve seat,
an outer wall of the valve chamber is formed, at an upper end, with an annular seal portion to hold a retainer portion of the valve element between the outer wall and a lower end of the valve upper body,
an annular groove is formed around an outer circumference of the seal portion so that the groove is deep on the inlet port side and shallow on the outlet port side, and
the valve main body is provided, at a center of a lower surface, with a resin injected part.

8. The fluid control valve according to claim 7 , wherein
the valve main body is formed, in a lower surface, with a resin supply rib radially extending from the resin injected part toward the inlet port side.

9. The fluid control valve according to claim 7 , wherein
the valve seat and the seal portion are formed by injection molding in such a way that molten resin is completely filled for an end face of the valve seat at the same timing over an entire circumference and for an end face of the seal portion respectively at the same timing over an entire circumference.

10. A fluid control valve comprising:
a resin valve main body including an inlet port and an outlet port formed in opposite side surfaces of the valve main body, a valve chamber communicating between the inlet port and the outlet port and opening at a center of an upper surface of the valve main body, and a valve seat provided in an inner wall of the valve chamber,
a valve element arranged to be moved into or out of contact with the valve seat; and
a valve upper body including a drive part to drive the valve element,
an inflow passage being formed like an L shape through the inner wall to communicate the inlet port with the valve chamber via the valve seat,
wherein an outer wall of the valve chamber is formed, at an upper end, with an annular seal portion to hold a retainer portion of the valve element between the outer wall and a lower end of the valve upper body,
the seal portion of the outer wall has a wall thickness thicker on the outlet port side than on the inlet port side, and
the valve main body is provided, at a center of a lower surface, with a resin injected part.

11. The fluid control valve according to claim 10 , wherein
the valve main body is formed, in a lower surface, with a resin supply rib radially extending from the resin injected part toward the inlet port side.

12. The fluid control valve according to claim 10 , wherein
the valve seat and the seal portion are formed by injection molding in such a way that molten resin is completely filled for an end face of the valve seat at the same timing over an entire circumference and for an end face of the seal portion respectively at the same timing over an entire circumference.

Assignees

• Ckd Corp

Inventors

• Iwata Hiroki
• Uraki Akinori
• Takeda Hideyuki

Classifications

• F16K27/00 Primary

  Construction of housing (methods for welding housings B23K); Use of materials therefor · CPC title

• F16K27/02

  of lift valves (for reducing the flow resistance of screw-spindle lift-valves F16K1/06) · CPC title

• F16K27/003 Primary

  Housing formed from a plurality of the same valve elements · CPC title

• F16K7/12

  with flat, dished, or bowl-shaped diaphragm · CPC title