Diaphragm valve for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9835264-B2
Application number	US-201615171399-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2016
Priority date	Oct 27, 2015
Publication date	Dec 5, 2017
Grant date	Dec 5, 2017

Abstract

A diaphragm valve for a vehicle includes: a diaphragm chamber having an upper chamber and a lower chamber divided by a diaphragm and communicating with a valve inlet and a valve outlet. The upper chamber has a nipple in which a fluid flows or from which a fluid is discharged, and the lower chamber has a chamber opening port at a lower end thereof. A valve rod is coupled to the diaphragm and extends toward the valve outlet. A valve head is provided at a position corresponding to an end of the valve rod and has a wider cross sectional area than the valve rod. The valve head closes the valve outlet when the valve is closed, and closes the chamber opening port when the valve is open.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A diaphragm valve for a vehicle comprising:
a diaphragm chamber having an upper chamber and a lower chamber divided by a diaphragm and having a valve inlet and a valve outlet such that the lower chamber communicates with the valve inlet and the valve outlet, the upper chamber having a nipple in which a fluid flows or from which the fluid is discharged and the lower chamber having a chamber opening port at a lower end of the lower chamber;
a valve rod coupled to the diaphragm and extending toward the valve outlet; and
a valve head provided at a position corresponding to an end of the valve rod and having a wider cross sectional area than that of the valve rod, the valve head closing the valve outlet when the valve is closed and closing the chamber opening port when the valve is open.

2. The diaphragm valve of claim 1 , wherein the valve head seals the lower chamber in which the valve head moves downwards when the valve is closed so that the valve head comes into contact with a peripheral part of the valve outlet to close the valve outlet, and
wherein the valve head moves upwards when the valve is open so that the valve head comes into contact with a peripheral part of the chamber opening port to close the chamber opening port.

3. The diaphragm valve of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first guide portion provided at a position corresponding to an upper part of the valve inlet and protruding toward a lower part,
wherein a protruding height of the first guide portion increase toward the valve rod.

4. The diaphragm valve of claim 3 , further comprising:
a second guide portion provided at a position corresponding to a lower part of the valve inlet and having a chamfered shape.

5. The diaphragm valve of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sealer made of an elastic material and protruding from an outer surface of the valve head,
wherein the sealer extends along a circumferential direction of the valve head and comes into contact with a peripheral part of the chamber opening port or the valve outlet.

6. The diaphragm valve of claim 1 , wherein a mesh layer is formed in a discharge flow passage that is connected to the valve outlet and has a ventilation portion having a grid shape for attenuating noise generated from flow of the fluid.

7. The diaphragm valve of claim 6 , wherein the mesh layer has an upper layer and a lower layer, each of which has the ventilation portion with the grid shape,
wherein the lower layer is rotatable relative to the upper layer to control a grid direction of the ventilation portion of the lower layer.

8. The diaphragm valve of claim 1 , wherein the valve inlet and the valve outlet are connected to an inhalation manifold of an engine.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Chu Dong Ho
• Kim Hyung Jin
• Kim Yong Hoon
• Cho Teock Hyeong

Classifications

• F16K31/1262 Primary

  one side of the diaphragm being spring loaded · CPC title

• F16K7/17

  the diaphragm being actuated by fluid pressure · CPC title

• F16K31/1266

  one side of the diaphragm being acted upon by the circulating fluid · CPC title

• F16K47/08

  for decreasing pressure {or noise level} and having a throttling member separate from the closure member {, e.g. screens, slots, labyrinths} · CPC title

• F16K47/02

  for preventing water-hammer or noise · CPC title