IP Library Granted Patent US 10,144,401
Granted Patent B2
US 10,144,401 · App. 15/600,650 · Granted Dec 4, 2018

Inspection valve

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Patent No.
US 10,144,401
App. No.
15/600,650
Granted
Dec 4, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it provides an inspection valve installed at a flow path connecting a reservoir to a chamber of a master cylinder, comprising: a housing at which a bore is formed and having one side at which an inlet hole is formed; a plunger provided to be movable along the bore of the housing; a seat member configured to close one side of the bore and through which an outlet hole passes; and an elastic member having one side supported by the plunger and the other side supported by the seat member, wherein the plunger is provided to block the outlet hole when a hydraulic pressure flowing in through the inlet hole is greater than an elastic force of the elastic member. Also, according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, it provides an inspection valve installed at a bypass flow path connecting a front side of a check valve to a rear side thereof at a reservoir flow path connecting a reservoir to a master cylinder, comprising: a housing at which a bore is formed and having one side at which an inlet hole communicating with the master cylinder is formed; a plunger provided to be movable along the bore of the housing; a seat member configured to close one side of the bore and through which an outlet hole communicating with the reservoir passes; and an elastic member having one side supported by the plunger and the other side supported by the seat member, wherein the check valve is provided at the reservoir flow path and enables fluid to flow in a direction from the reservoir to the master cylinder, and the plunger is provided to block the outlet hole when a hydraulic pressure flowing in through the inlet hole is greater than an elastic force of the elastic member.

Claims (30)

1. An inspection valve installed at a flow path connecting a reservoir to a chamber of a master cylinder, comprising:

a housing at which a bore is formed and having one side at which an inlet hole is formed;

a plunger provided to be movable along the bore of the housing;

a seat member configured to close one side of the bore and through which an outlet hole passes; and

an elastic member having one side supported by the plunger and the other side supported by the seat member,

wherein the plunger comprises a slit provided at an outer surface of the plunger in a length direction of the bore so that oil flowing in through the inlet hole flows toward an opposite side of the plunger along the slit.

2. The inspection valve of claim 1 , wherein the bore includes a first bore adjacent to the inlet hole, and a second bore at which the seat member comprising the outlet hole is disposed, the second bore of the housing having an inner diameter that is greater than an inner diameter of the first bore of the housing.

3. The inspection valve of claim 1 , wherein an opening and closing member protrudes from one side of the plunger, and

the plunger is provided to be moved by the hydraulic pressure, thereby enabling the opening and closing member to block the outlet hole.

4. The inspection valve of claim 3 , wherein the seat member includes a seating part that is provided to extend from one side of the outlet hole, and

the opening and closing member is seated at the seating part to block the outlet hole.

5. The inspection valve of claim 1 , wherein the inlet hole communicates with the chamber of the master cylinder, and the outlet hole communicates with the reservoir.

6. The inspection valve of claim 1 , wherein the plunger is provided to block the outlet hole when a hydraulic pressure flowing in through the inlet hole is greater than an elastic force of the elastic member.

7. The inspection valve of claim 1 , wherein an inclined part is formed at an edge of the seat member along a circumference of the seat member.

8. An inspection valve installed at a bypass flow path connecting a front side of a check valve to a rear side thereof at a reservoir flow path connecting a reservoir to a master cylinder, comprising:

a housing at which a bore is formed and having one side at which an inlet hole communicating with the master cylinder is formed;

a plunger provided to be movable along the bore of the housing;

a seat member configured to close one side of the bore and through which an outlet hole communicating with the reservoir passes; and

an elastic member having one side supported by the plunger and the other side supported by the seat member,

wherein the check valve is provided at the reservoir flow path and enables fluid to flow in a direction from the reservoir to the master cylinder, and

wherein the plunger comprises a slit provided at an outer surface of the plunger in a length direction of the bore so that oil flowing in through the inlet hole flows toward an opposite side of the plunger along the slit.

9. The inspection valve of claim 8 , wherein an opening and closing member protrudes from one side of the plunger, and

the plunger is provided to be moved by the hydraulic pressure, thereby enabling the opening and closing member to block the outlet hole.

10. The inspection valve of claim 9 , wherein the seat member includes a seating part that is provided to extend from one side of the outlet hole, and

the opening and closing member is seated at the seating part to block the outlet hole.

11. The inspection valve of claim 8 , wherein the slit of the plunger is formed from one end and to an other end of the plunger.

12. The inspection valve of claim 8 , the plunger is provided to block the outlet hole when a hydraulic pressure flowing in through the inlet hole is greater than an elastic force of the elastic member.

13. The inspection valve of claim 8 , wherein the slit of the plunger is formed from one end and to an other end of the plunger.

14. The inspection valve of claim 8 , wherein an inclined part is formed at an edge of the seat member along a circumference of the seat member.

15. The inspection valve of claim 8 , wherein the bore of the housing comprises a first bore adjacent to the inlet hole and a second bore at which the seat member comprising the outlet hole is disposed, the second bore of the housing having an inner diameter which is greater than an inner diameter of the first bore of the housing.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062152/0127 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2017
From: CHOI, SEONG-HO; JEON, IN-WOOK
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042443/0134 →