IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,215,296
Granted Patent B2
US 11,215,296 · App. 16/495,551 · Granted Jan 4, 2022

Valve, in particular vacuum valve

Inventor: Michael Zickar (Englburg, CH)
Assignee: VAT Holding AG
F16K51/02F16K3/314F16K3/0254F16K3/188F16K31/122H01L21/67126
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,215,296
App. No.
16/495,551
Granted
Jan 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A valve ( 1 ) having at least one closure member ( 2 ) for closing a valve opening ( 3 ) and at least one valve rod ( 4 ), at least one first connecting section ( 5 ) being provided in or on the valve rod ( 4 ), at least one second connecting section ( 6 ) being provided in or on the closure member ( 2 ), and the closure member being fastenable or fastened to the valve rod by the connection of the first connecting section to the second connecting section. The first connecting section ( 5 ) and/or the second connecting section ( 6 ) has/have at least one pressure chamber ( 8 ) for a fluid, this chamber being delimited by at least one elastically deformable boundary wall ( 7 ) and the boundary wall can be elastically deformed by the fluid provided in the pressure chamber ( 8 ) in order to form a clamped connection of the first connecting section ( 5 ) to the second connecting section ( 6 ).

Claims (19)

1. A valve, comprising:

at least one closure member for closing a valve opening,

at least one valve rod,

at least one first connecting section arranged in or on the valve rod,

at least one second connecting section arranged in or on the closure member,

the closure member being fastenable or fastened to the valve rod by connection of the first connecting section to the second connecting section,

at least one of the first connecting section or the second connecting section has at least one pressure chamber for a fluid, said pressure chamber is delimited by at least one elastically deformable boundary wall,

the boundary wall is elastically deformable by the fluid arranged in the pressure chamber to form a clamping connection of the first connecting section to the second connecting section,

a shut-off element configured for locking the fluid in the pressure chamber, and

the shut-off element comprises an elastic pressure limiter element.

2. The valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the boundary wall, the first connecting section, or the second connecting section are formed of at least one metal or at least one metal alloy.

3. The valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the first or second connecting sections has a receiving cavity, and the other one of the first or second connecting sections is arranged in the receiving cavity in a state of the connecting sections in which they are connected in a clamping manner.

4. The valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shut-off element is configured as an actuating element for setting a pressure of the fluid in the pressure chamber.

5. The valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shut-off element comprises a screw.

6. The valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shut-off element is arranged in the closure member, in a closure member carrier which connects the closure member to the valve rod, in the valve rod, or in a fluid line which is routed out of the valve rod or out of the closure member.

7. A method for fastening the closure member to the valve rod of the valve as claimed in claim 1 , the method comprising assembling the first connecting section and the second connecting section with one another, and connecting the first connecting section and second connecting section by elastically deforming the boundary wall by increasing a pressure of the fluid in the pressure chamber.

8. A method for releasing a fastening of the closure member to the valve rod of the valve as claimed in claim 1 , the method comprising releasing the clamping connection of the first connecting section to the second connecting section by decreasing a pressure of the fluid in the pressure chamber.

9. The valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shut-off element is configured for releasably locking in the fluid in the pressure chamber.

10. The valve as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shut-off element comprises a headless screw.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2019
From: ZICKAR, MICHAEL
To: VAT HOLDING AG
Reel/Frame 050432/0063 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 135/2017 · Mar 31, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200096133A1 · Mar 26, 2020