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US 12,241,562 · App. 17/920,185 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

Valve device

Inventors: Masayoshi Okamoto (Kobe, JP); Makoto Ninomiya (Kobe, JP); Yutaka Suzuki (Kobe, JP); Ryo Miyoshi (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F16K27/12F16K27/029F16K31/0655
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Patent No.
US 12,241,562
App. No.
17/920,185
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A valve device includes a valve block having a valve port through which a fluid passes and an insertion hole; a moving valve body that opens or closes the valve port; a guide member that is inserted in the insertion hole, and slidably guides the valve body; a solenoid that generates a magnetic field when energized; a stationary pole that cooperates with the solenoid to move the valve body; a tubular support member that is inserted in the insertion hole to accommodate the solenoid, and supports the guide member that receives pressure from the fluid passing through the valve port; and a lid member that closes an opening of the support member, and the support member is joined with the valve block.

Claims (21)

1. A valve device comprising:

a valve block having a valve port through which a fluid passes and an insertion hole;

a valve body that opens or closes the valve port;

a guide member that is inserted in the insertion hole, and slidably guides the valve body;

a solenoid that generates a magnetic field when energized;

a stationary pole that cooperates with the solenoid to move the valve body;

a magnetic member that is arranged in the insertion hole and constitutes a magnetic circuit together with the solenoid;

a support member that is tubular and inserted in the insertion hole to accommodate the solenoid, and supports the guide member that receives pressure from the fluid passing through the valve port; and

a lid member that is joined to an inner circumferential face of the support member and closes an opening of the support member, wherein

the support member is joined with the valve block,

the magnetic member has a notch,

the valve block has an extraction hole connecting with the notch located in the insertion hole, on a lateral face,

the solenoid has a terminal projecting to the notch and facing the extraction hole, and

in the extraction hole, an energizing member that is connected with the terminal to energize the solenoid extends from a lateral side of the valve block.

2. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the stationary pole has the lid member.

3. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the support member is joined with the valve block by screwing.

4. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the support member projects, at a one end side part, from the insertion hole.

5. The valve device according to claim 3 , wherein

the support member projects, at a one end side part, from the insertion hole, and

a holding part is formed on a lateral face of the one end side part of the support member.

6. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein the solenoid has a positioning part that positions the solenoid with respect to the valve block.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2022
From: OKAMOTO, MASAYOSHI; NINOMIYA, MAKOTO; SUZUKI, YUTAKA; MIYOSHI, RYO
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 061946/0328 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-078571 · Apr 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230160490A1 · May 25, 2023
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