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Granted Patent B2
US 12,590,648 · App. 18/570,605 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Fluid pressure reducing device

Inventors: Kab Ju Kwon (Daejeon, KR); Min Wong Hwang (Changwon-si, KR)
Assignee: YPP CORPORATION
F16K47/08F16K1/36
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Patent No.
US 12,590,648
App. No.
18/570,605
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a device provided inside a valve ( 10 ) to control a flow of a fluid. More specifically, the present invention relates to a device that is installed inside a valve ( 10 ) to reduce a fluid speed at a side of a second port ( 510 ) through reduction in pressure and speed by suppressing a flow of a high-pressure fluid from a side of a first port ( 410 ) under a condition in which a difference in pressure between a fluid pressure at an inlet of the valve ( 10 ) and the fluid pressure at an outlet of the valve ( 10 ). The present invention is a device for preventing damage to a plug ( 13 ) due to a fluid colliding toward the plug ( 13 ) inside a valve ( 10 ) by suppressing a flow of the fluid.

Claims (20)

1 . A fluid pressure reducing device that is mounted in a fluid treatment device including an inlet pipe through which a high-pressure fluid is introduced and an outlet pipe through which a low-pressure fluid is discharged, to induce fluid pressure reduction, the fluid pressure reducing device comprising:

an annular disk A ( 100 ) configured to have an outer diameter and an inner diameter; and

an annular disk B ( 200 ) configured to have an outer diameter and an inner diameter, which are the same as the outer diameter and the inner diameter of the disk A,

wherein the disk A ( 100 ) and the disk B ( 200 ) are coupled to each other as a pair of disks,

wherein a plurality of diffuser cells are formed between an outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) and an inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) so that a diffuser a ( 110 ) is radially formed in the disk A ( 100 ) in a row, a plurality of diffuser cells are formed between an outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) and an inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) of the disk B ( 200 ) so that a diffuser b ( 210 ) is radially formed in the disk B ( 200 ) in a row, in which the diffusers a ( 110 ) and the diffusers b ( 210 ) are radially spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals,

wherein each diffuser cell includes a head portion ( 301 ) having a trapezoidal shape of a narrow top and a top wide bottom to have a diffusion surface ( 301 c ) in a direction in which the fluid moves, and a rectangular body portion ( 302 ) coupled adjacent to a lower end of the head portion ( 301 ), in which the disk A ( 100 ) and the disk B ( 200 ) are concentrically coupled to each other such that the body portion ( 302 ) of each diffuser cell of the disk A ( 100 ) is connected to the head portion ( 301 ) of each diffuser cell of the disk B ( 200 ), and the body portion ( 302 ) of the disk B ( 100 ) is connected to and stacked on the head portion ( 301 ) of the diffuser cell of the disk A, thereby allowing the diffusers a ( 110 ) and the diffusers b ( 210 ) to be vertically connected to each other while crossing each other in order to form a pressure reduction flow path,

wherein the diffuser a ( 110 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) including the plurality of diffuser cells includes:

an upper open cell ( 310 ) provided adjacent to the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) or the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) to form a first port serving as an inlet of the fluid;

a lower open cell ( 330 ) provided adjacent to the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) or the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) to form a second port serving as an outlet of the fluid; and

at least one closed cell ( 320 ) provided between the upper open cell ( 310 ) and the lower open cell ( 330 ),

wherein the upper open cell ( 310 ), the closed cell ( 320 ), and the lower open cell ( 330 ) are radially arranged in a row at predetermined intervals, so that a plurality of diffusers a ( 110 ) are formed in a circumferential direction of the disk A ( 100 ) while being spaced apart from each other at predetermined angles,

wherein a plurality of diffusers b ( 210 ) of the disk B ( 200 ) including the plurality of diffuser cells have

a plurality of closed cells ( 320 ) radially formed in a row in a direction from the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) to the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) of the disk B ( 200 ) at predetermined intervals, in which closed heads ( 321 ) of the closed cells are arranged to face the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) so that a plurality of diffusers b ( 210 ) of the disk B ( 200 ) are formed in a circumferential direction of the disk B ( 200 ) while being spaced apart from each other at predetermined angles, and

wherein the disk A ( 100 ) and the disk B ( 200 ) are concentrically coupled to each other such that each diffuser cell of the disk A vertically and partially overlaps each diffuser cell of the disk B ( 200 ), in order to form a pressure reduction flow path in a direction from the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) to the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ).

2 . The fluid pressure reducing device of claim 1 , wherein the upper open cell ( 310 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) includes an upper end open head ( 311 ) cut with respect to the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) or the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ), and an open body ( 312 ) enlarged and integrally formed with the upper end open head ( 311 ), in which a first port is formed to introduce the fluid through a cut portion of the upper end open head ( 311 ),

wherein the lower open cell ( 330 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) includes a lower end open head ( 331 ) cut with respect to the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ), and a lower end open body ( 332 ) enlarged and continuously formed with the lower end open head ( 331 ), in which a second port is formed to discharge the fluid through the lower end open head ( 331 ) and the lower end open body ( 332 ), and

wherein the closed head ( 321 ) and the closed body ( 322 ) of the closed cell ( 320 ) provided between the upper open cell ( 310 ) and the lower open cell ( 330 ) are integrally coupled to each other, thereby forming a flow path.

3 . The fluid pressure reducing device of claim 1 , wherein the upper open cell ( 310 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) includes an upper end open head ( 311 ) cut with respect to the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ), and an open body ( 312 ) enlarged and integrally formed with the upper end open head ( 311 ), in which a first port is formed to introduce the fluid through a cut portion of the upper end open head ( 311 ),

wherein the lower open cell ( 330 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) includes a lower end open head ( 331 ) cut with respect to the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ), and a lower end open body ( 332 ) enlarged and continuously formed with the lower end open head ( 331 ), in which a second port is formed to discharge the fluid through the lower end open head ( 331 ) and the lower end open body ( 332 ), and

wherein the closed head ( 321 ) and the closed body ( 322 ) of the closed cell ( 320 ) provided between the upper open cell ( 310 ) and the lower open cell ( 330 ) forms a flow path.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2025
From: VIV INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
To: YPP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071187/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: KWON, KAB JU; HWANG, MIN WONG
To: VIV INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065877/0299 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0125317 · Sep 30, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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