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Granted Patent B2
US 10,480,670 · App. 15/481,294 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Valve element and fluid control valve

Inventors: Shigeyuki Hayashi (Kyoto, JP); Kazuya Shakudo (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
F16K27/02F16K1/36F16K1/44F16K25/005F16K31/007G05D7/0629G05D7/0635
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Patent No.
US 10,480,670
App. No.
15/481,294
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to provide a fluid control valve less likely to cause contamination, and a fluid control apparatus using the fluid control valve, at least any one of a valve seat member and a valve body member is one including a base body made of metal; and a resin layer that covers the surface of the base body to form a valve seat surface or a seating surface, in which the resin layer is directly chemically bonded to the base body.

Claims (29)

1. A fluid control valve comprising:

a valve seat member formed with a valve seat surface; and

a valve body member formed with a seating surface seated on the valve seat surface, and configured to control a flow of a fluid by separating or contacting the valve seat surface and the seating surface from or with each other, wherein

at least one of the valve seat member and the valve body member comprises:

a base body made of a metal material; and

a single resin layer that covers a bottom surface of a concave portion of the base body,

a front surface of the resin layer forms a part or a whole of the valve seat surface or the seating surface, and

a rear surface of the resin layer is directly bonded to and forms a covalent bond with the metal material of the base body, and

the resin layer is formed of a crosslinked modified fluorine-based resin.

2. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein

a top surface of the base body is formed with a groove or a hole through which the fluid circulates, and the resin layer is formed so as to not be formed inside the groove or the hole.

3. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein

the valve seat member or the valve body member is driven by a driving mechanism utilizing extension and contraction motions of a piezoelectric element, and the valve seat surface and the seating surface are thereby separated from or contacted with each other.

4. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein

the crosslinked modified fluorine-based resin is obtained by crosslinking and modifying a copolymer obtained by using one or by mixing two or more selected from a tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro (alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene copolymer, or a polychlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer.

5. A fluid control apparatus comprising the fluid control valve according to claim 1 .

6. A fluid control valve comprising:

a valve seat member formed with a valve seat surface on a surface thereof; and

a valve body member formed, on a surface thereof, with a seating surface seated on the valve seat surface, and configured to control a flow of a fluid by separating or contacting the valve seat surface and the seating surface from or with each other, wherein

at least one of the valve seat member and the valve body member comprises:

a base body made of a metal material; and

a single resin layer that covers a bottom surface of a concave portion of the base body,

a front surface of the resin layer forms a part or a whole of the valve seat surface or the seating surface, and

a rear surface of the resin layer is directly bonded to and forms a covalent bond with the metal material of the base body.

7. The fluid control valve according to claim 6 , wherein

a top surface of the base body is formed with a groove or a hole through which the fluid circulates, and the resin layer is formed so as to not be formed inside the groove or the hole.

8. The fluid control valve according to claim 6 , wherein

the valve seat member or the valve body member is driven by a driving mechanism utilizing extension and contraction motions of a piezoelectric element, and the valve seat surface and the seating surface are thereby separated from or contacted with each other.

9. A fluid control apparatus comprising the fluid control valve according to claim 6 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2017
From: HAYASHI, SHIGEYUKI; SHAKUDO, KAZUYA
To: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041890/0638 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-077659 · Apr 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170292622A1 · Oct 12, 2017
Cited By (1)
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