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Granted Patent B2
US 10,941,877 · App. 16/631,720 · Granted Mar 9, 2021

Switching valve

Inventors: Kosuke Wada (Kyoto, JP); Kenta Matsumoto (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
F16K37/0041F16K11/0743F16K31/041F16K31/042G01N30/20Y10T137/8225
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Patent No.
US 10,941,877
App. No.
16/631,720
Granted
Mar 9, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switching valve includes a valve head having a plurality of connection ports connecting a pipe, a rotor accommodated therein and including a groove for connecting the connection ports, and a rotor shaft holding the rotor and rotatably equipped, and a driver having a holder holding the valve head and a motor rotating the rotor shaft of the valve head held by the holder. Further, the valve head is provided with a home position sensor detecting a reference position in a rotation direction of the rotor shaft, and a teaching information holder holding information on a relative positional relationship between the reference position and a position of the rotor shaft when the rotor is at a predetermined position, and the reference position acquired using the home position sensor.

Claims (5)

1. A switching valve comprising:

a valve head having a plurality of connection ports connecting a pipe, a rotor accommodated therein and including a groove for connecting the connection ports, and a rotor shaft holding the rotor and rotatably equipped; and

a driver having a holder holding the valve head, and a motor rotating the rotor shaft of the valve head held by the holder, wherein

the valve head includes a home position sensor detecting a reference position in a rotation direction of the rotor shaft, and a teaching information holder holding teaching information acquired using the home position sensor, and the teaching information is information regarding a relative positional relationship between the reference position and a position of the rotor shaft when the rotor is at a predetermined position.

2. The switching valve according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to read the teaching information from the teaching information holder of the valve head held by the holder of the driver and to control operation of the motor based on the teaching information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2020
From: WADA, KOSUKE; MATSUMOTO, KENTA
To: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200182362A1 · Jun 11, 2020
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