IP Library Granted Patent US 11,359,730
Granted Patent B2
US 11,359,730 · App. 17/212,406 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

Valve device

Inventors: Nobuo Nakamura (Osaka, JP); Kenta Kondo (Osaka, JP); Tomohiro Nakata (Osaka, JP); Masahiko Nakazawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
F16K7/16F16K27/0236
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Patent No.
US 11,359,730
App. No.
17/212,406
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A valve device includes: a valve device body including a valve seat; a diaphragm that is provided to cover a valve chamber; a stem; and a valve body portion that is inserted into a central portion of the diaphragm, and that is configured to open and close the fluid passage by approaching the valve seat and separating from the valve seat. The diaphragm includes a main diaphragm, and a support diaphragm positioned on an opposite side of the main diaphragm to the valve chamber side and provided in contact with the main diaphragm. A first terminal end portion on an inner peripheral side of the main diaphragm is fixed to the valve body portion. A second terminal end portion on an inner peripheral side of the support diaphragm is separated from the first terminal end portion on the inner peripheral side of the main diaphragm.

Claims (16)

1. A valve device comprising:

a valve device body that has a fluid passage and a valve chamber formed therein and includes a valve seat;

a diaphragm that is provided to cover the valve chamber and keeps the valve chamber airtight;

a stem that is configured to move to approach and separate from the valve seat; and

a valve body portion that is inserted into a central portion of the diaphragm and connected to the stem, and that is configured to open and close the fluid passage by approaching the valve seat and separating from the valve seat, wherein

the diaphragm includes a main diaphragm, and a support diaphragm positioned on an opposite side of the main diaphragm to the valve chamber side and provided in contact with the main diaphragm,

a first terminal end portion on an inner peripheral side of the main diaphragm is fixed to the valve body portion, and

a second terminal end portion on an inner peripheral side of the support diaphragm is separated from the first terminal end portion on the inner peripheral side of the main diaphragm,

wherein a retaining ring is provided on the valve body portion on the opposite side of the diaphragm to the valve chamber side,

a lower surface of the retaining ring contacts an inside portion of the support diaphragm,

the main diaphragm includes a first outer peripheral portion, a first intermediate portion, and a first inner peripheral portion,

the support diaphragm includes a second outer peripheral portion, a second intermediate portion, and a second inner peripheral portion, and

the second outer peripheral portion contacts the first outer peripheral portion, the second intermediate portion contacts the first intermediate portion, the first inner peripheral portion is configured to curve away from an inner end of the first intermediate portion toward the valve seat, and the second inner peripheral portion is separated from the main diaphragm.

2. The valve device according to claim 1 , wherein

the main diaphragm is formed from a metallic material while the support diaphragm is formed from rubber or a resin material, and

the first terminal end portion on the inner peripheral side of the main diaphragm is fixed to the valve body portion by welding.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: NAKAMURA, NOBUO; KONDO, KENTA; NAKATA, TOMOHIRO
To: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 055719/0943 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-179314 · Sep 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019035457 · Sep 10, 2019
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