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Granted Patent B2
US 11,899,475 · App. 17/447,320 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Fluid control valve and fluid control device

Inventor: Kazuya Imai (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,899,475
App. No.
17/447,320
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to achieve an enlargement of a seating surface, and to additionally achieve an improvement in productivity while forming this seating surface using a resin layer, without having to sacrifice any of the drive range of the valve body, there is provided a fluid control valve that is formed such that drive force from an actuator is transmitted to a valve body via a plunger, and that controls a flow of a fluid by causing a seating surface of the valve body to move towards or away from a valve seat surface of a valve seat, wherein the valve body is a separate body from the plunger, and the seating surface is formed by a resin layer.

Claims (12)

1. A fluid control valve that is formed such that drive force from an actuator is transmitted to a valve body via a plunger using deflection of a diaphragm, and that controls a flow rate of a fluid by causing a seating surface of the valve body to move towards or away from a valve seat surface of a valve seat, wherein

the valve body is a separate body from the plunger and is a separate body from the diaphragm,

the fluid control valve is mounted on a block body and a recessed housing portion is provided in the block body,

the valve seat and the valve body are housed within the recessed housing portion,

the seating surface faces away from the plunger and is formed by a resin layer,

in a state in which voltage is not being applied to the actuator, a gap is formed between the seating surface and the valve seat surface, and

when voltage is applied to the actuator, the valve body is made to approach the valve seat by drive force from the actuator so as to reduce the flow rate.

2. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein the seating surface is a lower surface of the valve body.

3. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein the resin layer is formed using a cross-link modified fluorine-based resin.

4. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein the resin layer is provided in a recessed portion that is formed in the valve body.

5. The fluid control valve according to claim 1 , wherein the valve body and the plunger are in mutual contact via a tilt-inhibiting projection that inhibits tilting of the plunger that is generated by the contact between the valve seat and the valve body.

6. A fluid control device comprising the fluid control valve according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2021
From: IMAI, KAZUYA
To: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057443/0584 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-153607 · Sep 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220083080A1 · Mar 17, 2022