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Granted Patent B2
US 12,584,568 · App. 18/571,112 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Fluid pressure reducing device

Inventors: Kab Ju Kwon (Daejeon, KR); Min Wong Hwang (Changwon-si, KR)
Assignee: YPP CORPORATION
F16K47/08F16K47/04
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Patent No.
US 12,584,568
App. No.
18/571,112
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a device that is 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 pressure and speed to lower the fluid pressure and speed at a side of a second port ( 510 ) by suppressing a flow of a high-pressure fluid at a side of a first port ( 410 ) under a condition of a large difference in fluid 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 relates to a device for preventing damage to a plug ( 13 ) due to a fluid colliding toward the plug ( 13 ) inside the valve ( 10 ).

Claims (25)

1 . A fluid pressure reducing device that is mounted in a fluid treatment device including an inlet pipe ( 11 a ) through which a high-pressure fluid is introduced and an outlet pipe ( 11 b ) 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 concentrically coupled to each other as a pair of disks,

wherein a plurality of diffuser cells having a trapezoidal shape of a narrow top and a wide bottom are formed from an outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) to an inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) so as to stand upright, so that a diffuser a ( 110 ) is radially formed in the disk A ( 100 ), a plurality of diffuser cells having a trapezoidal shape are formed from the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) to the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) of the disk B ( 200 ) so as to be perpendicular to a radial direction so that a diffuser b ( 210 ) is formed, the disk A ( 100 ) and the disk B ( 200 ) are concentrically coupled to each other so that the diffuser a ( 100 ) crosses the diffuser b ( 210 ), thereby forming a pressure reduction flow path, and a plurality of sets of the disk A and the disk B are integrally coupled to each other,

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

an upper open cell a ( 111 ) provided adjacent to the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) and having a trapezoidal shape with a narrow upper end that is open so as to form a first port of the fluid;

a lower open cell a ( 114 ) provided adjacent to the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) and having a trapezoidal shape with a wide lower end that is open so as to form a second port of the fluid; and

a closed cell a- 1 ( 112 ) and a closed cell a- 2 ( 113 ) having a trapezoidal shape, which are provided in two rows between the upper open cell a ( 111 ) and the lower open cell a ( 114 ) at a predetermined interval, in which positions of a row of the closed cell a- 2 ( 113 ) and a row of the closed cell a- 1 ( 112 ) are offset from each other,

wherein the diffuser b ( 210 ) of the disk B ( 200 ) includes a plurality of closed cell b- 1 ( 211 ) and a plurality of closed cell b- 2 ( 212 ) having trapezoidal shapes, which are provided between the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) and the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) of the disk B ( 200 ) and are formed in a direction from the outer circumferential surface to the inner circumferential surface at predetermined intervals, and

wherein the closed cell b- 1 ( 211 ) and the closed cell b- 2 ( 212 ) are formed, in which a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the diffuser cells of the diffusers a ( 110 ) are formed to connect a flow path between the closed cell a- 1 ( 112 ) and the closed cell a- 2 ( 113 ), and

wherein the trapezoidal shapes of the closed cell b- 1 ( 211 ) and the closed cell b- 2 ( 212 ) are alternately reversed such that widths thereof are gradually increased in a flow direction of the fluid, thereby allowing the fluid to repeat diffusion flow.

2 . A fluid pressure reducing device that is mounted in a fluid treatment device including an inlet pipe ( 11 a ) through which a high-pressure fluid is introduced and an outlet pipe ( 11 b ) 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 concentrically coupled to each other as a pair of disks,

wherein a plurality of diffuser cells having a trapezoidal shape of a narrow top and a wide bottom are formed from an inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) to an outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) so as to stand upright, so that a diffuser a ( 110 ) is radially formed in the disk A ( 100 ), a plurality of diffuser cells having trapezoidal shapes are formed from the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) to the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) so as to be perpendicular to a radial direction, so that a diffuser b ( 210 ) is formed in the disk B ( 200 ), and the disk A ( 100 ) and the disk B ( 200 ) are concentrically coupled to each other so that the diffuser a ( 110 ) crosses the diffuser b ( 210 ), thereby forming a pressure reduction flow path, and a plurality of sets of the disk A and the disk B are integrally coupled to each other,

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

an upper open cell a ( 111 ) provided adjacent to the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) and having a trapezoidal shape with a narrow upper end that is open so as to form a first port ( 510 ) of the fluid;

a lower open cell a ( 114 ) provided adjacent to the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) of the disk A ( 100 ) and having a trapezoidal shape with a wide lower end that is open so as to form a second port ( 410 ) of the fluid; and

at least one closed cell a- 1 ( 112 ) and a closed cell a- 2 ( 113 ) having a trapezoidal shape, which are provided in two rows between the upper open cell a ( 111 ) and the lower open cell a ( 114 ) at a predetermined interval, in which positions of a row of the closed cell a- 2 ( 113 ) and a row of the closed cell a- 1 ( 112 ) are offset from each other,

wherein the diffuser b ( 210 ) of the disk B ( 200 ) including the plurality of diffuser cells have a plurality of closed cell b- 1 and a plurality of closed cell b- 2 having trapezoidal shapes, which are provided between the outer circumferential surface ( 400 ) and the inner circumferential surface ( 500 ) of the disk B ( 200 ) and are formed in a direction from the inner circumferential surface to the outer circumferential surface at predetermined intervals,

wherein the closed cell b- 1 ( 211 ) and the closed cell b- 2 ( 212 ) are formed, in which a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the diffuser cells of the diffuser a ( 110 ) are formed to connect a flow path between the closed cell a- 1 ( 112 ) and the closed cell a- 2 ( 113 ), and

wherein the trapezoidal shapes of the closed cell b- 1 ( 211 ) and the closed cell b- 2 ( 212 ) are alternately reversed such that widths thereof are gradually increased in a flow direction of the fluid, thereby allowing the fluid to repeat diffusion flow.

3 . The fluid pressure reducing device of claim 2 , wherein the lower open cell a ( 114 ) having the trapezoidal shape with the lower end that is open is provided with a lower enlarged portion ( 114 a ) enlarged toward the second ports ( 410 , 510 ).

4 . The fluid pressure reducing device of claim 1 , wherein the lower open cell a ( 114 ) having the trapezoidal shape with the lower end that is open is provided with a lower enlarged portion ( 114 a ) enlarged toward the second ports ( 410 , 510 ).

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 15, 2023
From: KWON, KAB JU; HWANG, MIN WONG
To: VIV INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065888/0778 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0133092 · Oct 11, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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