IP Library Granted Patent US 12,613,539
Granted Patent B2
US 12,613,539 · App. 18/047,577 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Fluid control device, fluid control system and fluid control method

Inventors: Kenichi Oe (Kyoto, JP); Daichi Kunita (Kyoto, JP); Kazuya Shakudo (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: HORIBA STEC, Co., Ltd.
G05D7/0652F16K27/003
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Patent No.
US 12,613,539
App. No.
18/047,577
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fluid control device includes a body inside which is formed a flow path, a fluid control valve that is mounted on the body and controls a fluid flowing through the flow path, and a casing that is mounted on the body in such a way as to house the fluid control valve. A sloping surface that slopes towards the body is formed on a top surface of the casing, which is a surface facing towards an opposite side from the body.

Claims (25)

1 . A fluid control device comprising:

a body inside which is formed a flow path;

a fluid control valve that is mounted on the body and controls a fluid flowing through the flow path; and

a casing that is mounted on the body in such a way as to house the fluid control valve, wherein

a sloping surface that slopes towards the body is formed on a top surface of the casing, which is a surface facing towards an opposite side from the body,

at least two Industrial Ethernet communication ports are provided on the top surface of the casing and are arranged in a line along a longitudinal direction of the top surface, the at least two Industrial Ethernet communication ports being disposed along a center of the top surface in a width direction, the width direction being orthogonal to the longitudinal direction,

the at least two Industrial Ethernet communication ports are spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction by a distance corresponding to at least one port, and

the sloping surface has a shape extending longer in the longitudinal direction than in the width direction, and a plurality of status lamps showing operational statuses of the fluid control device and/or a plurality of operating switches that are used to perform operations on the fluid control device are provided on the sloping surface and are arranged in a row along the longitudinal direction.

2 . The fluid control device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of status lamps are provided on the sloping surface.

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

the plurality of operating switches are provided on the sloping surface.

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

a flat surface that is parallel to the body is formed on the top surface of the casing,

two of the at least two Industrial Ethernet communication ports are provided on the flat surface, and

status lamps configured to show a communication state of respective ones of the two Industrial Ethernet communication ports are provided adjacent to the two Industrial Ethernet communication ports on the flat surface.

5 . The fluid control device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two Industrial Ethernet communication ports conform with an industrial network.

6 . The fluid control device according to claim 4 , wherein the top surface is formed in an elongated shape, and

the flat surface and the sloping surface are formed so as to be continuous in the longitudinal direction of the top surface.

7 . The fluid control device according to claim 6 , wherein the sloping surface is formed at one-end side or at another-end side of the top surface of the casing in the longitudinal direction thereof.

8 . The fluid control device according to claim 6 , wherein a power supply connector to which is connected a predetermined power supply cable is provided either at a front surface or a rear surface of the casing so as to face towards one side or another side of the top surface in the longitudinal direction thereof.

9 . The fluid control device according to claim 8 , wherein the power supply connector is provided on a bottom surface of a recessed portion that is formed in the front surface or rear surface of the casing.

10 . The fluid control device according to claim 9 , wherein the flat surface of the casing extends further outwards in the longitudinal direction than the bottom surface of the recessed portion that is formed in the front surface or rear surface.

11 . A fluid control system comprising the fluid control device according to claim 1 , wherein

the top surface of the fluid control device is formed in an elongated shape, and

air-pressure valves that shut off a flow of a fluid flowing through the flow path are provided at the front and at the rear in the longitudinal direction of the top surface of the casing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2022
From: OE, KENICHI; KUNITA, DAICHI; SHAKUDO, KAZUYA
To: HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061460/0704 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-177284 · Oct 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230140776A1 · May 4, 2023
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