Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flow rate controller and drive device comprising same
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Application No.: US17292223Application Date: 2019-10-30
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Publication No.: US11519430B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Youji Takakuwa , Akihiro Kazama , Hiroyuki Asahara , Kengo Monden
- Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-ku
- Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-ku
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPJP2018-211493 20181109
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/042475 WO 20191030
- International Announcement: WO2020/095775 WO 20200514
- Main IPC: F15B11/06
- IPC: F15B11/06 ; F15B11/04 ; F15B13/04 ; F16K11/07 ; F16K31/122

Abstract:
A main flow path that introduces high-pressure air to an air cylinder, or discharges exhaust air therefrom, includes a sub flow path provided alongside the main flow path; an exhaust flow rate adjustment unit that suppresses the operation speed of the air cylinder by adjusting the flow rate of the exhaust air flowing through the sub flow path; and a switching valve that is connected between the air cylinder, the main flow path and the sub flow path, and that connects the main flow path and the sub flow path to the air cylinder in a switching manner. The switching valve is constituted by a spool valve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210404486A1 FLOW RATE CONTROLLER AND DRIVE DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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