公开(公告)号：US20220196157A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-23

申请号：US17689037

申请日：2022-03-08

Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION

Inventor： Takehito MIZUNUMA ,  Ryou SANO ,  Akira HIGUCHI ,  Hiroki SHIMADA

IPC: F16K3/08 ,  F16K11/074 ,  F16K3/02

Abstract: A valve device includes a housing, a stator disposed in the housing and defining at least one passage hole, a driving portion, a shaft configured to be rotated by a rotational force generated by the driving portion, and a rotor in contact with the stator and configured to adjust an amount of the fluid flowing through the at least one passage hole by rotating about an axis along with the shaft. One of an inner circumferential side surface of the housing or an outer circumferential side surface of the stator has at least one engaging protrusion and the other has at least one engaging recess. The at least one engaging protrusion is engaged with the at least one engaging recess such that the stator is restricted from rotating in a circumferential direction of the axis.

公开(公告)号：US20220186840A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：US17683449

申请日：2022-03-01

Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION

Inventor： Syota KIMURA ,  Hiroki SHIMADA ,  Akira HIGUCHI ,  Takehito MIZUNUMA ,  Takuya HAMADA ,  Ryou SANO

IPC: F16K3/10 ,  F16K3/08 ,  F16K3/314

Abstract: A valve device includes a flow path formation member provided with at least one flow path hole through which a fluid passes, and a drive part that outputs a rotational force. The valve device includes a shaft, and a rotor having a sliding surface that slides while facing an opening surface of the flow path formation member where the flow path hole is opened, and the rotor is configured to increase or decrease an opening degree of the flow path hole with rotation of the shaft. The valve device includes an energization member that energizes the rotor toward the flow path formation member. The valve device includes a coupling structure configured to tiltably couple the shaft to the rotor such that a contact state between the sliding surface and the opening surface is held regardless of a posture or a position of the shaft.

公开(公告)号：US20250003508A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18882397

申请日：2024-09-11

Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION

Inventor： Naito MUTO ,  Naoya MAKIMOTO ,  Yasuhiro YOKOO ,  Yoshiki KATO ,  Takuya HAMADA ,  Akira HIGUCHI

IPC: F16K11/074 ,  F16K27/04

Abstract: A housing forms: a first space and a second space; and a third space that is placed on one side relative to the first space and the second space in one direction. A primary partition partitions between the first space and the second space, and secondary partitions partition the first space into a plurality of subspaces. A valve element has: a first communication passage extending through the valve element in the one direction; and a second communication passage recessed on the valve element from another side toward the one side in the one direction. In response to movement of the valve element, the valve element changes a subspace to be communicated with the third space through the first communication passage among the plurality of subspaces and also changes another subspace to be communicated with the second space through the second communication passage among the plurality of subspaces.

公开(公告)号：US20230228333A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US18190565

申请日：2023-03-27

Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION

Inventor： Takuya HAMADA ,  Ryo SANO ,  Atsushi TANAKA ,  Akira HIGUCHI

IPC: F16K3/02 ,  F16K3/08 ,  F16K3/34 ,  F16K31/44

CPC classification number: F16K3/0254 ,  F16K3/08 ,  F16K3/34 ,  F16K31/44

Abstract: A valve device includes a housing, a stationary disk, a drive device, a shaft and a rotor. The stationary disk is fixed at an inside of the housing and has at least one flow passage hole. The shaft is rotated about a central axis by the drive device. The rotor increases or decreases an opening degree of the at least one flow passage hole. The rotor includes: a drive disk that slides relative to the stationary disk; and a lever that is fixed to the drive disk and couples between the drive disk and the shaft. A torsion spring is placed between the shaft and the lever and urges the lever relative to the shaft in a circumferential direction around the central axis of the shaft. The shaft has a plurality of contact portions configured to contact the lever and respectively located at a plurality of locations.

公开(公告)号：US20220034562A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17501402

申请日：2021-10-14

Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION

Inventor： Masamichi MAKIHARA ,  Yoshiki KATOH ,  Takahiro MAEDA ,  Kuniyoshi TANIOKA ,  Akira HIGUCHI ,  Takehito MIZUNUMA ,  Takuya HAMADA

IPC: F25B41/20 ,  F16K3/08 ,  F16K11/06 ,  F16K31/53

Abstract: A fluid circulation circuit includes a flow passage switching valve. The flow passage switching valve includes a body and a switcher. The body includes a first inlet, a second inlet, and outlets including a first outlet. The switcher is capable of switching a passage configuration to a state in which a fluid that has flowed in from the first inlet flows out of either one of the outlets and a state in which the fluid that has flowed in from the second inlet flows out of either one of the outlets.

公开(公告)号：US20240318734A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18732284

申请日：2024-06-03

Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION

Inventor： Hiroshi OGAWA ,  Kazuhide UCHIDA ,  Mikio MATSUDA ,  Teppei MATSUMOTO ,  Akira HIGUCHI

IPC: F16K11/074 ,  F16K41/10

CPC classification number: F16K11/074 ,  F16K41/106

Abstract: A rotor is placed on one axial side relative to a passage hole forming portion at an inside of a housing. A differential pressure device is placed on the one axial side relative to the rotor and has a pressure chamber. The housing has: a one-side space that is placed on the one axial side relative to the rotor; and at least one other-side space that is placed on another axial side, which is opposite to the one axial side, relative to the passage hole forming portion. The differential pressure device generates an urging force that urges the rotor against the passage hole forming portion by a differential pressure between a pressure in the pressure chamber and a pressure in the one-side space in a case where a pressure in the at least one other-side space is higher than the pressure in the one-side space.

公开(公告)号：US20220186657A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：US17686786

申请日：2022-03-04

Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION

Inventor： Akira HIGUCHI ,  Takehito MIZUNUMA ,  Ryou SANO

IPC: F01P7/16 ,  F16K3/08 ,  F16K11/074 ,  F25B41/42

Abstract: A valve device includes a housing integrally or separately having a flow path formation part where at least one flow path hole through which a fluid passes is formed. The valve device includes: a drive part that outputs a rotational force; and a rotation part that rotates about a predetermined axis by the rotational force output from the drive part. The rotation part includes a shaft and a rotor increasing or decreasing an opening degree of the flow path hole with rotation of the shaft. The rotor has a sliding surface that slides while facing an opening surface of the flow path formation part where the flow path hole is opened. At least a part of the rotation part is rotatably held by the housing.

公开(公告)号：US20220090700A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-24

申请号：US17540979

申请日：2021-12-02

Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION

Inventor： Takuya HAMADA ,  Hiroki SHIMADA ,  Akira HIGUCHI ,  Takehito MIZUNUMA ,  Syota KIMURA ,  Ryou SANO

IPC: F16K31/53 ,  B60H1/00 ,  F16K31/04

Abstract: A valve device includes: a driving source making rotational motion; a rotated part provided rotatably around a predetermined axis; and a fluid passage portion having a flow hole for passing a fluid. The valve device further includes: a gear mechanism having gears to transmit rotational motion of the driving source to the rotated part by engagement between the gears to rotate the rotated part; and a biasing part biasing the rotated part toward one side in a circumferential direction with the predetermined axis at the center. The rotated part includes a rotor increasing or reducing an opening of the flow hole in conjunction with rotation of the rotated part and is rotated according to rotational motion of the driving source while being biased toward the one side in the circumferential direction by the biasing part.

公开(公告)号：US20210285388A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US17338405

申请日：2021-06-03

Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION ,  DENSO DAISHIN CORPORATION

Inventor： Akira HIGUCHI ,  Kenichi ISHIHARA

IPC: F02D9/10 ,  F02D11/10

Abstract: A valve gear includes a gear portion configured to rotate by drive torque transmitted from an actuator, a boss portion provided on the gear portion and having a cylindrical outer wall, and one or more extension portions extending in an axial direction from the gear portion on a radial outer side of the boss portion. A coiled spring including a first hook provided at end portion on a gear portion side, and a second hook provided at end portion on an opposite side to the gear portion so that the first hook and the second hook are respectively locked to each other on opposite sides in a circumferential direction of the extension portion. A valve gear subassembly formed by assembling the valve gear and the spring is housed in a valve gear accommodating chamber of the body, and the second hook of the spring is locked to the body.

公开(公告)号：US20180238409A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-23

申请号：US15752319

申请日：2016-09-19

Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION

Inventor： Akira HIGUCHI ,  Tohru SHIMIZU ,  Tadashi KOMIYAMA

IPC: F16F1/02 ,  F02D9/10 ,  F16F1/48

CPC classification number: F16F1/025 ,  F02D9/1065 ,  F02D2009/0264 ,  F02D2009/0269 ,  F16F1/06 ,  F16F1/48 ,  F16F2234/00 ,  F16F2236/08 ,  F16F2238/024 ,  F16F2238/028

Abstract: A torsion spring that is used in a throttle valve device increasing and decreasing an opening degree of an intake passage or an exhaust passage of an internal-combustion engine includes: two coil springs connected with each other so that torsion directions are opposite from each other; and a hook disposed between the two coil springs. Of the two coil springs, one side spring arranged at one side in an axial direction biases a valve object to a closing side, and the other side spring arranged at the other side in the axial direction biases the valve object to an opening side. In at least one coil spring of the two coil springs, a dimension of a clearance between the at least one coil spring and the hook connected with each other is larger than an average value of clearances between coil turns of the at least one coil spring.