AIRFLOW CONTROL VALVE STRUCTURE

• US 20200131999A1
• Filed: 03/28/2017
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: YAMAGUCHI, Tomohiro, ISHIHARA, Hiromitsu, NINOMIYA, Kyohei
• Application Number:
  US16/311,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20200131999A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F02B 31/06 Movable means, e.g. butterfly valves
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 9/1095 Rotating on a common axis, e.g. having a common shaft
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 9/16 the members being rotatable
• CPC Class Codes: F02M 35/104 Intake manifolds
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 1/20 with axis of rotation arranged externally of valve member
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 35/00 Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02T 10/12 Improving ICE efficiencies

Abstract

An airflow control valve structure includes a metal connecting shaft and a plastic valve body. The connection shaft includes an embedded portion. The connecting shaft is configured to rotate about a rotation axis. The embedded portion is embedded so that the valve body rotates integrally with the connecting shaft. The airflow control valve structure further includes a rotation restriction portion and a movement restriction portion. The rotation restriction portion is located on the embedded portion and restricts rotation of the embedded portion relative to the valve body. The movement restriction portion is located on the embedded portion and restricts movement of the embedded portion relative to the valve body in a direction along the rotation axis.

Claims

1. An airflow control valve structure comprising:

a metal connecting shaft including an embedded portion, wherein the connecting shaft is configured to rotate about a rotation axis;

a plastic valve body in which the embedded portion is embedded so that the valve body rotates integrally with the connecting shaft, wherein the valve body is configured to open and close part of a cross-sectional flow area of an intake passage;

a rotation restriction portion located on the embedded portion, wherein the rotation restriction portion restricts rotation of the embedded portion relative to the valve body; and

a movement restriction portion located on the embedded portion, wherein the movement restriction portion restricts movement of the embedded portion relative to the valve body in a direction along the rotation axis.

2. The airflow control valve structure according to claim 1, wherein the rotation restriction portion includes an uneven portion that is uneven in a radial direction about the rotation axis.

3. The airflow control valve structure according to claim 2, wherein

the embedded portion includes a small-diameter part and a large-diameter part that have a center axis extending in the direction along the rotation axis, wherein the large-diameter part has a larger diameter than the small-diameter part and is connected to the small-diameter part, and

the movement restriction portion includes a step formed between the small-diameter part and the large-diameter part.

4. The airflow control valve structure according to claim 3, wherein the uneven portion extends along the rotation axis over an entire length of the large-diameter part.

5. The airflow control valve structure according to claim 1, wherein the rotation restriction portion and the movement restriction portion include a grid recess engraved in a grid pattern on an outer circumferential surface of the connecting shaft.

6. The airflow control valve structure according to claim 1, wherein

the rotation restriction portion and the movement restriction portion include a helical uneven portion formed on an outer circumferential surface of the embedded portion, and

the helical uneven portion extends helically and is uneven in a radial direction about the rotation axis.