Receiving opening of joint for working fluid and valve with the receiving opening

• US 8,231,101 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2004
• Issued: 07/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Asahi Organic Chemicals Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Asahi Organic Chemicals Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Hagihara, Shunichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Fristoe, Jr., John
• Assistant Examiner(s): TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE
• Application Number:
  US11/364,295
• Publication Number:
  US 20090166574A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,895 Days
• Field of Search: 251/62, 251/63, 251/63.5, 251/331, 251/368, 285/116, 285/115, 285/114, 285/288.8, 285/293.1, 285/294.4, 285/330, 285/331, 285/332.4, 285/382, 285/208
• US Class Current: 251/63
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 31/122 the fluid acting on a piston F16K31/143, F16K31/163, F16K31/363, F16K31/383 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 41/12 with approximately flat diaphragm
• CPC Class Codes: F16K 7/14 arranged to be deformed against a flat seat

Abstract

The present invention relates to a duct connector for working fluid, that is durable and corrosion resistant, and a valve with the duct connector. The duct connector has a head portion with an internal fitting portion that fluidly communicates with the inside of a cylinder housing of the valve. It is affixed to the housing in such a manner that the head portion protrudes from the outer surface of the housing with the fitting portion being positioned outside the outer surface of the housing. Duct connectors may be formed by insert molding using a resin with a tensile elongation ratio of 50%-400% and tensile strength of 50 Mpa -200 MPa.

Claims

1. A valve and resin cylinder housing therefor being formed of a resin including glass fibers, comprising:

a receiving opening structure of a joint for working fluid comprising a resin providing a tensile elongation of 50%-400% and a tensile strength of 50 MPa-200 MPa, the receiving opening structure being configured as a one-piece construction that is affixed to the resin cylinder housing and comprises

a head portion comprising terminal end portions that abut outer peripheral portions of the resin cylinder housing and a nut portion on one end of the receiving opening structure that abuts outermost peripheral portions of the resin cylinder housing relatively adjacent the outer peripheral portions abutted by the terminal end portions so as to extend entirely continuously and uninterrupted from the resin cylinder housing, and

a base portion continuous with the head portion and positioned on an opposite end of the receiving opening structure, the base portion, nut portion and head portions each comprising a respective diameter, the diameter of the base portion being smaller than the diameter of the head portion, and portions of the receiving opening structure intermediate the base portion and the nut portion comprising a diameter smaller than the nut portion diameter so that the nut portion comprises a larger relative diameter portion that substantially overlaps the outer peripheral surface of the resin cylinder housing at a point of abutment therewith, the nut portion being entirely horizontally and vertically spaced from the terminal end portions of the head portion that abut outer peripheral portions of the resin cylinder housing.