Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Micro-valve
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Application No.: US16925007Application Date: 2020-07-09
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Publication No.: US11242943B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Wenjian Lu , Shigeaki Shibamoto , Kazunori Takahashi , Ayaka Sato
- Applicant: Shimadzu Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
- Current Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Muir Patent Law, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2019-172701 20190924
- Main IPC: F16K7/17
- IPC: F16K7/17 ; F16K99/00

Abstract:
Provided is a micro-valve having a laminate structure capable of improving sealing performance when a foreign substance is mixed. The micro-valve 10 has a laminate structure and includes a base layer 20 and a diaphragm layer 30. The base layer is formed with an inlet port 23 for introducing a gas into the micro-valve and an outlet port for allowing the gas to flow outside. The diaphragm layer is arranged to face the base layer. The diaphragm layer switches the flowing and blocking of the gas from the inlet port to the outlet port by elastic deformation thereof. The diaphragm layer has a configuration in which a plurality of deformation regions 33 and a plurality of rigid body regions 34 are alternately formed, the deformation region being elastically deformable in accordance with an inflow of a pneumatic fluid into the micro-valve. The diaphragm layer closes at least one of the inlet port and the outlet port by elastic deformation of at least a part of the plurality of deformation regions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210088155A1 MICRO-VALVE Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
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