Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spool valve
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Application No.: US17056102Application Date: 2018-05-17
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Publication No.: US11408531B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Shinji Narita , Hideki Tanaka , Kazuto Fujiyama , Kazuya Matsumoto
- Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Kobe
- Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kobe
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/019181 WO 20180517
- International Announcement: WO2019/220600 WO 20191121
- Main IPC: F16K31/04
- IPC: F16K31/04 ; F15B13/04 ; F16K11/07 ; F16K31/50 ; F16H25/22 ; F16H61/02 ; F16K3/314

Abstract:
A spool valve capable of suppressing deterioration of position controllability of a spool due to misalignment includes: a housing including a spool hole; a spool inserted into the spool hole of the housing so as to be movable in an axial direction; and an electric actuator configured to move the spool in the axial direction. The electric actuator includes: an electric motor configured to rotate an output shaft; a linear-motion converting mechanism including a linear-motion member configured to be linearly movable, the linear-motion converting mechanism being configured to convert a rotational motion of the output shaft into a linear motion of the linear-motion member; and a coupling member coupling the linear-motion member and the spool moves in accordance with the linear motion of the linear-motion member. The coupling member allows one of tilt and eccentricity of an axis of the spool relative to an axis of the linear-motion member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210207731A1 SPOOL VALVE Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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