Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Piezoelectric valve and optical granular material-sorting apparatus utilizing such piezoelectric valve
- Patent Title (中): 使用这种压电阀的压电阀和光学粒度分选装置
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Application No.: US13107332Application Date: 2011-05-13
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Publication No.: US08662312B2Publication Date: 2014-03-04
- Inventor: Takafumi Ito , Teruhiko Takeuchi , Takeshi Yano , Sze Keat Chee , Toshiro Higuchi
- Applicant: Takafumi Ito , Teruhiko Takeuchi , Takeshi Yano , Sze Keat Chee , Toshiro Higuchi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: Satake Corporation,Mechano Transformer Corporation
- Current Assignee: Satake Corporation,Mechano Transformer Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Law Office of Katsuhiro Arai
- Priority: JP2010-117004 20100521
- Main IPC: B07C5/36
- IPC: B07C5/36

Abstract:
A piezoelectric valve comprising: a valve main body formed in which are a gas pressure chamber that takes in compressed gas supplied from the outside as well as a gas release channel through which the compressed gas is released from the gas pressure chamber; a valve body placed in the gas pressure chamber to open and close the gas release channel; a piezoelectric element that generates, in the form of displacement, a driving force needed to operate the valve body; at least one displacement amplification mechanism that amplifies a displacement of the piezoelectric element and causes it to act upon the valve body; and a driving means for applying voltage to the piezoelectric element in order to drive the valve body to open the valve and thereby open the gas release channel; wherein such piezoelectric valve is characterized in that the driving means applies voltage to the piezoelectric element in multiple stages so as to suppress fluctuation in the amount of gas ejected from the gas release channel when the valve opens.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110284431A1 PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE AND OPTICAL GRANULAR MATERIAL-SORTING APPARATUS UTILIZING SUCH PIEZOELECTRIC VALVE Public/Granted day:2011-11-24
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