US 12,169,025 B2
Control valve
Meiyan Hu, Zhejiang (CN)
Assigned to HANGZHOU AO KE MEI RUI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
Appl. No. 18/027,364
Filed by HANGZHOU AO KE MEI RUI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
PCT Filed Sep. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/120575
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/151759, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110065261.1 (CN), filed on Jan. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0400108 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 11/08 (2006.01); F16K 5/04 (2006.01); F16K 11/085 (2006.01); F16K 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 11/0856 (2013.01) [F16K 5/0407 (2013.01); F16K 5/0471 (2013.01); F16K 11/085 (2013.01); F16K 11/0853 (2013.01); F16K 27/065 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control valve, comprising a valve body component and a valve core component, wherein the control valve has a valve cavity, at least part of the valve core component is located in the valve cavity, the valve core component is driven to be rotatable; the valve body component comprises a side wall portion, the side wall portion is a peripheral wall or at least a part of the peripheral wall of the valve cavity, the side wall portion has at least three communication holes which are in communication with the valve cavity, wherein the control valve further comprises a sealing component, the sealing component is located between the side wall portion and the valve core component, the sealing component comprises an elastic pad and a sealing member, the elastic pad and the sealing member are fixedly connected to form an integral structure, the elastic pad is located between the sealing member and the side wall portion, the sealing member comprises a sealing main body portion, the sealing main body portion comprises a hemming portion and a fitting portion which are connected to each other, the fitting portion is in contact with and in sliding fit with the valve core component, the elastic pad has first through holes, the first through holes are in communication with the communication holes, the sealing member has second through holes, the second through holes are in communication with the communication holes through the first through holes, the hemming portion comprises an outward bending portion which surrounds the corresponding second through hole and is connected to the elastic pad, and the outward bending portion is located between an inner surface, in contact with the valve core component, of the fitting portion and an outer surface, in contact with the side wall portion, of the elastic pad.