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Pressure relief valve

US6622752B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 25, 2001
Grant dateSep 23, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7928
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a pressure relief valve, which achieves a reliable sealed structure in a valve holder 31 without the valve holder 31 jutting far out from a common rail, assures stability of operation of a valve spring 11 in a valve holder 31, and is capable of being manufactured at low cost and can be made compact. A first invention relates to a pressure relief valve, which focuses on making the low-pressure portion side end portion of a valve holder 31 a closed structure, and which has a valve spring 11 that is housed inside the valve holder 31; spring seats 34, 35 on which a valve spring 11 is seated; a valve seat 32 that is mounted to the valve holder 31; and a valve body 9, which is lifted from the valve seat 32 by fluid pressure, this pressure relief valve being characterized in that there is formed a closed end portion 36, which makes the low-pressure portion side end portion 31B of the valve holder 31 a closed state, and, in addition, is constituted so as to enable a valve spring 11 to be seated between the inner wall surface of closed end portion 36 and a spring seat 34, 35. A second invention focuses on making the spring seats 34, 35 of valve spring 11 a cup…

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