# US 10,120,395 B2 · Gas-fuel-supply regulator

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- Number: US 10,120,395 B2
- Document ID: US10120395B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/209,736
- Filed: 2016-07-13
- Published: 2017-01-19
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-07-14
- Assignees: Nikki Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Nikki Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yukio Ishida; Masanori Yasaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120395B2

## CPC

- G05D 16/0688: {characterised by the form of the obturator}
- F02M 21/0239: {Pressure or flow regulators therefor}
- F16K 1/2007: {specially adapted operating means therefor (operating means per se F16K31/00)}
- F16K 1/2042: {Special features or arrangements of the sealing}
- F16K 1/36: Valve members (for double-seat valves F16K1/44 {; for butterfly valves F16K1/222, F16K1/223})
- Y02T 10/30: Use of alternative fuels, e.g. biofuels
- Y10T 137/261: Relief port through common sensing means
- Y10T 137/783: Reactor operatively connected to valve by mechanical movement
- Y10T 137/7831: With mechanical movement between actuator and valve
- G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
- F02M: SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF
- F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)}
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A supporting member supporting a valve body includes a supporting member body having a semispherical bottom portion that makes contact with the top face of the valve body and a securing recess that is provided in the center and at a predetermined axial location to adjoin a through hole provided in the valve body, and a securing member including an engaging portion that has a form of a shaft having a predetermined diameter made of an elastic material and protrudes from a proximal end and a securing projection that swells out from a predetermined axial location of the shaft portion to fit into a securing recess provided in a through hole in the supporting member body.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A gas-fuel-supply regulator comprising
a valve that opens and closes by pivoting of a valve lever pivotally supported by a pin, the pivoting being caused by back and forth displacements of a diaphragm pushed against an atmospheric pressure in a back pressure chamber by a control-pressure adjusting spring, a supporting member being joined to the valve lever to support a circular valve body that makes contact with a sleeve-like valve base provided on a fuel inlet leading to a pressure adjusting chamber separated by the diaphragm from the back pressure chamber communicating with an atmosphere, the sleeve-like valve base including a valve seat,
wherein the supporting member includes a supporting member body having a protruding semispherical bottom portion that contacts a top face of the valve body and a securing recess that is provided in a center and at a predetermined axial location to communicate with a through hole provided in the valve body, and a securing member including an engaging portion that has a form of a shaft having a predetermined diameter made of an elastic material and protrudes from a proximal end and a securing projection that swells out from a predetermined axial location of a shaft portion to fit into the securing recess provided in a through hole in the supporting member body,
wherein the valve body is attached to the supporting member by the engaging portion of the securing member and the securing projection by inserting the securing member in the through hole of the valve body and the through hole of the supporting member body from a bottom side of the valve body until the securing projection fits into the securing recess, the supporting member body being placed on the valve body with the through holes adjoining at a center of the valve body and the supporting member body, and
wherein the securing member elastically attaches the supporting member and the valve body, such that in response to the valve lever tilting against the valve seat of the sleeve-like valve base, the valve body pitches, bending an axis of the elastic securing member, along a spherical surface of the protruding semispherical bottom portion of the supporting member body while the supporting member body remains seated on the valve seat of the valve base.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The gas-fuel-supply regulator according to claim 1, wherein
a membrane made of elastic material is integrally provided on a top face of the engaging portion of the securing member to cover a bottom face of the valve body beyond a region that seats on the valve seat of the valve base.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The gas-fuel-supply regulator according to claim 1, wherein the elastic material is made of a hard rubber material.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The gas-fuel-supply regulator according to claim 2, wherein the elastic material is made of a hard rubber material.