Electrically-driven flow rate control valve

An electrically-driven flow rate control valve, comprising:

• a casing comprising a first fluid chamber, a second fluid chamber, a fluid chamber communication port which makes the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber communicate with each other, and a cylinder unit, wherein:
• a first inlet/outlet port which allows a fluid to flow in/out therethrough between an outside of the casing and the first fluid chamber, and a second inlet/outlet port which allows a fluid to flow in/out therethrough between the outside of the casing and the second fluid chamber, are formed in the casing;
• an electric motor;
• a main valve body comprising a main valve body tip portion capable of sealing the fluid chamber communication port, which is housed in the cylinder unit in a movable manner between a main valve body unblocking position and a main valve body sealing position, along a predetermined axial direction, and forms a back pressure chamber between the cylinder unit and itself which allows a fluid to flow therein/therefrom, wherein the main valve body tip portion allows a circulation of a fluid between the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber, by unblocking the fluid chamber communication port, when the main valve body is located in the main valve body unblocking position, and the main valve body tip portion blocks a circulation of a fluid between the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber, by sealing the fluid chamber communication port, when the main valve body is located in the main valve body sealing position;
• an urging mechanism which urges the main valve body towards the main valve body sealing position;
• a first communication passage capable of making the first fluid chamber and the back pressure chamber communicate with each other;
• a second communication passage capable of making the second fluid chamber and the back pressure chamber communicate with each other;
• a switching mechanism capable of changing state between a first communication state which allows a circulation of a fluid in the first communication passage, and blocks a circulation of a fluid in the second communication passage, when a pressure of a fluid in the first fluid chamber is higher than a pressure of a fluid in the second fluid chamber, and a second communication state which allows a circulation of a fluid in the second communication passage, and blocks a circulation of a fluid in the first communication passage, when a pressure of a fluid in the first fluid chamber is lower than a pressure of a fluid in the second fluid chamber;
• a first flow rate adjusting mechanism which is located in the first communication passage and adjusts a flow rate of a fluid so as to lower the flow rate of the fluid flowing from the first fluid chamber towards the back pressure chamber;
• a second flow rate adjusting mechanism which is located in the second communication passage and adjusts a flow rate of a fluid so as to lower the flow rate of the fluid flowing from the second fluid chamber towards the back pressure chamber;
• a sub valve body housed in the back pressure chamber, comprising:
• a sub valve body flow passage which communicates with the outside of the casing, and
• a sub valve body communication port which makes the back pressure chamber and the sub valve body flow passage to communicate with each other,
• which is movable relatively to the main valve body, along the axial direction, between a sub valve body unblocking position and a sub valve body sealing position by receiving a driving force generated by the electric motor, and
• which unblocks the sub valve body communication port when the sub valve body is located in the sub valve body unblocking position, to allow a fluid of the back pressure chamber to be discharged to the outside of the casing through the sub valve body flow passage;
• and seals the sub valve body communication port when the sub valve body is located in the sub valve body sealing position, to block a circulation of a fluid between the back pressure chamber and the sub valve body flow passage, and to allow the main valve body to receive an urging force of the urging mechanism, to locate the main valve body in the main valve body sealing position.