# US 11,906,080 B2 · Fluid device

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- Number: US 11,906,080 B2
- Document ID: US11906080B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/982,876
- Filed: 2019-03-12
- Published: 2021-02-04
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2018-03-22
- Assignees: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Tomohiro Adachi; Tomoyuki Koike; Atsushi Nakano; Toshihide Iida
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11906080B2

## CPC

- F16L 17/067: Plastics sealing rings
- F16L 23/22: made exclusively of a material other than metal
- F16J 15/104: {characterised by structure}
- F16J 15/106: {homogeneous}
- F16L 19/0212: {using specially adapted sealing means}
- F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16J: PISTONS {(specially adapted for dampers F16F9/32)}; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS

## Abstract

An integrated block 1 serving as a fluid device includes: a flow port 13 open to form one end of a passage P; an annular groove 14 arranged along an outer circumferential edge of the flow port 13, the annular groove 14 being open so as to insert the gasket 2 therein; a first tapered portion 17 arranged on a radially-inner side interior wall 14b of the annular groove 14 and sloped radially outward from an open end of the annular groove 14 in a depth direction of the annular groove 14; and a guide 18 arranged on a radially-outer side interior wall 14a of the annular groove 14, extending throughout a predetermined range D from the open end of the annular groove 14 in the depth direction, and having a larger diameter than an outer circumferential surface 22a of a second sealing portion 22 of the gasket 2.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A fluid device including a passage which is to be sealed by insertion of an annular gasket, the device comprising:
a flow port open to form one end of the passage; and
an annular groove arranged along an outer circumferential edge of the flow port, the annular groove being open so as to insert the gasket therein,
wherein:
the annular groove has a radially-inner side interior wall and a radially-outer side interior wall,
the radially-inner side interior wall having includes:
a first tapered portion which includes an open end of the annular groove and which slopes radially outward from the open end of the annular groove in a depth direction, and
a first portion that is continuous with the first tapered portion in the depth direction, extends to a bottom portion of the annular groove in the depth direction, and has a larger diameter than the first tapered portion,
the radially-outer side interior wall includes:
a guide extending throughout a predetermined range from the open end of the annular groove and having a diameter that is larger than a diameter of an outer circumferential surface of the gasket, and
a second portion that extends to the bottom portion in the depth direction and has a smaller diameter than the guide, and
a thickness of the gasket in a radial direction is larger than a width between the first portion and the second portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The fluid device of claim 1, wherein the first tapered portion is closer to a bottom of the annular groove in the depth direction, as compared to the guide.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The fluid device of claim 1, wherein the guide of the annular groove has an end which is adjacent to a bottom of the annular groove, the end having a second tapered portion sloped radially inward.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The fluid device of claim 3, wherein second tapered portion is arranged so as to overlap with the first tapered portion in relation to the depth direction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The fluid device of claim 1, wherein the gasket is made by molding using a thermoplastic resin.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The fluid device of claim 1, wherein:
the gasket comprises a first sealing portion and a second sealing portion each having an annular shape, the first sealing portion being to be inserted into the flow port, the second sealing portion being arranged radially outward from the first sealing portion and being to be inserted into the annular groove, and
the flow port is held by the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion when the gasket is inserted.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The fluid device of claim 6, wherein:
an outer circumferential surface of the first sealing portion and an inner circumferential surface of the second sealing portion face each other and are spaced away from each other in the radial direction, and
the flow port is held by the outer circumferential surface of the first sealing portion and the inner circumferential surface of the second sealing portion when the gasket is inserted.