Rotary valve
AssigneeAisin Corporation
InventorMitsutoshi KIKUCHI
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AssigneeAisin Corporation
InventorMitsutoshi KIKUCHI
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A rotary valve expanding and contracting air bags by switching an air-supply mode to the air bags, including: a lower case defining an air chamber supplied with air from a pump; an upper case above the lower case and having connecting flow paths connected to the air bags, and an opening surface where upstream ends of the connecting flow paths open; and a rotary in the upper case having an air-supply flow path connected to the air chamber, and that switches the connecting flow paths by rotating about a vertical axis in a state of contact with the opening surface of the upper case according to an increase and a decrease in pressure in the air chamber, where the upper case or the rotary has a locking portion locked to the other permitting rotation of the rotary about the vertical axis while restricting vertical movement of the rotary.
A rotary valve that sequentially expands and contracts a plurality of air bags by switching an air-supply mode to the plurality of air bags, the rotary valve comprising:
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