US 12,152,697 B2
Control valve
Shui-Fa Tsai, Taipei (TW); Sy-Chi Kuo, Taipei (TW); and Hsin-Hung Chen, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to COOLER MASTER CO., LTD., Taipei (TW)
Filed by COOLER MASTER CO., LTD., Taipei (TW)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,407.
Application 18/209,407 is a division of application No. 17/188,555, filed on Mar. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,719,347.
Application 17/188,555 is a division of application No. 16/018,842, filed on Jun. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,969,024, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201820713027.9 (CN), filed on May 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0323960 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 5/10 (2006.01); F16K 5/04 (2006.01); F16K 11/076 (2006.01); F04B 49/22 (2006.01); F16K 3/26 (2006.01); F16K 5/06 (2006.01); F16K 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 5/10 (2013.01) [F16K 5/04 (2013.01); F16K 11/076 (2013.01); F04B 49/225 (2013.01); F16K 3/26 (2013.01); F16K 5/0407 (2013.01); F16K 5/06 (2013.01); F16K 5/12 (2013.01); Y10T 137/2501 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7839 (2015.04)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control valve, comprising:
a valve body having an inner space, wherein the valve body has two groups of fluid inlets and a fluid outlet, and the two groups of fluid inlets are respectively located at two opposite sides of the valve body, each of the two groups of fluid inlets comprises at least two fluid inlets, the fluid outlet is located at a bottom surface of the valve body; and
a valve gate, the valve gate movably located inside the inner space, wherein the valve gate has a main channel, the main channel has two groups of inlet ends which are opposite to each other and an outlet end, each of the two groups of inlet ends comprises at least two inlet ends, the two groups of inlet ends respectively correspond to the two groups of fluid inlets, and the outlet end corresponds to the fluid outlet, the two groups of fluid inlets and the two groups of inlet ends are arranged along an axial direction of the valve gate; wherein, the control valve having a lower flow rate limit which is greater than zero.