Aisin Corporation

Naoki Emori

Naoto Yumisashi

Koichi Maruyama

Masafumi Yoshida

A valve device includes: a housing having a cylindrical internal peripheral wall; a fluid introduction path communicating with a space in the internal peripheral wall; a fluid discharge path communicating with the space in the internal peripheral wall; a valve element having a communication path bringing the fluid introduction and fluid discharge paths into communication with each other, and having a major radial portion formed with a predetermined first internal radius associated with an internal radius of the internal peripheral wall of the housing, a minor radial portion formed with a second internal radius, and an intermediate portion formed to join the major and minor radial portions together; a valve element rotation mechanism rotating the valve element inside the space; a seal member being able to contact the valve element rotating inside the space; and a shaft inserted in the space through a through-hole formed in the housing.

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Kariya, Japan

Naoki Emori