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Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2020
Applicant:

Horiba Stec, Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;

Inventors:

Sota Matsumoto, Kyoto, JP;

Kentaro Nagai, Kyoto, JP;

Yuko Imasato, Kyoto, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/28 (2006.01); F16K 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/2876 (2013.01); F16K 37/0066 (2013.01);
Abstract

In order to accurately judge whether or not there is a seat leakage in the first valve and the second valve in a short period of time, a fluid control apparatus comprises a fluid resistor arranged in a flow channel, a first valve arranged upstream of the fluid resistor, a first pressure sensor that measures a pressure in a first volume between the first valve and the fluid resistor in the flow channel, a second valve arranged downstream of the fluid resistor, a second pressure sensor that measures a pressure in a second volume between the fluid resistor and the second valve, a valve controller that controls the first or second valve, and a seat leakage judging part that judges whether or not there is a seat leakage in the valve valves based on the pressure sensors in a state where the valves are fully closed.


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