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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2021
Asahi Yukizai Corporation, Nobeoka, JP;
Kotaro Matsushita, Nobeoka, JP;
Kensuke Masuda, Nobeoka, JP;
ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION, Nobeoka, JP;
Abstract
A butterfly valve includes a valve body, a valve stem rotatably supported by the valve body, a valve element rotatably supported by the valve body, and a bushing externally fitted around the valve stem. The valve element is configured by a core member and a contour member formed of a resin material and surrounding the core member to define a contour of the valve element, the valve element is formed with valve-stem holes that support the valve stem via the bushing, the contour member has a stem hole component forming inner peripheral surfaces of the valve-stem holes, and the bushing and the valve stem have shapes such that a gap is formed between an inner peripheral surface of a portion of the bushing located inside the stem hole component and an outer peripheral surface of a portion of the valve stem located inside the stem hole component.
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