A flow control valve includes a housing, a valve element, a valve-element urger, a first valve, and a second valve. The first valve closes the communication between inlet and outlet openings of the housing gradually when the valve-element urger moves the valve element away from the inlet opening. Th
A flow control valve includes a housing, a valve element, a valve-element urger, a first valve, and a second valve. The first valve closes the communication between inlet and outlet openings of the housing gradually when the valve-element urger moves the valve element away from the inlet opening. The second valve opens the communication between the inlet and outlet openings when the valve-element urger moves the valve element away from the inlet opening. The first valve is opened, and the second valve is closed when a differential pressure between a pressure of the fluid on an inlet-opening side and a pressure of the fluid on an outlet-opening side is a predetermined value or less. The second valve opens the communication between the inlet and outlet openings instantaneously when the differential pressure is more than a predetermined value.
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What is claimed is: 1. A flow control valve, comprising: a housing having an inlet opening through which a fluid flows thereinto, and an outlet opening through which the fluid, flowed in through the inlet opening, flows out to the outside; a valve element disposed movably in the housing; means for
What is claimed is: 1. A flow control valve, comprising: a housing having an inlet opening through which a fluid flows thereinto, and an outlet opening through which the fluid, flowed in through the inlet opening, flows out to the outside; a valve element disposed movably in the housing; means for urging the valve element in a direction approaching the inlet opening; a first valve formed between the valve element and the housing, and closing the communication between the inlet opening and the outlet opening gradually as the valve element moves in a direction getting away from the inlet opening; a second valve formed between the valve element and the housing, and opening the communication between the inlet opening and the outlet opening as the valve element moves in a direction getting away from the inlet, wherein the first valve is opened and the second valve is closed when a differential pressure between a pressure of the fluid on an inlet-opening side and a pressure of the fluid on an outlet-opening side is a predetermined value or less; and the second valve opens the communication between the inlet opening and the outlet opening instantaneously when the differential pressure is more than a predetermined value; an inlet-side member comprising: a substantially cylinder-shaped first connector; a substantially cylinder-shaped pipe extending coaxially from the first connector, and having a peripheral wall in which the outlet opening is disposed; and a cover engaging mechanically with and being integrated with the pipe, and closing the leading end of the pipe to make the housing, wherein the cover closes the leading end of the pipe in such a manner that the valve element and the urging means are accommodated in the pipe, thereby integrating the inlet-side member; and an outlet-side member comprising: a receptacle having a peripheral wall, and accommodating the pipe of the inlet-side member therein; and a second connector opening in the peripheral wall of the receptacle, and having a central axis extending in a direction crossing a central axis of the receptacle, wherein the pipe of the inlet-side member is fitted into the receptacle so as to communicate the outlet opening, disposed in the pipe, with the second connector; and the inlet-side member is connected with the outlet-side member in an air-proof manner and is integrated therewith so as to cross a central axis of the first connector with the central axis of the second connector. 2. The flow control valve set forth in claim 1, wherein: the valve element is formed as a bottomed cylinder substantially, the bottomed cylinder opening at one of opposite ends; the housing has a protrusion protruding toward the inlet opening; and the first valve is formed between the valve element and the protrusion of the housing. 3. The flow control valve set forth in claim 2, wherein: the valve element has a flange; and the second valve is formed between the housing and the flange of the valve element. 4. The flow control valve set forth in claim 1, wherein: the first connector is connected with a breather tube in an air-proof manner; and the second connector is connected with a branched pipe in an air-proof manner, the branched pipe protruding from a peripheral wall of an inlet pipe. 5. A flow control valve, comprising: a housing having an inlet opening through which a fluid flows thereinto, and an outlet opening through which the fluid, flowed in through the inlet opening, flows out to the outside; a valve element disposed movably in the housing; means for urging the valve element in a direction approaching the inlet opening; a first valve formed between the valve element and the housing, and closing the communication between the inlet opening and the outlet opening gradually as the valve element moves in a direction getting away from the inlet opening; and a second valve formed between the valve element and the housing, and opening the communication between the inlet opening and the outlet opening as the valve element moves in a direction getting away from the inlet, wherein the first valve is opened and the second valve is closed when a differential pressure between a pressure of the fluid on an inlet-opening side and a pressure of the fluid on an outlet-opening side is a predetermined value or less; and the second valve opens the communication between the inlet opening and the outlet opening instantaneously when the differential pressure is more than a predetermined value, wherein: the valve element is formed as a bottomed cylinder substantially, the bottomed cylinder opening at one of opposite ends; the housing has a protrusion protruding toward the inlet opening; and the first valve is formed between the valve element and the protrusion of the housing. 6. The flow control valve set forth in claim 5, wherein: the valve element has a flange; and the second valve is formed between the housing and the flange of the valve element. 7. The flow control valve set forth in claim 6, wherein: the valve element has a peripheral opening disposed in a peripheral wall, and is fitted around the protrusion of the housing; and the peripheral opening of the valve element and the protrusion form the first valve. 8. The flow control valve set forth in claim 6 further comprising means for inhibiting the valve element from inclining, the means disposed between the valve element and the housing. 9. The flow control valve set forth in claim 8, wherein the means for inhibiting the valve element from inclining comprises an interference flange protruding radially outward from an outer periphery of the valve element. 10. The flow control valve set forth in claim 8, wherein the means for inhibiting the valve element from inclining comprises an interference rib protruding radially inward from an inner periphery of the housing. 11. The flow control valve set forth in claim 5, wherein: the housing has a seating surface on which the valve element seats when the first pressure of the fluid on an inlet-opening side is the first predetermined value or less; and at least one of the housing and the valve element has a contact which contacts with the other one of the housing and the valve element, thereby forming a space between the valve element and the seating surface of the housing. 12. The flow control valve set forth in claim 5, wherein: the housing is fixed on a top of a fuel tank in an air-proof manner; the inlet opening communicates with a gaseous phase of the fuel tank; and the outlet opening communicates with an inlet pipe adjacent to a fuel supply opening of the inlet pipe. 13. The flow control valve set forth in claim 12, wherein the housing has a cylinder-shaped portion formed at a bottom thereof, and communicating with the inlet opening. 14. The flow control valve set forth in claim 5, wherein: the inlet opening of the housing has an inlet central axis; the outlet opening of the housing has an outlet central axis; and the inlet central axis and the outlet central axis cross with each other. 15. The flow control valve set forth in claim 14, wherein: the first valve communicates with an inlet pipe; and the second valve communicates with a branched pipe protruding from a peripheral wall of an inlet pipe.
Nakajima, Takeaki; Nakamura, Tadahisa; Honda, Takeshi; Shida, Kiyofumi; Inoue, Hiroto, On board refueling vapor recovery system and fuel vapor passage using for the same.
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