Butterfly valve

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PATENT NO 12259044
APP PUB NO 20230323954A1
SERIAL NO

18018736

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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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ASAHI YUKIZAI CORPORATION5955 NAKANOSE-CHO 2-CHOME NOBEOKA-SHI MIYAZAKI 8828688

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Masuda, Kensuke Nobeoka, JP 62 1192
Matsushita, Kotaro Nobeoka, JP 14 62

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