Patent ID: 6845969
Filing Date: 2005-01-25
Classification: B60C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve which is generally elongated in shape and is inserted through an O-ring and a mounting hole formed through a plate-shaped member in turn, the valve comprising: a thread formed on an outer circumferential face of the valve so that a generally annular fitting is brought into thread engagement therewith; an outer protruding wall protruding from the outer circumferential face of the valve to hold a circumferential edge of the mounting hole in cooperation with the fitting; a tapered portion formed in the outer protruding wall so as to be tapered toward the fitting and so as to abut against a part of the circumferential edge of the mounting hole; and a sealing portion disposed at a side farther away from the plate-shaped member than a portion of the protruding wall abutting against said circumferential edge part of the mounting hole so that each of the plate-shaped member and the sealing portion presses the O-ring against the other.