US Patent 11448333 Valve device and method for assembling the same

A first flow channel of a flow channel switching valve includes a first portion that is connected to a valve body and that is linear, a second portion that is connected such that the second portion is perpendicular to the first portion and that is linear, and a lid member that is joined such that the lid member covers an opening of a tip end of the first portion. The first flow channel also includes a pair of projecting portions that is disposed such that the projecting portions interpose the first portion therebetween in a radial direction and face each other, and a connecting portion that couples the pair of projecting portions with each other. The pair of projecting portions includes a planar surface portion that faces the valve body direction.