Parker-hannifin Corporation

Clay Nesbitt

Daniel Morgan

Modular valve manifold system including a distribution tube and at least one valve mounted on the tube. Each valve has a body with an external port disposed along one of a first and a second radial axis, and a throughbore disposed along the other one of the axes and configured to receive the tube coaxially therethrough. The body is formed of a first body portion and a second body portion. The first body portion has a first face with a first channel formed therein defining a first portion of the throughbore and configured to be mounted on a first side of the tube. The second body portion has a second face with a second channel formed therein defining a second portion of the throughbore and configured to be mounted on the second tube side.

Modular valve manifold system

A compact force multiplying actuatorand its associated valveare disclosed. The actuatorand valveinclude piston headsandand force multiplying load beamsand. Belleville springsandare disposed axially between the piston headsand the load beams. The Belleville springsandact through an output memberto retain a valve memberin a closed position. When pneumatic pressure is applied against the piston headsand, movement of the piston headsandis transferred through a force transfer memberand through the force multiplying load beamsandto move the output memberagainst the bias of the Belleville springsandto allow the valve memberto open.

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Benicia, CA, United States of America

Clay Nesbitt