Parker-hannifin Corporation

Steve Mesner

Brian D Marshall

Anis M Rahman

Srinivasu N V S Jalluri

Srinivasu NVS Jalluri

A valve for a refrigeration system includes a valve body having an inlet port, an outlet port, and walls forming a main cavity. The valve also includes a cartridge that resides within the main cavity and having a piston configured to travel in a first direction to permit fluid flow from the inlet port to the outlet port and in a second direction to impede fluid flow from the inlet port to the outlet port and a port plate configured to removably couple to the valve body to substantially close an end of the main cavity substantially enclosing the cartridge within the main cavity, the port plate including a plurality of ports, each port configured to accept at least one of various valve control elements configured to control the piston to permit or impede the fluid flow from the inlet port to the outlet port.

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Tomah, WI, United States of America

Steve Mesner