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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Michael Alan Brockway, Pinckney, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 13/02 (2006.01); F16K 31/16 (2006.01); F15B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 13/02 (2013.01); F15B 1/00 (2013.01); F16K 31/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention in one or more embodiments provides a valve assembly which includes a valve shaft, and a valve head extending from the valve shaft, wherein the valve head defines first and second through-apertures extending along a width direction and a slot extending along a height direction, a longitudinal cross-section of the first and second through-apertures being partially received within the slot.