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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Matthew J. Beschorner, Plainfield, IL (US);
Mikhail A. Sorokin, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/065 (2006.01); F15B 13/04 (2006.01); F16K 11/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/065 (2013.01); F15B 13/0402 (2013.01); F16K 11/0716 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spool assembly is disclosed for use in a valve. The spool assembly may have a cylindrical body that is hollow and has a least one radially oriented orifice that passes through a wall of the cylindrical body. The spool assembly may also have an insert slidably disposed inside the cylindrical body. The insert may have a land that axially divides a space inside the cylindrical body.