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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
John Michael Cadman, Mason, OH (US);
David Richard Barnhart, Jefferson, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A valve assembly includes a body including an inlet port, an outlet port, and a flow passage extending therebetween. The flow passage includes a plurality of valve seats in a stepped arrangement between the inlet port and the outlet port. The valve assembly further includes a valve stem positioned within the flow passage. The valve stem includes at least one shaft and a poppet disk positioned at one end of the at least one shaft, and at least one reed petal coupled to the at least one shaft. The poppet disk is engageable with a first valve seat of the plurality of valve seats, and the at least one reed petal is engageable with a second valve seat of the plurality of valve seats.