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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2017
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mark A. Toffle, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A directional control valve comprising: a body, an actuator configured to switch the directional control valve between two or more states, a manual activation button configured to initiate actuation of the actuator when pressed, a safety member configured to slide along a guide of the body between a first position and a second position, a coupling member configured to couple the directional control valve to other directional control valves, and a guard removably disposed between the safety member and the coupling member. The safety member prevents the manual actuation button from being actuated when it is in the first position and the manual actuation button can be manually actuated when the safety member is in the second position. In addition, the guard is configured to prevent the safety member from sliding to the second position when the guard is disposed between the safety member and the coupling member.