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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2018
Applicant:

Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Krebs, Manassas, VA (US);

David Kordonowy, Manassas, VA (US);

Robert Renshaw, Manassas, VA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 17/06 (2006.01); B64D 13/04 (2006.01); F16K 31/122 (2006.01); F16K 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 17/065 (2013.01); B64D 13/04 (2013.01); F16K 21/165 (2013.01); F16K 31/1225 (2013.01); Y10T 137/7768 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7782 (2015.04);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a positive pressure relief valve having a valve assembly, a trigger mechanism, an inlet manual override knob, and an outlet manual override knob. The valve assembly may comprises a valve throat and a main piston positioned at least partially within the valve throat, the main piston configured to selectively open and close the valve throat as a function of a pressure at the inlet to the valve assembly. The valve assembly may comprise a set of throat inserts within the valve throat. The trigger mechanism serves to quickly pressurize the main piston's diaphragm. The trigger mechanism may be positioned in a trigger mechanism housing at the outlet end of the valve assembly. The inlet and outlet manual override knob may be coupled to the main piston and configured to pull or push the main piston, thereby displacing the main piston to open the valve assembly.


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