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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Firestone Industrial Products Company, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Joshua R. Leonard, Noblesville, IN (US);
Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
An inertia-actuated valve assembly includes a valve housing, a valve body and a biasing element. The valve housing includes a groove that has an open end fluidically accessible from along one side thereof. The valve housing includes a flow channel extending therethrough in fluid communication with the groove from along an opposing side of the valve housing. The valve body is positioned within the groove of the valve housing such that the valve body and the valve housing are axially co-extensive along at least a portion thereof. The biasing element operatively engages the valve body and generates a biasing force urging the valve body in a first axial direction. The biasing force is greater than a predetermined dynamic gas pressure threshold value multiplied by a pressure area and is less than or approximately equal to a valve body mass multiplied by 2.5 times the nominal acceleration due to gravity.