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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2018
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
James Fochtman, Williamsburg, VA (US);
John Walters, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Tyler Craven, Norfolk, VA (US);
Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A fluid pump valve assembly includes: a valve body; a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet defined in the valve body; an inlet disk and an outlet disk movably disposed in the valve body; and a valve seat fixed within the valve body and including a disk member including at least one first aperture defined axially through the disk member, and at least one second aperture defined axially through the disk member, the inlet disk and the valve seat forming at least part of an inlet valve and the outlet disk and the valve seat forming at least part of an outlet valve. An inlet chamber is disposed upstream of the inlet valve, a pump chamber is disposed between and in fluid communication with the inlet valve and the outlet valve, and an outlet chamber is disposed downstream of the outlet valve. The inlet chamber surrounds the outlet chamber.