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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Scott Christopher Sterbenz, Brownstown, MI (US);
Eric Jay MacLean, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/06 (2006.01); B60H 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/0675 (2013.01); B60H 1/248 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a valve assembly for a motor vehicle, such as a pressure relief valve (i.e., an 'air extractor'), and a method of using the same. In an example, the valve assembly includes a flap moveable to between an open position and a closed position, a slider moveable along an axis and including an integrally formed arm in contact with the flap, and an electromagnet configured to be selectively activated to move the slider along the axis.