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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steven Anatole Frait, Milan, MI (US);
Frank Hanson, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/00 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B22F 5/10 (2006.01); F15B 13/08 (2006.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01); F16L 41/03 (2006.01); F16L 41/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/0009 (2013.01); B22F 3/105 (2013.01); B22F 5/106 (2013.01); F15B 13/0814 (2013.01); F15B 13/085 (2013.01); F16H 61/0206 (2013.01); F16H 61/0251 (2013.01); F16L 41/03 (2013.01); F16L 41/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A unitized valve body for use in an automatic transmission includes a plurality of first hydraulic passages, a second hydraulic passage and a plurality of orifices. The second hydraulic passage extending through the unitized valve body and configured to be in fluid communication with a plurality of valve bores. Each orifice disposed within the unitized valve body and fluidly connecting the second hydraulic passage to a respective first hydraulic passage of the plurality of first hydraulic passages.