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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.

Patent No.:

US 12379036 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2023

Rotary valve assembly

Applicant:

Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Steven D. Potter, Bedford, MA (US);

Christopher Everett Thorne, Sommerville, MA (US);

John Aaron Saunders, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Boston Dynamics, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

Primary Examiner:

Craig M Schneider

Assistant Examiner:

Christopher D Ballman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/076 (2006.01); F16K 11/085 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01); F15B 1/26 (2006.01); F15B 13/00 (2006.01); F15B 13/04 (2006.01); F16K 27/06 (2006.01); F16K 31/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 11/076 (2013.01); F16K 11/085 (2013.01); G05D 1/021 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 15/0625 (2013.01); B25J 15/0683 (2013.01); B25J 17/0258 (2013.01); F15B 1/26 (2013.01); F15B 2013/008 (2013.01); F15B 13/0406 (2013.01); F16K 27/065 (2013.01); F16K 31/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A rotary valve subassembly includes a spool and a sleeve. The spool is positioned within the sleeve and rotatable relative to the sleeve. Rotating the spool relative to the sleeve can align a scalloped recess formed into an outer side surface of the spool with an inner circumferential recess formed into an inner side surface of the sleeve to fluidly-connect a pressurized fluid source and a low pressure fluid reservoir with a hydraulic actuator.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Potter, Steven. (2025). Rotary valve assembly (U.S. Patent No. 12379036). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12379036

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