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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2023
Cooper-standard Automotive Inc., Northville, MI (US);
Brian James Cardwell, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Matthew J. Klenk, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., Northville, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of stacked valves that selectively move the stacked valves into various switched positions using a single actuator. A first valve of the valve stack is movable into one or more switched positions by an actuator that drives the first valve in a first or a second direction for a first or a second distance. Second and third valves of the valve stack are selectively movable into one or more switched positions by motion transfer stages. The motion transfer stages selectively transfer the first or second direction and the first or second distance movements of the first valve to the second and third valves that place the second and third valves into one of the switched positions.