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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2023
Zf Active Safety Us Inc., Livonia, MI (US);
Blaise J. Ganzel, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
ZF ACTIVE SAFETY US INC., Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
A bleed valve includes an elongate bleed valve bore having a first bore end in fluid communication with an ambient space and a second bore end, longitudinally spaced from the first bore end, with a bore lumen extending between the first and second bore ends. An elongate bleed valve shuttle extends partially through the bore lumen for selective reciprocal motion between the first and second bore ends. The bleed valve shuttle has longitudinally spaced first and second shuttle ends selectively located longitudinally adjacent the respective first and second bore ends. The bleed valve shuttle shifts longitudinally toward the first bore end into an operational configuration responsive to presence of a predetermined hydraulic pressure level within the bore lumen along a bleed valve fluid path. Shifting of the bleed valve shuttle into the operational configuration is operative to urge air from the bore lumen into the ambient space.