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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.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph M Giachino, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
William F Horn, Plymouth, MI (US);
Robert C Gardner, Taylor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ; B05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
251331 ; 251368 ; 2915 / ; 2915 / ; 29DI / ; 2391021 ;
Abstract
A valve assembly for controlling fluid flow includes a valve plate and a nozzle plate which are not attached to each other but can be moved into and out of contact with each other. The valve plate has an opening for passing an actuator and fluid. A nozzle plate has an opening for passing fluid and the opening is aligned with a mesa on the valve plate which can seal the nozzle orifice. The actuator separates the nozzle plate from the valve plate to permit fluid flow and a spring means brings the nozzle plate into a closed position against the valve plate to stop fluid flow.