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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:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
David G Steele, Connersville, IN (US);
Duane F Steele, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ; F04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
417269 ; 417571 ;
Abstract
A valve assembly for a swashplate air conditioning compressor comprising a valve plate, discharge valve reeds on one side of the plate and inlet valve reed on the other side of the valve plate, a seal plate located adjacent the outlet valve reeds for sealing high pressure regions from low pressure regions, and retainers securing the valve plate, the valve reeds and the seal plate together in a subassembly, one subassembly being substantially interchangeable with a second subassembly at the opposite axial end of the compressor.