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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1991
Wendell D Tackett, South Bend, IN (US);
Larry G Lohraff, Berrien Springs, MI (US);
Jay A Hendershot, South Bend, IN (US);
Gamil M Rizk, South Bend, IN (US);
Thomas A Grana, South Bend, IN (US);
George E Brown, Niles, MI (US);
Timothy J Albert, Niles, MI (US);
Allied-Signal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
The combination solenoid valve and shuttle valve (60, 160A-D, 260A-D) comprises a shuttle valve (50, 150) which is slidingly and sealingly received at or adjacent an end of the solenoid valve (40, 140). The shuttle valve (50, 150) includes a stepped interior opening (54, 154) which sealingly receives the end of the solenoid valve (40) or a valve part (140A), such that slidable movement of the shuttle valve (50) causes an insert (55, 55A, 155) within the interior opening (54, 154) to seat sealingly over either a solenoid insert seat (41C) or insert seat (141C) of the valve part (140A) in order to isolate pressure chambers (12A, 12B; 112A, 112B; 212A, 212B) of a master cylinder/hydraulic booster (12, 112, 212A, 212B) from a wheel brake (16, 116A-D, 216A-D). The shuttle valve (50, 150) may include a one way build orifice (30, 30 A, 130) which permits restricted fluid flow between a pressure source (18, 101, 201) and the wheel brake (16, 116A-D, 216A-D), a feedback orifice (36, 36A) which permits restricted fluid flow from the pressure source (18) to the master cylinder (12), a pump check valve (23, 123) which prevents fluid flow from the shuttle valve (50, 150) back toward the pressure source (18, 101, 201) and a poppet check valve or floating feedback washer (38, 38A) which when displaced permits fluid flow from the master cylinder (12) toward the wheel brake (16).