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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:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1993
Steven D Wallestad, Kansas City, MO (US);
Robert L Koelzer, Kearney, MO (US);
Midland Brake, Inc., Kansas City, MO (US);
Abstract
A full function brake valve for a semi-trailer is contained within a single housing and provides ports for receiving supply air and control air, and for delivering and receiving air from reservoirs, service brakes and spring brakes, and delivering air to an exhaust. The internal valves include a pressure protection valve which communicates with a first check valve and a quick release valve to pressurize spring brake chambers, and a reservoir check valve and a relay valve to respectively pressurize a reservoir and to deliver supply air to service brakes. An orifice preferably provided in a second check valve permits partial air flow to the spring brakes to release the spring brakes for towing the vehicle.