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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:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1997
David E Bullard, Washington, IL (US);
Gregory A Menke, East Peoria, IL (US);
James G Starling, Pekin, IL (US);
Daniel J Whiting, Bloomington, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A connector mechanism is provided to connect a spool in an air actuated valve to the diaphragm of an air actuating mechanism in order to permit rotational movement of the spool relative to the diaphragm. The connector mechanism includes a connector member having one end thereof firmly connected to the diaphragm and the other end thereof connected to one end of the spool and retained thereto by a retainer member which permits free rotation of the spool relative to the diaphragm during use of the air actuated valve.
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