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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:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
William M Yates, III, Santa Ynez, CA (US);
Assignee:
McLaren Automotive Group, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137539 ; 137539 ; 13753313 ; 13753319 ;
Abstract
A check valve (12) includes a cage (14) having a tubular side wall (16) including outward and inward undulations (28,30) that provide fluid flow through the check valve and externally thereof as well as providing guiding of an associated valve element ball (36).