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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
James Putt, Doylestown, OH (US);
Michael M. Kugelman, Akron, OH (US);
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
An aircraft fluid delivery device ( ) including a piston assembly ( ), a pilot assembly ( ), and a control assembly ( ). The control assembly ( ) includes non-contact proximity sensors (S , S ) that sense the position of the piston ( ) and a controller ( ) that controls the pilot assembly ( ), and thus the piston assembly ( ), based on information received from the sensors (S ,S ). Specifically, the controller ( ) energizes a solenoid ( ) to cause fluid to flow through the pilot assembly ( ) into a large portion of the piston chamber ( ) during the compression stroke of the piston ( ). When the solenoid ( ) is deenergized during the return stroke of the piston ( ), or when the delivery device is electrically turned off, an ejector ( ) in the pilot assembly ( ) generates a vacuum on the pressure side of the wide portion of the piston chamber ( ).