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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Inventors:
Josh Kamp, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Blair A. Smith, South Windsor, CT (US);
Marc E. Gage, Feeding Hills, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 15/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 15/038 (2013.01);
Abstract
A check valve is provided and includes a body including a seat, a hinge bifurcating the seat to define openings and a housing coupled to the hinge and a self-trapping insert of compliant material. The self-trapping insert includes an end portion and is securable in the housing such that the end portion protrudes from a side of the housing to contact with a corresponding check valve flapper in a respective open position.