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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2013
Applicant:

Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;

Inventors:

Brian Lee, York, SC (US);

Vural Ari, Wooster, OH (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 15/18 (2006.01); F16K 31/22 (2006.01); F16K 31/122 (2006.01); F16K 17/06 (2006.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/122 (2013.01); F16H 61/0276 (2013.01); F16K 17/065 (2013.01); F16K 31/1226 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0279 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0379 (2015.04); Y10T 137/6851 (2015.04);
Abstract

A hydraulic valve for a vehicle transmission includes a housing, a valve piston, an actuating piston, and a bi-stable spring. The housing is connectable with an inlet passage and an outlet passage for the transmission. The valve piston is sealed to the housing and selectively blocks a fluid flow between the inlet passage and the outlet passage. The actuating piston is sealed to the housing and is arranged to be displaceable by a hydraulic pressure in the inlet passage. The bi-stable spring is engaged with the valve piston and the actuating piston. In some example embodiments, the bi-stable spring is axially fixed with regards to the valve piston and displaceable by the actuating piston.


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