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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Robert O. Burkhart, Novi, MI (US);
Derek Kinch, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
John Butwin, An Arbor, MI (US);
Anthony G. Koenings, Oakland, MI (US);
Hrudaya Mahapatro, Canton, MI (US);
Wei Zhuang, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/06 (2006.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/0251 (2013.01); F16K 31/0613 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0253 (2013.01); Y10T 137/8671 (2015.04); Y10T 137/86614 (2015.04); Y10T 137/86622 (2015.04);
Abstract
A control valve for an automatic transmission includes a valve body including a chamber and a control pressure port, metering edges formed in the valve body at the control pressure port, a reference surface formed in the valve body, a spool displaceable along the chamber, and a solenoid module including a pin for displacing the spool, and located in the chamber by contact with the reference surface.