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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (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 15/03 (2013.01); F16K 15/038 (2013.01); Y10T 137/7839 (2015.04); Y10T 137/7898 (2015.04);
Abstract
A check valve flapper for a check valve is provided and includes a flapper body and a hinge portion extending from the flapper body. The hinge portion includes a lower ear, a middle ear, and an upper ear. The lower ear, the middle ear, and the upper ear each include a hinge pin hole having a hinge pin hole diameter and an ear outer radius. A ratio of the hinge pin hole diameter to the ear outer radius is between 0.83 and 0.91.