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US 11,872,968 B2Granted
Valve with frangible fitting
AssigneeBendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
InventorsRandy S Wise, Dennis A Wolf
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Abstract
A valve for an air brake system on a commercial vehicle comprises a body, an inlet port connected to the body and at least one delivery port connected to the body. The inlet port has a threaded portion distal to the body and a hex portion proximate to the body. The hex portion includes a frangible feature in substantially the mid-point of the hex portion such that the valve can easily be removed from an air brake reservoir when the valve is broken at the frangible feature.
Claims9
A valve comprising:
- a body;
- an inlet port separable from the body, the inlet port having a threaded portion distal to the body and a hex portion proximate to the body, wherein the hex portion has a width of about 0.5 inches and includes a frangible feature in substantially the mid-point of the hex portion;
- at least one delivery port connected to the body;
- a supply port connected to the body having an axis parallel to an axis of the inlet port;
- and
- an exhaust port connected to the body having an axis perpendicular to both the supply port axis and the inlet port axis.
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An assembly comprising:
- a reservoir having a receiving port;
- a valve for attachment to the reservoir;
- the valve having
- a body;
- an inlet port connected to the body, the inlet port having a threaded portion for mating with the receiving port and a hex portion, wherein the hex portion has a width of about 0.5 inches and includes a frangible feature in substantially the mid-point of the hex portion wherein upon breakage at the frangible feature a first portion of the hex portion having a width of about 0.25 inches remains attached to the reservoir and a second portion of the hex portion having a width of about 0.25 inches remains connected to the body;
- at least one delivery port connected to the body;
- a supply port connected to the body having an axis parallel to an axis of the inlet port;
- and
- an exhaust port connected to the body having an axis perpendicular to both the supply port axis and the inlet port axis, wherein the inlet port axis is perpendicular to a surface of the reservoir when the valve is mated to the receiving port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.