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US 12,313,186 B2Granted
Ringless zero clearance closure
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsFrancis P. Marocchini, Robert DeFelice, Lukasz Burek
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Abstract
A closure assembly including a retaining cover, a first catch plate sitting partially within the retaining cover, a second catch plate sitting partially within the retaining cover opposite the first catch plate and spaced apart from the first catch plate, and a closure pressing against the first catch plate and pressing against the second catch plate.
Claims9
A catch plate assembly comprising:
- a first catch plate and a second catch plate spaced apart from the first catch plate, each catch plate having,
- a first axial facing side to face an outer portion of a valve;
- an outward radially facing side connecting the first axial facing side to a second axial facing side wherein the second axial facing side is configured to face an inner portion of the valve;
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- an inward facing side connected to the first axial facing side and to the second axial facing side by a front chamfer and a rear chamfer respectively, wherein the outward radially facing side is curved in an axial direction defining a convex lens shape, wherein the inward facing side is narrower than the outward radially facing side,
- wherein each of the first axial facing sides are configured to face the outer portion of the valve and configured to press against an axially inward facing side of a retention plate and wherein each of the second axial facing sides are configured to face the inner portion of the valve and configured to press against an outwardly facing side of a closure, and wherein the inward facing sides are spaced apart from and face each other.
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