Valve and aircraft
AssigneeLiebherr-Aerospace Lindenberg GmbH
InventorsRalf Brugger, Andreas Dürner, Thomas Sauterleute
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a valve, preferably a continuous valve comprising a spool and a spool sleeve, wherein the spool comprises a control surface and the spool sleeve comprises an opening, wherein the valve is configured in such a way that the control surface can cover the opening, wherein the spool can be positioned such that the control surface at least partially does not cover the opening, wherein the spool sleeve comprises a further opening, wherein the control surface can cover the further opening, wherein the spool can be positioned such that the control surface at least partially does not cover each of the opening and the further opening.
Claims10
Valve comprising a spool and a spool sleeve, wherein the spool comprises a control surface and the spool sleeve comprises a plurality of openings, the plurality of openings comprising:
- a first opening comprising a first control opening and a second control opening, wherein the first control opening and the second control opening are located one directly behind the other and separated by a web,
- a second opening comprising a third control opening and a fourth control opening, wherein the third control opening and the fourth control opening are located one directly behind the other and separated by a web,
- a third opening comprising a fifth control opening and a sixth control opening, wherein the fifth control opening and the sixth control opening are located one directly behind the other and separated by a web,
- a fourth opening comprising a seventh control opening and an eighth control opening, wherein the seventh control opening and the eighth control opening are located one directly behind the other and separated by a web,
- wherein the valve is configured in such a way that the control surface can cover the each of the plurality of openings, wherein the spool can be positioned such that the control surface at least partially does not cover each of the plurality of openings and wherein a size of the control surface is greater than a size of each of the plurality of openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.