Electro-hydraulic valve cover and method of use
OwnerDavid Armas, Joel Merino +1inventors
InventorsDavid Armas, Joel Merino, Jeshua Armas
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Abstract
An electro-hydraulic valve cover that is made of a water-resistant material enclosing a cover cavity with the at least one electronic port encapsulated therein, having a perimeter surface selectively removably and directly coupled to the valve housing in a watertight configuration, and having a wire member defining a wire channel spanning from the cover cavity and conforming to the wire, wherein the electro-hydraulic valve cover is configured to shield an electrical connection associated with one or more electro-hydraulic valve(s) in a hydraulic assembly from harsh conditions and prevent damage, corrosion, bad contacts, and shorts.
Claims14
In combination with a hydraulic assembly having at least one electro-hydraulic valve disposed within a valve housing and communicatively coupled to at least one electronic port located on the valve housing and having at least one electrical connector with a wire electrically coupled thereto, the at least one electrical connector coupled to the at least one electronic port, wherein the improvement comprises:
- an electro-hydraulic valve cover of a water-resistant material, with a rear wall, with a plurality of sidewalls enclosing a cover cavity defined by plurality of sidewalls and the rear wall, defining an opening with a perimeter surface defined by the plurality of sidewalls, with the at least one electronic port on the valve housing encapsulated by the electro-hydraulic valve cover, and having the perimeter surface selectively removably and directly coupled to the valve housing in a watertight configuration with the valve housing partially disposed in the opening and the cover cavity.
A method of protecting an electro-hydraulic valve in a hydraulic assembly comprising the steps of:
- providing a hydraulic assembly having at least one electro-hydraulic valve disposed within a valve housing and communicatively coupled to at least one electronic port located on the valve housing and having at least one electrical connector with a wire electrically coupled thereto;
- providing an electro-hydraulic valve cover of a water-resistant material, with a rear wall, with a plurality of sidewalls enclosing a cover cavity defined by plurality of sidewalls and the rear wall, and defining an opening with a perimeter surface defined by the plurality of sidewalls;
- inserting the valve housing into the cover cavity through the opening to partially cover the valve housing and encapsulate the at least one electronic port on the valve housing;
- coupling the electrical connector to the at least one electronic port;
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- directly coupling the perimeter surface to the valve housing in a watertight configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.