Valve body assembly having valve member
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorSteven Anatole Frait
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Abstract
A valve body assembly that includes a valve body, a pump and a valve member. The valve body has multiple valve bores and hydraulic passages. The pump is coupled to the valve body and cooperates with the valve body to define a fluid circuit that is in communication with one or more of the hydraulic passages. The pump is configured to pump hydraulic fluid through the fluid circuit and into one or more of the hydraulic passages. The valve member is movable between a first position in which the valve member is seated against the pump to inhibit fluid flow through the fluid circuit and a second position in which the valve member is removed from the pump to permit fluid flow through the fluid circuit.
Claims20
A valve body assembly comprising:
- a valve body having multiple valve bores and hydraulic passages;
- a pump coupled to the valve body and cooperating with the valve body to define a fluid circuit that is in communication with one or more of the hydraulic passages, the pump configured to pump hydraulic fluid through the fluid circuit and into the one or more of the hydraulic passages;
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- a valve member movable between a first position in which the valve member is seated against the pump to inhibit fluid flow through the fluid circuit and a second position in which the valve member is removed from the pump to permit fluid flow through the fluid circuit.
A valve body assembly comprising:
- a valve body having multiple valve bores and hydraulic passages;
- a pump coupled to the valve body and cooperating with the valve body to define a fluid circuit that is in communication with one or more of the hydraulic passages, the pump configured to pump hydraulic fluid through the fluid circuit and into the one or more of the hydraulic passages;
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- a valve member movable between a first position in which the valve member is seated against the pump to inhibit fluid flow through the fluid circuit and a second position in which the valve member is removed from the pump to permit fluid flow through the fluid circuit,
- wherein, when the valve member is in the first position, the valve member is seated against an external surface of the pump, the valve member is retained in the valve body in the first position and the second position.
A valve body assembly comprising:
- an additively manufactured valve body having multiple valve bores and hydraulic passages;
- a pump coupled to the valve body and cooperating with the valve body to define a fluid circuit that is in communication with one or more of the hydraulic passages, the pump located entirely external to the valve body and configured to pump hydraulic fluid through the fluid circuit and into the one or more of the hydraulic passages;
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- a valve member movable between a first position in which the valve member is seated against the pump to inhibit fluid flow through the fluid circuit and a second position in which the valve member is removed from the pump to permit fluid flow through the fluid circuit,
- wherein, when the valve member is in the first position, the valve member is seated against an external surface of the pump, the valve member is retained in the valve body in the first position and the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.