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US 2016/0097403 A1Published application
Gas valve assembly with integrated pressure regulator
AssigneeRobertshaw Controls Company
InventorsSteven L. Russell, David Crites
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Abstract
A gas valve assembly with integrated pressure regulator is provided. The gas valve assembly includes a pressure regulator and a gas valve module. The pressure regulator and gas valve modules each include cast housing bodies. The cast housing bodies have cast in mounting holes and assembly features that allow for the assembly of the gas valve assembly without secondary machining operations.
Claims20
A gas valve assembly, comprising:
- a pressure regulator;
- a valve module, the pressure regulator mounted to the valve module along a mounting axis defined by the valve module;
- and
- wherein a mounting arrangement is formed between the pressure regulator and the valve module such that the pressure regulator is rotationally fixed about the mounting axis and such that the pressure regulator is capable of only a single orientation relative to the valve module.
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A gas valve assembly, comprising:
- a pressure regulator, the pressure regulator comprising a cast housing body having at least one integral cast in mounting bracket, the at least one integral cast in mounting bracket adapted to mount the gas valve assembly within an interior of an appliance;
- a valve module, the pressure regulator mounted to the valve module, the valve module comprising a cast housing body having at least one integral cast in mounting bracket, the at least one integral cast in mounting bracket adapted to mount the gas valve assembly within the interior of an appliance.
A method of manufacturing a gas valve assembly, comprising:
- providing a valve module having a cast housing body, wherein the cast housing body of the valve module includes a cast in mounting boss;
- providing a pressure regulator having a cast housing body, wherein the cast housing body of the pressure regulator includes a cast in recess, wherein an inner peripheral wall of the cast in recess matches an outer peripheral wall of the cast in mounting boss such that the pressure regulator is capable of only a single orientation relative to the valve module;
- installing the pressure regulator onto the valve module by inserting the cast in boss of the housing body of the valve module into the cast in recess of the housing body of the pressure regulator;
- and
- fixedly securing the pressure regulator to the valve module.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.