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US 2018/0023710 A1Published application
Valve assembly with adjustable spring seat
AssigneeAerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.
InventorsMario Padilla, Gary Grenon
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Abstract
A valve assembly includes a valve body, a first spring seat disposed within the valve body, a preload spring disposed within the valve body and mated with the first spring seat, and a second spring seat disposed within the valve body and mated with the preload spring. The second spring seat is adjustably mated to the valve body.
Claims15
A valve assembly comprising:
- a valve body;
- a first spring seat disposed within the valve body;
- a preload spring disposed within the valve body and mated with the first spring seat;
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- a second spring seat disposed within the valve body and mated with the preload spring, the second spring seat being adjustably mated to the valve body.
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A valve assembly comprising:
- a valve body defining at least one valve passage;
- a preload spring within the valve body, the preload spring including a first end and a second end;
- a first spring seat within the valve body at the first end of the preload spring;
- a valve member disposed in the at least one valve passage and moveable against the preload spring through the first spring seat;
- a second spring seat within the valve body at the second end of the preload spring, the second spring seat being mounted in the valve body on threads;
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- a rotatable end cap fixedly detachable with the valve body, the rotatable end cap being engaged in a keyed joint with the second spring seat such that rotation of the end cap rotates the second spring seat on the threads to change a set position of the second spring seat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.