Flame arrestor screw
AssigneeWoodward, Inc.
InventorGregory J. Brodsack
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Abstract
A flame arrestor screw for a solenoid operated gas admission valve. The flame arrestor screw may include a screw body having a first end and an open end. The flame arrestor screw may include a gas passage extending from the open end along a longitudinal axis of the screw body and terminating at a terminal end within the screw body. A through hole may extend through the screw body transverse to the gas passage and in fluid communication with the gas passage.
Claims29
1-23. (canceled)
A solenoid operated gas admission valve (SOGAV) having a sealing element in a housing sealing solenoid coil leads from a gas in the SOGAV, comprising:
- a leak detection passage within the housing receiving a gas leak around or through the sealing element;
- a flame arrestor screw;
- wherein the leak detection passage receives the flame arrestor screw creating a circumferential gap between the leak detection passage and a portion of the flame arrestor screw to channel the gas into a through hole of flame arrestor.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.