Ball valve assembly and method for forming
AssigneeAeroquip Corporation
InventorsRobert J. Evans, Mark W. Schuller, Kraig A. Biberstein, Anna K. Rambo
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Abstract
A rotary ball valve assembly and method for forming utilizes a compression spring subjected to a non-torsional, axially directed compressive force to urge an annular seal into sealing engagement with a rotatable ball and, while so subjected, inwardly deforming a tubular member attached to the housing by an electromagnetic force to form an annular abutment retaining said compression spring.
Claims5
In a rotary ball valve assembly having a housing extending along an axis and having an inlet, an axially aligned outlet, a ball positioned in said housing, said ball having a passageway extending therethrough and being rotatable from an open position in which said passageway is aligned with said axis to a closed position in which said passageway is out of alignment with said axis, a first annular seal sealingly engageable with said ball positioned between said ball and said outlet, an annular seat sealingly engageable with said ball positioned on the opposite side of said ball from said first annular seal, a compression spring urging said annular seat into engagement with said ball, the improvement comprising a tubular member engaged to said housing inlet, said tubular member encircling said compression spring and having an inwardly directed deformation forming an abutment for retaining said compression spring in a compressed state.
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