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Hydraulic control valve

US4320780A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 1980
Grant dateMar 23, 1982
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/86638
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Control valve in which the reaction torque is created firstly by hydraulic reaction means and secondly by resilient means to provide for a second gradient of reaction torque; the invention consists in a control valve having a star-shaped rotor rotatably mounted in a disc chamber of a stator to define notably with a constituting member of that chamber several working chambers, the arms of said star-shaped rotor being of unequal lengths to provide for a first gradient of reaction torque, as known per se, and the improvement consisting in that the member is rotatable with respect to a surrounding intermediate member of said stator and that resilient means are located between members to provide for a second gradient of reaction torque.

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