Patent · US Expired

Spring return system for a component able to move reciprocally

US4615507A · kind A · utility

4Cited by
3References
8Claims
0Family size

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 18, 1985
Grant dateOct 7, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 18, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16F1/128
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A spring return for the reciprocable slide of an hydraulic distributor. The return spring is trapped between flanges of opposed cup-shaped rings. The cup-shaped rings have conical sections which are positioned inside of the spring, but which do not contact the spring. Each cup-shaped ring has a transverse bottom, and each of the transverse bottoms surrounds the slide and contacts only a cylindrical centering section on the slide. The cylindrical centering sections on the slide are short, and each cylindrial centering section loses contact with the surrounding transverse bottom of the cup-shaped ring shortly after the slide moves relative to such cup-shaped ring.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.