Patent · US Expired

Relief valve of hydraulic devices

US4736768A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 26, 1986
Grant dateApr 12, 1988
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7927
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A relief valve used for hydraulic devices such as the master cylinder for motor vehicles, comprising a housing for passing hydraulic fluid therethrough to adjust the hydraulic pressure, a ball valve disposed in the housing, a coil spring for pushing the ball valve in the housing and plural finger-like portions formed in the inside of the housing to resiliently nip the ball valve so as to prevent the vibration of ball valve in the direction of diameter of the housing at the time of releasing hydraulic fluid through the inside of the housing, thereby making it possible to avoid the generation of strange noise by the vibration of ball valve. It is desirable to form the surface of valve body or the valve body side surface of the finger-like portions so that it has a surface roughness within a specific range in order to make the noise prevention effect more perfect.

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