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Check valve with self-trapping insert

US8869828B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (HSC) · US

Inventors

Josh Kamp · Glastonbury, US
Blair A. Smith · South Windsor, US
Marc E. Gage · Feeding Hills, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 21, 2013
Grant date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/7898
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A check valve is provided and includes a body including a seat, a hinge bifurcating the seat to define openings and a housing coupled to the hinge and a self-trapping insert of compliant material. The self-trapping insert includes an end portion and is securable in the housing such that the end portion protrudes from a side of the housing to contact with a corresponding check valve flapper in a respective open position.

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