Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air cycle machine module air gate seal for environmental control systems
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Application No.: US16438613Application Date: 2019-06-12
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Publication No.: US10934006B2Publication Date: 2021-03-02
- Inventor: Donald E. Army , Frederick Peacos, III
- Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: F16K11/076
- IPC: F16K11/076 ; B64D13/06 ; F16K5/04 ; F16K11/02

Abstract:
An isolation valve comprising: a housing having an internal surface within the housing, the internal surface having a first outlet and second outlet; an air gate having an outward face opposite the internal surface, the air gate located within the housing and configured to move to at least one of a first position blocking flow to the first outlet, a neutral position blocking flow to neither the first outlet nor second outlet, and a second position blocking flow to the second outlet; a seal groove located on the outward face of the air gate; a seal located within seal groove, the seal configured to form a sealed connection with the internal surface around at least one of the first outlet when in the first position and the second outlet when in the second position; and a retainer configured to secure the seal within the seal groove using a fastening mechanism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190291874A1 AIR CYCLE MACHINE MODULE AIR GATE SEAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2019-09-26
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