Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anti-flutter check valve
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Application No.: US14495287Application Date: 2014-09-24
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Publication No.: US09651160B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Michael R. Barone
- Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Windsor Locks
- Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Windsor Locks
- Agency: Kinney & Lange, P.A.
- Main IPC: F16K15/03
- IPC: F16K15/03

Abstract:
A check valve includes a housing, a hinge pin connected to the housing, and a flap with a cam surface having stability points, the flap rotatably connected to the hinge pin. The check valve further includes a stop pin connected to the housing, a spring mounted on the stop pin, the spring having an arm, and a detent element mounted on the arm of the spring. The spring urges the detent element to be in contact with the cam surface and the flap is stable when the detent element is located at one of the plurality of stability points.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160084393A1 ANTI-FLUTTER CHECK VALVE Public/Granted day:2016-03-24
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