Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lubrication system with passive valve
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Application No.: US14962631Application Date: 2015-12-08
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Publication No.: US09816601B2Publication Date: 2017-11-14
- Inventor: Scott Poster
- Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Agent Alison A. Woodruff
- Main IPC: F16K31/122
- IPC: F16K31/122 ; F16H57/04 ; B64C27/12 ; F16N7/00

Abstract:
In one example embodiment, a valve can include a piston configured to open the valve when a first force is greater than a second force, a biasing member that pushes against the piston and exerts a substantial portion of the first force against the piston, and a material that exerts a substantial portion of the second force against the piston, wherein the material changes from a solid to a liquid at an approximate, predetermined temperature, the change of the material from solid to liquid decreases the second force and allows the piston to move and open the valve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160084369A1 LUBRICATION SYSTEM WITH PASSIVE VALVE Public/Granted day:2016-03-24
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