Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Morning sickness valve system for viscous clutch
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Application No.: US15758517Application Date: 2016-10-04
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Publication No.: US10578171B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Michael Stevens , James R. Preston
- Applicant: Horton, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Roseville
- Assignee: HORTON, INC.
- Current Assignee: HORTON, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Roseville
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Koehler, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/055260 WO 20161004
- International Announcement: WO2017/062330 WO 20170413
- Main IPC: F16D35/02
- IPC: F16D35/02 ; F16K17/36

Abstract:
A valve system (44) for reducing morning sickness effects in a viscous clutch (20) having a reservoir (38) with a bore (46-1) includes a valve element (44-1), a counterweight portion (44-2), a pivot (44-3), and a biasing member (44-4). The pivot is located in between the valve element and the counterweight portion, and the valve element and the counterweight portion are configured to commonly move about the pivot between open and closed positions. The biasing member is configured to bias the valve element to cover the bore in the closed position by default. The counterweight portion is configured to counteract the biasing member under centrifugal loading such that the valve element at least partially uncovers the bore in the open position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180252275A1 MORNING SICKNESS VALVE SYSTEM FOR VISCOUS CLUTCH Public/Granted day:2018-09-06
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