Jerry L Carlson

US Patent:

20100012204, Jan 21, 2010

Filed:

Jun 2, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/477006

Inventors:

Dale A. Stretch - Novi MI, US
Jeffrey C. Thompson - Commerce Township MI, US
Mahesh Joshi - Pune, IN
Shrikant Basurtekar - Belgaum, IN
Jerry Carlson - Spirit Lake IA, US
Aaron H. Jagoda - St. Louis Park MN, US
Jayakumar Ravathur - Eden Prairie MN, US
Otto Schultheis - Marshell MI, US
Glenn C. Fortune - Farmington Hills MI, US
Paul Brenner - Chaska MN, US
Thomas J. Stoltz - Allen Park MI, US

International Classification:

F15D 1/00

US Classification:

13756501, 137613

Abstract:

A valve is provided including a first valve member and a second valve member. The first valve member includes a first step and a first orifice adjacent the first step. The second valve member includes a second step and a second orifice adjacent the second step. The second valve member is movable relative to the first valve member between an open position, in which the first orifice is fluidly connected the second orifice, and a closed position, in which the first orifice is substantially fluidly disconnected from the second orifice. The first and second steps are fluidly connected to the second orifice and substantially fluidly disconnected from the first orifice when the second valve member is in the closed position, and the first and second steps are fluidly connected to the first and second orifices when the second valve member is in the open position.

US Patent:

20130276921, Oct 24, 2013

Filed:

May 22, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/900219

Inventors:

Jeffrey C. Thompson - Commerce Township MI, US
Mahesh Joshi - Pune, IN
Shrikant Basurtekar - Belgaum, IN
Jerry L. Carlson - Spirit Lake IA, US
Aaron H. Jagoda - St. Louis Park MN, US
Jayakumar Ravathur - Eden Prairie MN, US
Otto Schultheis - Marshell MI, US
G. Clark Fortune - Farmington Hills MI, US
Paul Brenner - Chaska MN, US
Thomas J. Stoltz - Allen Park MI, US

International Classification:

F15B 21/00

US Classification:

13756501, 137597

Abstract:

A valve is provided including a first valve member and a second valve member. The first valve member includes a first step and a first orifice adjacent the first step. The second valve member includes a second step and a second orifice adjacent the second step. The second valve member is movable relative to the first valve member between an open position, in which the first orifice is fluidly connected the second orifice, and a closed position, in which the first orifice is substantially fluidly disconnected from the second orifice. The first and second steps are fluidly connected to the second orifice and substantially fluidly disconnected from the first orifice when the second valve member is in the closed position, and the first and second steps are fluidly connected to the first and second orifices when the second valve member is in the open position.