Spring devices – Vehicle – Comprising compressible fluid
Patent
1998-02-10
2000-07-18
Dickson, Paul N.
Spring devices
Vehicle
Comprising compressible fluid
267DIG1, 280 6157, B60G 1700
Patent
active
060895519
ABSTRACT:
A height control valve including a leveling valve integral with a dump valve for controlling air flow to and from an air spring supporting a vehicle frame above an axle is disclosed. The height control valve includes a valve body defining first and second internal chambers. The leveling valve is defined by a leveling seal assembly received within the first internal chamber. The leveling seal assembly controls fluid flow into the first internal chamber through an intake port and fluid flow out of the first internal chamber through an exhaust port. The leveling seal assembly includes a rocker arm alternatively engagable with intake and exhaust pins which are adapted for sealingly engaging the intake and exhaust ports, respectively. Pivoting movement of the rocker arm results in one of the intake and exhaust pins being forced away from the respective intake or exhaust port resulting in fluid flow therethrough. The dump valve includes a dump seal assembly received within the second internal chamber and selectively moveable between a normal operating position and a dump position by an actuator. During the normal operating position the air spring is in communication with the first internal chamber and during the dump position the air spring is in fluid communication with a dump port which exhausts directly to atmosphere. The dump seal assembly may be activated to dump the air from the air spring by the application of either an increased fluid pressure or a decreased fluid pressure to a pilot port.
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Haviland Robin Lee
Marlow David Lee
Crowe Manufacturing Services, Inc.
Dickson Paul N.
Sy Mariano
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