US 11,732,816 B1
Valve assembly including low force umbrella valve insertion
César Caín Chávez Sandoval, Cd. Juarez (MX); and Raul Buendia Blancas, Cd. Juarez (MX)
Assigned to DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED, St. Michael (BB)
Filed by DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED, St. Michael (BB)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,289.
Int. Cl. F16K 27/02 (2006.01); B60K 15/04 (2006.01); F16K 15/14 (2006.01); B60K 15/03 (2006.01); B65D 77/22 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 27/0209 (2013.01) [B60K 15/04 (2013.01); F16K 15/148 (2013.01); B60K 2015/03282 (2013.01); B65D 77/225 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve assembly comprising: a body including an annular valve seat, a central ring disposed at a center of and concentric with the annular valve seat, and a plurality of vanes extending radially between the central ring and the annular valve seat; a plurality of fluid passages defined by open space between the annular valve seat, the central ring, and the plurality of vanes; a receiver defined by an axial through hole in the central ring and an annular outer lip adjacent the through hole, the outer lip including a plurality of circumferentially spaced notches disposed in an inner perimeter of the outer lip, wherein each of the plurality of notches is an indentation extending into the inner perimeter of the outer lip and not extending through the central ring; and an umbrella valve having a flexible, disk-shaped cap and an elongated stem extending axially from a center of the cap, the stem having an enlarged portion proximate a terminal end; the enlarged portion being received through the outer lip and into the receiver to secure the umbrella valve in the central ring.