US 12,291,855 B2
Water valve assembly
Piotr Kroczek, Dolnośląskie (PL); Agata Kurowska-Kalińska, Kowale (PL); and Dariusz Sapija, Kielczowek (PL)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/831,931.
Claims priority of application No. 21461560 (EP), filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412061 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. E03B 7/10 (2006.01); E03B 7/07 (2006.01)
CPC E03B 7/10 (2013.01) [E03B 7/07 (2013.01); F16K 2200/402 (2021.08); Y10T 137/1244 (2015.04); Y10T 137/5762 (2015.04)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve assembly comprising:
a valve housing; and
a movable valve element arranged to move relative to the valve housing between an open and a closed position;
wherein the valve housing includes a drainage body provided with drainage holes arranged to allow fluid to drain from the valve assembly from gaps between the movable valve element and the housing via the drainage holes;
wherein the drainage body includes a container to contain fluid flowing from the drainage holes;
wherein the container contains a material for absorbing the drained fluid.