US 11,982,358 B2
Inline pneumatic valve with internal bushing
August M. Coretto, Windsor, CT (US); Scott W. Simpson, Feeding Hills, MA (US); Donald E. Army, Enfield, CT (US); Peter J. Dowd, Granby, CT (US); and David J. Zawilinski, W. Granby, CT (US)
Assigned to Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,485.
Prior Publication US 2023/0126388 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. F16K 1/12 (2006.01); F04D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 1/126 (2013.01) [F04D 27/0215 (2013.01); F04D 27/023 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inline valve comprising:
a sliding piston having a radially outer stop portion with a forward end, and a radially inner sliding portion connected to the radially outer stop portion by an arm; and
a housing including an outer housing body surrounding the piston, and the housing having a stop surface selectively in contact with the forward end of the radially outer stop portion of the piston to block flow from a housing inlet to a housing outlet, and the radially inner sliding portion slides on a support tube, and the radially inner sliding portion having a bushing formed of a first material having a better wear resistance than a second material forming the radially outer stop portion of the piston, and the second material having a greater resistance to high temperature and pressure than the first material;
wherein the bushing is provided by at least one distinct bushing providing in a groove formed in the radially inner sliding portion of the valve, with the remainder of the sliding portion of the valve formed of a material having a greater resistance to temperature and pressure than the material forming the bushing;
wherein the bushing is force fit into the groove;
wherein the bushing has an end stop axially outward of an axial end of the radially inner sliding portion formed by the second material; and
wherein the first material is a cobalt based alloy including chromium and tungsten, and the second material is a nickel alloy.