US 12,486,913 B2
Thermal bypass control valve for a cooler line block with offset channels for an outflow line
Dean Mason, Tallahssee, FL (US); and Robert T. White, Tallahassee, FL (US)
Assigned to SUPERIOR TRANSMISSION PARTS, INC., Tallahassee, FL (US)
Appl. No. 18/560,578
Filed by SUPERIOR TRANSMISSION PARTS, INC., Tallahassee, FL (US)
PCT Filed May 16, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/029480
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/241324, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/188,531, filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0255063 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F16K 11/087 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01)
CPC F16K 11/087 (2013.01) [F16H 57/0413 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal bypass control valve insertable in a bore of a cooler line block, comprising:
a plug having a cylindrical body, a cylindrical cap portion, an outer member, and an inner member, the body having a plug ring groove along a circumference of the body, the cap portion positioned between the outer member and the body, the inner member extending from the body in an opposite direction relative to the outer member, wherein the body, the cap portion, the outer member, and the inner member are all coaxially arranged along a central plug axis;
a plug ring insertable within the plug ring groove, wherein a thickness of the plug ring partially extends beyond the cylindrical body of the plug when inserted within the plug ring groove;
a valve seat apparatus having
a valve seat portion having a cylindrical valve seat body and an insertable element extending from an end of the valve seat body, the insertable element having a base portion and a neck portion, and a cavity extending within the valve seat portion between two oppositely-oriented openings, wherein the valve seat body, insertable element, and cavity are oriented coaxially along a valve seat axis, and the neck portion has a smaller diameter than the base portion,
a valve seat ring insertable over the insertable portion of the valve seat portion, and
a cylindrical spacer slidable over the neck portion of the insertable portion;
a stabilizing spring configured to be positionable between the plug and the valve seat apparatus to secure the valve seat apparatus in a fixed position within the bore;
a valve member, and
a valve spring, the valve spring securable at a base end against a bottom of the bore and against the valve member at a valve spring end, wherein the valve spring secures the valve member against a surface of the cavity in a closed configuration, and the valve spring compresses to move the valve member away from the surface of the cavity in an open configuration.