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US3348563A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Flow divider valve

Assignee: Caterpillar Inc
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Filing: 1965-02-03
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Granted: 1967-10-24
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Expires: 1985-02-03
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Peter Sidles

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 12:06
CPC Classifications
F; F15; F15B; F15B13/00; F15B13/02; F15B13/022; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/2496; Y10T137/2514; Y10T137/2521; Y10T137/2524; Y10T137/2559; Y10T137/265; Y10T137/2668; Y10T137/2693; Y10T137/7722; Y10T137/7837; Y10T137/7866

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 185 words
IN A FLOW DIVIDER FOR USE BETWEEN A SOURCE OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE AND TWO SEPARATE CIRCUITS WHICH COMPRISES, A BODY HAVING AN INLET RECEIVING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE AND TWO OUTLETS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CIRCUITS, SAID BODY HAVING A BORE COMMUNICATING WITH THE INLET AND THE OUTLETS OUTLETS, A PISTON RECIPROCAL IN SAID BORE AND HAVING PASSAGES COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE INLET AND THE OUTLETS AT EACH END OF THE PISTON, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES AN ELEMENT AT AT LEAST ONE END OF THE BORE POSITIONED TO BE EMBRACED BY THE PASSAGE AT ONE END OF THE BORE AS THE PISTON MOVES TOWARD IT IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE FROM ITS OPPOSITE END TO RESTRICT FLOW THROUGH THE BORE AND CREATE A PRESSURE DROP CAUSING CONTINUED MOVEMENT OF THE PISTON UNTIL FLOW PAST ITS ENDS AND TO THE OUTLETS IS OF UNEQUAL VOLUME AND IN WHICH THE PASSAGES AT THE ENDS OF THE PISTON ARE CYLINDRICAL AND SAID ELEMENT IS OF CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION WITH A DIAMETER SMALLER THAN THE PASSAGE WHICH EMBRACES IT, THE PASSAGES IN THE PISTON INCLUDING A COAXIAL CYLINDRICAL PASSAGE THROUGHOUT ITS FULL LENGTH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 185 words
IN A FLOW DIVIDER FOR USE BETWEEN A SOURCE OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE AND TWO SEPARATE CIRCUITS WHICH COMPRISES, A BODY HAVING AN INLET RECEIVING FLUID UNDER PRESSURE AND TWO OUTLETS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CIRCUITS, SAID BODY HAVING A BORE COMMUNICATING WITH THE INLET AND THE OUTLETS OUTLETS, A PISTON RECIPROCAL IN SAID BORE AND HAVING PASSAGES COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE INLET AND THE OUTLETS AT EACH END OF THE PISTON, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES AN ELEMENT AT AT LEAST ONE END OF THE BORE POSITIONED TO BE EMBRACED BY THE PASSAGE AT ONE END OF THE BORE AS THE PISTON MOVES TOWARD IT IN RESPONSE TO PRESSURE FROM ITS OPPOSITE END TO RESTRICT FLOW THROUGH THE BORE AND CREATE A PRESSURE DROP CAUSING CONTINUED MOVEMENT OF THE PISTON UNTIL FLOW PAST ITS ENDS AND TO THE OUTLETS IS OF UNEQUAL VOLUME AND IN WHICH THE PASSAGES AT THE ENDS OF THE PISTON ARE CYLINDRICAL AND SAID ELEMENT IS OF CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION WITH A DIAMETER SMALLER THAN THE PASSAGE WHICH EMBRACES IT, THE PASSAGES IN THE PISTON INCLUDING A COAXIAL CYLINDRICAL PASSAGE THROUGHOUT ITS FULL LENGTH.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-10-23 1971-04-24 1971-10-24 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-10-23 1975-04-24 1975-10-24 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-10-23 1979-04-24 1979-10-24 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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