Patent ID: 9249875
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: F16H,F16K

Claim Text:
1. A continuous cooler sleeve and safety bypass flow control valve for use in vehicle transmissions to replace a conventional thermostatically controlled transmission cooler bypass valve, the continuous cooler sleeve and safety bypass flow control valve comprising a sleeve having first and second end portions separated by a central portion, at least said first end portion being generally hollow and defining a valve chamber in which a valve is movable mounted, the sleeve having at least one continuously open channel therein for permitting unobstructed flow from one side of the sleeve to an opposite side thereof, the central portion having a flow passage opening therein, at least one radially extending opening communicating with the at least one open channel to the flow passage opening, a biasing spring mounted within the valve chamber for continuously urging the valve to normally close the flow passage opening through the central portion and at least one discharge opening in the sleeve for communicating the valve chamber with an exterior portion of the sleeve such that when the valve is opened relative to the flow passage opening by fluid pressure within exceeding a force of the biasing spring against the valve, fluid flows along the at least one continuously open channel and through the at least one radially extending opening and through the flow passage opening into the valve chamber and outwardly of the valve chamber through the at least one discharge opening in the sleeve.