Patent ID: 6622986
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: F02M,F16K,H01M,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
A regulator valve, the valve comprising:a wall defining a flow passage disposed along a longitudinal axis; a closure member disposed in the flow passage for rotation about an axis oblique to the longitudinal axis, the closure member movable to a first position to prevent flow in the flow passage and movable to a second position to permit flow in the flow passage; a motive force device disposed along the axis, the device coupled to the closure member by an insulator member, the device disposed for rotation between the first position and the second position about the axis; and a spacing chamber having an inner wall and an outer wall, the inner wall forming a volume that houses the insulator member, said inner wall extending substantially continuously around the insulator member, the outer wall of the spacing chamber being coupled to the motive force device and the flow passage.