Patent ID: 6450201
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B62D,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
A multiway rotary valve, comprising:a first valve element; a second valve element; and at least one actuator, the second valve element being rotatable by a limited angle by the at least one actuator acting on the second valve element in a substantially tangential direction; wherein the first and second valve elements interact to direct a pressurized medium to and from two working chambers of at least one servomotor and to a return connection for a pressurized-medium vessel; wherein the first and second valve elements are rotatable relative to each other; wherein the first valve element includes a cavity having two planar control surfaces facing each other; wherein the second valve element includes a substantially planar disk having two planar control surfaces facing away from each other; and wherein the planar control surfaces of the first and second valve elements include control openings that interact with each other.