Patent ID: 6945275
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle leveling valve for passing pressured air from a pressured air source to a vehicle airbag to fill it, and for releasing air from the airbag to empty it, the valve including a stationary valve member and a moveable member, a first of said members having a sealing surface and a slot therein that is connected to said airbag, and a second of said members includes a pair of insert bores and a pair of inserts that each lies in one of said insert bores, each insert having a face that presses against the sealing surface of said first member and each insert having an insert passage with an insert passage near end that lies at the insert face at a location adjacent to one of said slots wherein: each of said inserts is pivotable about a pivot axis that extends through a corresponding one of said insert bores, each pivot axis extending normal to said seal surface, and the passage near end of each of said inserts has a center that is offset from the corresponding insert pivot axis, whereby to enable shifting of the passage near end closer or further from the slot by pivoting the insert about its pivot axis.