Patent ID: 6158457
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: F16K,G05D,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus comprising:a plastic part defining a cylindrical compartment with a longitudinal central axis, said plastic part further defining a yoke configured to receive a pressure vessel post valve perpendicular to said axis, said yoke comprising a U-shaped structure having a pair of axially elongated side sections joined by a base section extending across said axis; anda cylindrical metal valve body received in said compartment, said valve body having an inlet port, a control orifice, and a high pressure gas passage extending from said inlet port to said control orifice;said plastic part having an annular end surface defining an open end of said compartment, a cylindrical inner surface mating with a cylindrical peripheral surface of said valve body within said compartment, and a pair of planar inner surfaces which face axially outward of said open end of said compartment in abutment with a planar surface of said valve body, with said planar inner surfaces being defined by said side sections of said yoke.