Patent ID: 7210500

Claim:
A servovalve assembly comprising: a housing having a spool disposed within an opening defined by the housing; a first nozzle in fluid communication with a first end of the spool; a second nozzle in fluid communication with a second end of the spool; a motor coupled to the housing, the motor having a flapper shaft and a flapper coupled to the flapper shaft, the flapper oriented in fluid communication with the first nozzle and the second nozzle; and an adjustment assembly having: a base coupled to the housing; a control portion coupled to the flapper shaft of the motor; and an arm portion that couples the base to the control portion, the arm portion configured to, in response to a deformation of the arm portion, position the control portion relative to the base, the control portion further configured to, in response to the deformation of the arm portion, generate a load on the flapper shaft and position the flapper of the flapper shaft relative to the first nozzle and the second nozzle of the servovalve; wherein the control portion is configured to rotatably couple to the flapper shaft to allow rotation of the flapper shaft relative to the control portion; wherein the control portion comprises a ball coupled to the arm portion, the ball configured to rotatably couple to an opening defined by the flapper shaft.