Patents by Inventor David Chilvers

David Chilvers has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5065784
    Abstract: An hydraulic valve assembly controls the supply of hydraulic fluid to an hydraulic strut of a vehicle suspension and is formed in a valve block having an hydraulic delivery line between a pump delivery port and the strut via a check valve which allows flow in one direction only from the pump to the strut. Three parallel hydraulic lines connect the delivery line to a fluid return line. One line has a relief valve that only opens if there is excess pressure in the delivery line. Another line has a series connection of a solenoid-operated pressurizing valve and a pressure-sensing valve. Both valves are normally open, the solenoid-operated valve being closed when the suspension becomes too low, and the pressure-sensing valve closing when pressure at the strut port falls. The other hydraulic line includes a normally-closed solenoid-operated depressurizing valve and a normally-open relief valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: Smiths Industries public limited company
    Inventors: Anthony R. Davies, Steven J. Downward, David Chilvers