Abstract: A caliper guide assembly, a heavy vehicle disc brake having a caliper guide assembly, a sleeve for a caliper guide assembly, and a method of manufacture. The caliper guide assembly comprises a guide pin, a caliper, and a sleeve. The sleeve is configured to crease upon contraction of the sleeve along a longitudinal axis thereof.

Abstract: A brake for a motor includes a fixed-side engaging plate fixed to a motor shaft; a movable-side engaging plate coaxially opposed to the fixed-side engaging plate along the direction of a center axis; and a self-holding type solenoid that moves, in the direction of the center axis, the movable-side engaging plate to a halt cancelation position separated from the fixed-side engaging plate and a halt position where engagement with the fixed-side engaging plate occurs. When the motor is halted, the solenoid is driven to move the movable-side engaging plate from the halt cancelation position to the halt position. The movable-side engaging plate which has reached the halt position is mechanically engaged with the fixed-side engaging plate, and the motor shaft is forcibly halted.

Abstract: Provided is a disc brake including a brake caliper. The brake caliper has a first bridge part positioned on a first pin disposition part side and on which a sprue mark formed at the time of casting a caliper main body part is provided, and a second bridge part positioned on a second pin disposition part side. The brake caliper has a shape in which a moment of inertia of area of the caliper main body part on the first bridge part side is larger than a moment of inertia of area of the caliper main body part on the second bridge part side when the caliper main body part is divided by a straight line that bisects a line segment connecting a center of the first pin disposition part and a center of the second pin disposition part when viewed from an axial direction of a disc.

Abstract: A brake assembly and a method of control. The brake assembly includes a wrap spring that is configured to slip with respect to a piston but not slip with respect to a shaft when the wrap spring is rotated in a first rotational direction. The wrap spring is configured to slip with respect to a shaft but not slip with respect to the piston when the wrap spring is rotated in a second rotational direction.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to extend brake life cycle are disclosed herein. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes machine readable instructions and processor circuitry to at least one of instantiate or execute the machine readable instructions to activate a brake motor of a brake of a vehicle to cause contact between a brake pad of the brake and a rotor of the brake, compare a power output of the brake motor of the brake to a threshold, and determine a material degradation level of the brake pad based on the comparison of the power output to the threshold.

Abstract: A preloading device (10, 100, 300) with a first end part (11, 111), with a second end part (12, 112) and with at least one spring device (F, F1, F2), which connects a second end part (12, 112) to the first end part (11, 111) along a spring device reference axis (RA, RA1, RA2), wherein the at least one spring device (F, F1, F2) is formed of at least one meander section (M1), each of which extends along the spring device reference axis (RA, RA1, RA2), and a drive device (1) with a preloading device (10, 100, 300).

Abstract: An energy absorbing bushing may have a base portion and a tubular portion attached to the base portion, and a split extending through the base portion and the tubular portion. The split may have three portions each at a different angle with respect to one another.

Abstract: In this shock absorber, a piston includes a first piston body, a second piston body, and a piston band. The first piston body includes a first passage, a second passage, a first seat, and a second seat. The first seat communicates with the first passage and on which a first damping valve is placed. A second damping valve is placed on the second seat. The second piston body includes a third passage, a fourth passage, a third seat, and a fourth seat. The third seat communicates with the fourth passage and on which a third damping valve is placed. A fourth damping valve is placed on the fourth seat.

Abstract: Viscoelastic damper assembly applicable both in air and submerged applications and with improved efficiency over prior art solutions for adding damping to an object or structure.

Abstract: This shock absorber includes a first valve assembly connected to one end of a tube in an axial direction, a piston assembly dividing an inner chamber of the tube into a first chamber and a second chamber, a piston rod extending from the tube through the first chamber with the piston assembly connected to an intermediate position in the axial direction, a cup provided in the second chamber, and a second valve assembly disposed in the second chamber to be connected to the piston rod and configured to enter and exit from the cup. The cup includes a sleeve disposed in the second chamber with a gap between itself and the tube in a radial direction, and a base adapter fixed to the sleeve by press fitting and provided between the sleeve and the first valve assembly.

Abstract: Disclosed are a floating tray mechanism and a robot. The floating tray mechanism includes a tray and a mounting bracket, the mounting bracket support the tray; the floating tray mechanism further comprises a floating contacting portion and a pulling rebounding portion, the floating contacting portion is provided on one of the tray and the mounting bracket, and the tray is movably supported on the mounting bracket, the pulling rebounding portion is configured to be able to pull the tray back to an initial position of translation when the tray moves relative to the mounting bracket. In the present application, the tray will have a damping relative stroke and a recovery relative stroke relative to the robot when a robot suddenly stops or suddenly speeds up, which greatly reduces the inertial motion of the goods, and thus the fluid goods will not spill out of the tray.

Abstract: A vibration reduction device includes a support plate, one side mass positioned at an edge of one side surface of the support plate, the other side mass disposed to be opposite to one side mass and positioned at an edge of the other side surface of the support plate, and an impact absorbing member coupled to the support plate and configured to come into contact with one side mass or the other side mass.

Abstract: Toothed belt drive with a toothed belt and at least two toothed pulleys, wherein the toothed belt has at least one drive side provided with a toothed profile, the toothed belt wraps around the toothed pulleys over a partial area of their circumference and the teeth of the toothed belt meshingly engage in the tooth gaps of the toothed pulleys, wherein at least one of the toothings on the belt or pulley is formed as a series of tooth pitches varying along the circumference, wherein the individual tooth pitches are designed to vary by up to a maximum of 5% relative to the mean tooth pitch on the belt or pulley, and the absolute deviation of a varied tooth pitch from the mean tooth pitch on the belt or pulley is limited by the backlash of the toothing, wherein the backlash ES results from the difference of the width eS of the tooth gaps of the respective toothed pulley and the width eR of the teeth of the toothed belt in the middle of the tooth height of the teeth of the toothed belt.

Abstract: A toothed belt includes: a belt body having a flat band-shaped back rubber portion and tooth rubber portions placed on an inner circumferential side of the back rubber portion, the back rubber portion and the tooth rubber portions being each composed of a thermoplastic elastomer composition; a cord containing carbon filaments; and a tooth portion covering material provided on an inner circumferential side of the belt body and covering the tooth rubber portions. An elastomer component of the thermoplastic elastomer composition is a TPAE or a TPC, a hardness of the thermoplastic elastomer composition forming the back rubber portion is not less than 25 and not greater than 70, a hardness of the thermoplastic elastomer composition forming the tooth rubber portions is not less than 40 and not greater than 70, and the hardness of the thermoplastic elastomer composition forming the back rubber portion is not greater than the hardness of the thermoplastic elastomer composition forming the tooth rubber portions.

Abstract: A planetary gear system for setting a drive ratio of a transmission includes an outer ring gear; a plurality of planetary gears; an inner sun gear; a first rotary input coupled to one of the outer ring gear, the plurality of planetary gears, and the inner sun gear; a second rotary input coupled to another one of the outer ring gear, the plurality of planetary gears, and the inner sun gear; and a rotary output coupled to a remaining one of the outer ring gear, the plurality of planetary gears the inner sun gear. In some cases, the planetary gear system is combined with a second planetary gear system, and the first rotary input of the planetary gear system and the first rotary input of the second planetary gear system are the same, allowing generation of two independent outputs from three inputs.

Abstract: An electric driving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a housing; an electric machine comprising a motor shaft rotatably supported by the housing; a first speed reduction portion comprising a first speed shifting shaft capable of being rotationally driven by the motor shaft and configured to shift and transmit a rotational driving force of the motor shaft at a predetermined first speed shifting ratio; a second speed reduction portion comprising a second speed shifting shaft capable of being rotationally driven by the motor shaft and configured to shift and transmit the rotational driving force of the motor shaft at a predetermined second speed shifting ratio; and a double clutch unit configured to receive the rotational driving force of the first speed shifting shaft or the second speed shifting shaft and is configured to selectively rotationally drive at least one of a first output shaft and a second output shaft by the transmitted rotational driving force.

Abstract: A variety of transmission mechanisms are provided that include split pulleys nested within each other in order to reduce the size of the transmissions, to provide infinitely variable transmission ratios that include forward and reverse ratios, or to provide some other benefits. These transmissions include“W”-shaped belts, having both contact surfaces that are directed outward from the belt and inward, toward a center-line of the belt, to contact the pulleys with respective different inward- and outward-directed contact surfaces. Accordingly, the surfaces at which the belt contacts the different pulleys may be substantially the same with respect to a hinge or other structure of the belt. This improvement may permit higher levels of power transmission, increased efficiency, and increased transmission lifetime. Additionally, variable-eccentricity variable transmissions are provided wherein the eccentricity of rotation of an inner, nested pulley varies with changes in the transmission ratio of the transmission.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a swing-type speed reducer that has a large crossing angle, and that can be further miniaturized compared to conventional speed reducers. [Solution] Provided is a swing-type speed reducer 1 comprising: a main body 10; an input shaft 20 that is rotatably held in the main body 10; a precession body 30 that precesses; a swinging body 40 that engages with the precession body 30 and is swung by the precession; and an output shaft 50 that is rotated by the swing of the swinging body 40. In the present invention, a precession annular groove 34 for precession of the precession body 30 and a swinging annular groove 33 for swinging the swinging body 40 are provided on the surface of a spherical portion 31. Thereby, in comparison to a conventional case where the grooves are provided on the inner peripheral surface of a member, the region where the grooves can be machined is increased, and the device can be further miniaturized.

Abstract: A worm reducer 1, in which at least one of an upper surface part or a lower surface part of a housing includes a protruding part 20 protruding toward a worm wheel 60; and with respect to an imaginary line L1 extending parallel to the rotation axis C2 of a worm gear 50 and passing through the central axis of a shaft 71 in the housing, a protruding part 20 is provided between an imaginary line L1 and a meshing part E between the worm gear 50 and the worm wheel 60 in a plan view, and includes an inclined part 21 that inclines toward the meshing part E.

Abstract: Rudder pedal and brake inceptor devices are described that utilize a straight-line mechanism and rotary joints to achieve straight line motion in a compact volume. The devices can include four or more bar linkages that translate forward motion of a pedal into a rotary motion of a common shaft, such that forward motion of one pedal causes the other pedal to retract while allowing for yaw motion control of the aircraft.

Abstract: A spindle assembly is for a spindle device, and comprises a spindle nut, which can be brought into thread engagement with a spindle rod, and a tube extending axially along a longitudinal axis, wherein the tube at least partly encircles the spindle nut radially. A spindle assembly for a spindle device is provided. The spindle nut is axially secured to the tube by a welding process.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of aerial work platforms, in particular to a linear actuator with a contact type safety nut, and an aerial work platform. The linear actuator includes a central screw, a driving nut mechanism, and a safety nut mechanism. The central screw has a screw raceway. The safety nut mechanism includes a safety nut seat sleeved at the periphery of the central screw. Limit hole channels pointing to the central screw are arranged on the safety nut seat. An elastic buffer element is arranged in each of the limit hole channels. A safety ball is arranged between the elastic buffer element and the central screw. The contact type safety nut enables the linear actuator to always keep safety, stability, and no loss of accuracy in a conversion process that the safety nut mechanism gets involved to take effect while the driving nut mechanism fails.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of aerial work platforms, in particular to a linear actuator with a contact type safety nut and a fault detection method thereof. The linear actuator includes a central screw, a driving nut mechanism, a safety nut mechanism, and a driving control assembly. The central screw has a screw raceway. The safety nut mechanism includes a safety nut seat sleeved at the periphery of the central screw. Limit hole channels pointing to the central screw are arranged on the safety nut seat. An elastic buffer element is arranged in each of the limit hole channels. A safety ball is arranged between the elastic buffer element and the central screw. The driving control assembly includes a motor for driving the central screw to rotate and a motor controller for controlling the motor to operate.

Abstract: A power transmission device having: a case formed by assembling a first case member and a second case member; and a shaft member supported by the case, the power transmission device comprising: a protrusion provided to the first case member and protruding in the axial direction along to the direction of assembling the case; and a recess provided to the second case member and recessed in the axial direction. The shaft member is supported by the protrusion in the recess.

Abstract: A transmission according to the disclosure includes: a case; a carrier housed inside the case and configured to rotate relative to the case; and a seal mechanism provided between the case and the carrier. The seal mechanism includes a seal lip portion having a lip end for sealing, the lip end being in linear contact with an outer circumferential surface of the carrier along a circumferential direction of the carrier.

Abstract: A drive unit may be configured to drive a pair of left and right wheels of a vehicle. The drive unit may include: a motor; a planetary gear mechanism including a sun gear; a parallel gear coaxially fixed to a carrier; a first and bearing rotatably supporting the carrier and the parallel gear; and a differential mechanism meshing with the parallel gear and configured to distribute power from the parallel gear to the pair of left and right wheels. The sun gear may be connected to the motor and power may be input to the planetary gear mechanism from the motor. The power may be input to the parallel gear from the carrier. The first bearing may be disposed on one side relative to the carrier and the parallel gear and the second bearing may be disposed on other side of the carrier and the parallel gear.

Abstract: A high speed gear box including ribs, gears with holes, and oil channels configured to divide and distribute lubricating oil and contacting the lubricating oil with a high speed gear box housing wall. The high speed gear box housing and gear box cover have lubricating oil channel which supply lubricants to bearings. Output gears have holes which circulate oil throughout the high speed gear box. As lubricating oil is continuously circulated at locations which may create friction, the thermal energy, which is generated by high speed rotation of gears, shafts, and bearings is absorbed by cooling oil and transferred to housings, latent heat is dissipated to atmosphere through housing wall. This solves the overheating problem of electric high speed gear box.

Abstract: Provided is a transmission device including a transmission unit housed inside a transmission case with an oil storing part at a bottom part of the transmission case. As viewed in a projection plane orthogonal to a rotation axis of the transmission unit, an oil capturing part is arranged in a semicircle part of an outer circumferential wall of the transmission case. The semicircle part starts at a deepest part of the oil storing part and is positioned on a front side in a normal direction of a carrier.

Abstract: A vehicle transmission has at least one lubrication point, a power take-off, a lubricant tapping point for a power take-off module, and a lubrication system for supplying the lubrication point(s) and the lubricant tapping point with lubricant. The lubrication system includes a lubricant reservoir, a main line section emerging from the lubricant reservoir, a first supply line section leading to the lubrication point(s), a second supply line section leading to the lubricant tapping point, and a return line section leading to the lubricant reservoir. A valve has a first valve port associated with the main line section, a second valve port associated with the lubricant tapping point, a third valve port associated with the return line section, and a bypass duct that acts between the first valve port and the second valve port. A vehicle with such a vehicle transmission and a working machine arrangement are also disclosed.

Abstract: A lubrication assembly and operating method are provided herein. The lubrication assembly includes a rotating component an axial recess positioned on an axial side of the rotating component, and a lubricant conveyor that remains stationary relative to the rotating component and extends into the axial recess to form a gap between axial recess and the first lubricant conveyor. The lubricant conveyor directs a lubricant toward the axial recess during rotation to generate a lubricant spray focused in a targeted direction.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes a controller that switches a transmission mode of a transmission of a vehicle between an automatic shift mode and a temporary manual shift mode; and a storage unit storing maps each representing a relationship between a vehicle speed and an accelerator operation amount that are parameters for switching the transmission mode, and that are set for individual gradients of road on which the vehicle drives. The maps each include a cancellation region, a first maintenance region, and a second maintenance region, which are set to be different from each other according to the gradients. The controller includes a processor(s) and a memory(ies) coupled to the processor(s). The processor(s) executes a process including: selecting a map corresponding to a gradient of road on which the vehicle is driving; and switching the transmission mode based on the selected map, the vehicle speed and the accelerator operation amount.

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission includes: a first pulley and a second pulley each including a fixed pulley and a movable pulley; and an endless member wound around the first pulley and the second pulley, wherein the continuously variable transmission continuously changes a speed ratio by controlling a thrust of the movable pulley with a hydraulic pressure, the thrust of the movable pulley is made smaller as a rotation speed of the first pulley decreases, and when the rotation speed of the first pulley is lower than a predetermined rotation speed, the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a Low side of the predetermined speed ratio is not made smaller than the thrust of the movable pulley in a case where the speed ratio is on a High side of the predetermined speed ratio.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure is a vehicle energy saving control method, comprising: switching a multi-power switch to a corresponding gear position according to an actual load value and a load threshold; obtaining road information of a corner ahead when the vehicle is driving, wherein the road information comprises a curvature radius; calculating equivalent mass according to the curvature radius, total mass, a speed of the vehicle and a road friction coefficient; determining a predicted gear position according to the sum of the actual load value and the equivalent mass; and switching the multi-power switch to the predicted gear position if the predicted gear position is different from the current gear position. The present disclosure can solve the problem of energy waste caused by the power output mismatch when the vehicle passes the corner.

Abstract: An electric shift actuator includes a case body assembly, a case cover assembly covering the case body assembly, and a gear reduction mechanism assembly arranged in the case body assembly. The gear reduction mechanism assembly includes a motor subassembly, a face gear set, a first-stage gear reduction subassembly, and an output gear assembly configured to be connected to a parking mechanism. An output of the motor subassembly meshes with an input of the first-stage gear reduction subassembly in parallel to form first-stage gear reduction transmission, an output of the first-stage gear reduction subassembly vertically meshes with an input of the face gear set to form second-stage gear reduction transmission, and an output of the face gear set meshes with an input of the output gear assembly in parallel to form third-stage gear reduction transmission. The actuator has functions of emergency parking and manual unlocking with improved safety and redundancy.

Abstract: Transmissions, park systems, and methods of operating transmissions are disclosed herein. A transmission includes an input shaft to receive torque from a drive unit, an output shaft to transmit torque to a load, and a park system to selectively brake the output shaft. The park system includes a park actuation assembly having a park gear in direct contact with the output shaft, an actuator to supply rotational power, and an actuation linkage coupled between the actuator and the park actuation assembly.

Abstract: A drive apparatus includes a motor that has a motor shaft extending in an axial direction, a transmission mechanism that is connected on one side in the axial direction of the motor shaft, a lock mechanism that restricts driving of the transmission mechanism, a housing that houses the motor, the transmission mechanism, and the lock mechanism, an oil that is stored in the housing, and an oil passage that circulates the oil. The housing includes a motor room that houses the motor, a gear room that houses the transmission mechanism and the lock mechanism, and a partition that is provided between the motor room and the gear room. The oil passage includes a pump that pumps the oil in the oil passage, a first feed flow passage that feeds the oil to the motor, and a second feed flow passage that feeds the oil to the lock mechanism.

Abstract: A packing seal for a reciprocating pump includes a header ring. The header ring has an annular body with an inner surface and an outer surface. A plurality of inner wall segments is formed on at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface of the header ring.

Abstract: A valve for use in oil and gas production or similar applications includes a plug or other flow barrier disposed in a cavity of a hollow valve body with a metal-to-metal sealing surface that is not reliant on any rubberized or elastomeric material to effect a seal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure regulator with fine control, which has a simple structure and prevents the pressure of a fluid from rotating a stem to thereby improve reliability of a product. The fluid flowing into an inlet port of a housing flows out through an outlet port of the housing or is blocked according to the rotation angle of the stem.

Abstract: A valve may have a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The valve may include a valve stem having a lumen extending from a first opening at a proximal portion of the valve stem to a second opening at a distal end of the valve stem. A plurality of seals may be positioned relative to the valve stem. The valve stem and seals may be configured so that a fluid entering the inlet is prevented from flowing to the outlet in a first position of the valve stem and relative to the inlet and the outlet. The valve stem and the seals may be configured so that a fluid entering the inlet flows to the outlet in a second position of the valve stem relative to the inlet and the outlet, the second position being more distal than the first position relative to the inlet and the outlet.

Abstract: A proportional valve includes a casing and a valve trim. The casing has at least one fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, at least one first connection passageway, at least one second connection passageway and an accommodating space. The first connection passageway is connected with the fluid inlet. The second connection passageway is connected with the fluid outlet. The valve trim is located in the accommodating space, including a flow splitter an adjusting rotor. The flow splitter has at least one third connection passageway and at least one fourth connection passageway. The third connection passageway is connected with the first connection passageway. The fourth connection passageway is connected with the second connection passageway. The adjusting rotor has a channel and at least one blocking portion. The adjusting rotor is rotatably disposed on the flow splitter so that the blocking portion blocks a part of the third connection passageway.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a valve core. The valve core comprises a valve housing, a valve handle, a rotor, a driving plate, a movable valve sheet and a fixed valve sheet. The driving plate is disposed on the bottom of the rotor, the movable valve sheet disposed inside the valve housing and below the driving plate; the fixed valve sheet disposed inside the valve housing and located at the bottom of the valve housing. The driving plate has a limiting portion; the valve housing has two inner blocks.

Abstract: In the field of automobile steering gear manufacturing, an automatic air-discharge valve is provided having a valve body, a valve seat, a steel ball and a pressure regulation spring. The valve body is externally connected to a piston. The valve body is internally provided with an air-discharge channel having various diameters which is capable of accommodating the valve seat, the pressure regulation spring and the steel ball. The steel ball may be accommodated in the middle of the air-discharge channel of the valve body. A pressure regulation spring is arranged on left and right sides of the steel ball. The pressure regulation spring comprises a left spring and a right spring, one end of the left spring being supported by the valve body and the other end thereof being supported by the steel ball, and one end of the right spring being supported by the valve seat, and the other end thereof being supported by the steel ball.

Abstract: A check valve assembly includes a first port fitting and a second port fitting with a base secured therebetween. The base has an annular sleeve encircling a seat, the seat having a central mounting hole and one or more flow channels passing therethrough. An umbrella valve includes a flexible sealing disk having an outer surface and an opposing inner surface, a mounting stem extending from the inner surface and projecting into the mounting hole of the base, the sealing disk being movable between a first position wherein at least a portion of the sealing disk sits on the seat so as to cover the one or more flow channels and a second position wherein the sealing disk is resiliently flexed so as to at least partially uncover the one or more flow channels. A retention plate is disposed between first port fitting and the seat of the base so that the retention plate sits against the outer surface of the sealing disk.

Abstract: Bypass valves for pool heaters are disclosed. Embodiments may include pool heaters with a heat exchanger, a support, and an automatic bypass valve coupled to the support. The automatic bypass valve may include a cylindrical bypass shaft, and a bypass valve having a non-circular opening configured to receive the bypass shaft, where the bypass valve is configured to slide along the cylindrical bypass shaft responsive to water pressure in the heat exchanger, and where water and debris can flow through the non-circular opening when the bypass valve is in a closed position.

Abstract: A regulating valve having anti-seize characteristics provides a linear drive system intermediate a drive shaft connected to a motor and a lifter connected to the regulator spring. The linear drive system translates the rotational motion of the drive shaft into preferably, linear only motion of the lifter, thereby preventing binding internal to the valve.

Abstract: A P/V valve that can be positioned at a working height above grade (i.e., a height reachable by a service technician positioned at grade) while still providing appropriate resistance to fire and explosion by venting to atmosphere at an appropriate height above grade (e.g., 12 feet) is disclosed. In certain exemplifications of the present disclosure, the P/V valve features a diaphragm actuated two-way poppet valve actuatable by a valve piston. In alternative exemplifications of the present disclosure, the P/V valve is positioned intermediate grade and the distal end of a P/V valve riser pipe and is contained in a vault fluidly connected to the P/V valve riser pipe, the P/V valve locally venting in the vault, which is hermetically sealed to the P/V valve riser pipe.

Abstract: A plumbing device including a body with at least one inlet and at least one outlet and a number of fluid control mechanisms, wherein each fluid control mechanism performs a different fluid control function compared to the other fluid control mechanisms and wherein the body houses the fluid control mechanisms.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gas-conducting device having a safety device for interrupting a gas flow in the device. In a resting state, an inertia body is located on a resting place of a housing bottom so that a plunger rests on it. In an activation state, the inertia body moves out of the resting place, the plunger moves toward the housing bottom, and the safety device interrupts the gas flow. The present disclosure provides in that the housing bottom includes at least one guiding structure and that in the activation state the guiding structure guides the inertia body to a deflection point, in that the guiding structure is designed essentially in the shape of a section of a jacket of a cylinder, and in that a longitudinal axis of the cylinder is offset in relation to a vertical axis which is perpendicular to a center point and/or a lowest point of the resting place.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for a valve. An apparatus includes a valve that includes an actuator and a first magnetic material. The apparatus includes a container that includes an inlet and a float assembly. The actuator is actuated to one of open the valve at a first position and close the valve at a second position responsive to a magnetic force between a second magnetic material and a first magnetic material based on a position of the float assembly within the container.