A servo valve for an actuator is described. The servo valve comprises a housing having a plurality of ports, a sleeve disposed within the housing, the sleeve comprising an axis (A), an inner surface defining a cavity for the servo valve and a plurality of metering holes, each in communication with one of the ports, and a metering rod extending axially in the cavity for reciprocation along the axis to meter flow through the metering holes. The servo valve additionally comprises a first spring seal extending between the metering rod and the sleeve to close off a first end of the cavity and a second spring seal extending between the metering rod and the sleeve to close off a second, opposite end of the cavity.
SPRING SEALED PNEUMATIC SERVO VALVE
2018-12-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
PNEUMATIC SPRING ARRANGEMENT OR PNEUMATIC SPRING DAMPER WITH INTEGRATED VALVE CONTROL
European Patent Office | 2016
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