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Zero clearance C-ring assembly

  • US 6,814,098 B1
  • Filed: 06/25/2003
  • Issued: 11/09/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A spool valve comprising:

  • a housing defining an inner bore;

    a porting sleeve positioned at a fixed axial position within said inner bore;

    a piston movable within said porting sleeve;

    a C-ring holding said porting sleeve at said axial position relative to said housing, said C-ring being received in a groove in said inner bore of said housing, said C-ring further being received in a groove in at least two separate circumferentially spaced holding members together defining a support for a radially inner portion of said C-ring.

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