Valves and valve actuation inventions 02/06

20060038147 - Unitary blade seal for a shearing blind ram in a ram type blowout preventer: A unitary blade seal for a shearing blind ram of a ram-type blowout preventer is disclosed and includes an elongate member having a generally semi-circular cross section with a curved upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface has a pair of laterally extending sides that taper outwardly and...

20060038148 - Air intake adjusting assembly for pnuematic tools: This invention discloses an air intake adjusting assembly for pneumatic tools, which rearranges the air intake adjusting assembly between the main body and the air intake section of a pneumatic tool, such that the air intake adjusting assembly will not be covered when a user is operating the pneumatic tool,...

20060038149 - Valve assembly with an integrated circuit arrangement: Valve housing, especially for a vibration damper, containing an actuator, which drives an adjusting valve part, and an electronic circuit arrangement having an opening through which the actuator is received....

20060038150 - Valve drive device: A valve drive device includes a valve element for opening or closing the inflow port or the outflow port, a drive mechanism for driving the valve element, an abutting part which is provided in any operation member included between the drive mechanism and the valve element, and a restriction part...

20060038151 - Flow rate control valve: v

20060038152 - Ball valve: A ball valve includes a housing, a valve member, and a grip. The housing has a valve chamber in the center portion for containing a valve portion of the valve member consisting of the valve portion and a shaft portion extending up from the valve portion and out of the...

20060038153 - Valve arrangement for an expansion valve, especially for cooling units in vehicle air conditioning systems: The invention relates to a valve arrangement for an expansion valve, especially for cooling units in vehicle air conditioning systems, having a valve seat for receiving a valve-closing member, which, in a closing position, fits snugly in the valve seat and closes a passage between a coolant inlet side and...

20060038154 - Paint selector valve: A piston, which is displaceable by pilot air, is provided in a main body. A valve plug, which is composed of a resin material, is connected to an end of a shaft connected to the piston. The valve plug is seated on a valve seat section of a sub-body connected...

20060038155 - Gate valve with tongue and groove or bridging seal to annular seat elements: A gate valve for controlling fluid flow, in which a valve body forms a cylindrical flowbore and includes a gate cavity intersecting the flowbore to provide opposed openings into the flowbore. Seat pockets are formed in the opposed openings, each with a radial base and a side wall, and may...

20060038156 - Method of forming a wear resistant component: A method of forming a wear resistant component includes providing a base material, depositing a strengthening layer on the base material, and vapor depositing an amorphous diamond layer on the strengthening layer....

20060033060 - Flush actuator assembly and method therefor: A flush actuator assembly is adapted to fit existing valve bodies. The flush actuator assembly includes a plunger rod which is capable of displacing the relief valve post more or less to adjust the flow of water through the flush valve during a single flush. The relief valve post may...

20060033061 - Vacuum lock: A vacuum lock on a vacuum chamber has a lockable gate opening with a substantially vertical gate and the following characteristics: the gate is a sliding plate displaceable parallel to the opening; the gate is connected via a driving rod on a side oppose the opening and is supported at...

20060033062 - Valve for controlling fluids: A fluid control valve having a holder body that has a receptacle containing a piezoelectric actuator unit and a hydraulic coupler module that has at least one positioning piston and at least one actuating piston that is operatively connected to the positioning piston via a hydraulic coupler and actuates a...

20060033063 - Low friction sliding valve seal: A solenoid valve system, wherein the valve member is provided with a seal member disposed thereabout. The solenoid valve is especially suitable for use with exhaust gas recirculation systems. The seal member is operable to slide axially relative to the valve member, including the stem portion thereof. An optional lubricant...

20060033064 - Valve arrangement: A valve arrangement having a valve element disposed longitudinally movably in a valve insert and cooperating with a valve seat in a valve body, which valve element in the installed position is acted upon, by a spring assembly disposed between the valve body and the valve insert, with a force...

20060033065 - Method for control of a vacuum valve arranged between two vacuum chambers: A method for controlling a vacuum valve arranged between two vacuum chambers comprises a valve body with a valve opening, a closure member which closes the valve opening in a closed state of the vacuum valve and which releases the valve opening in an open state of the vacuum valve,...

20060033066 - Cock comprising indexable rotating key: A cock has an indexable rotating key. Indexing is achieved by a raised element on a shaped base of a housing of a barrel, and a ring which is formed at the end of the key and which is elastically deformable in a transverse plane. The raised element and ring...

20060033067 - Safety valve device with a manual seal assembly for an inflatable apparatus: A safety valve device is mounted on an inflatable apparatus and has a body, a manual seal assembly and a check valve. The body has an annular sidewall and an annular bracket mounted on the sidewall and having a central opening. The manual seal assembly is connected to the body...

20060027771 - Reciprocating ball type angle valve: The device described herein is a valve suitable for the control or shut-off of fluid flow in a piping system. It comprises a valve housing having inlet and outlet ports and a cylindrical bore whose axis is slanted at about 90 degrees in relation to the axis connecting said outlet...

20060027772 - Normally double-closed microvalve: A normally closed microvalve includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a deflectable closing element, which, in the closed state of the microvalve, is seated on a sealing lip, such that the fluid inlet is fluidically disconnected from the fluid outlet, and in the opened state of the microvalve, is...

20060027773 - Electrohydraulic valve having an armature with a rolling bearing: A solenoid operated valve has a valve body with a plurality of ports and a spool slidable within the valve body to interconnect the ports in different combinations. An actuator drives the spool into several operating positions. The actuator has a solenoid assembly with an aperture within which first and...

20060027774 - Valve arrangement: An electromagnetic valve arrangement with a valve element having least one part disposed in a valve chamber defined by a valve insert in the region of a valve seat. An end facing away from the valve chamber of the valve element is operatively connected to an armature and end face...

20060027775 - Tank cap: A fuel cap of the invention includes a spring stopper mechanism to lock a first spring included in a pressure regulating valve of the fuel cap. A spring stopper mechanism includes stopper support members that are formed along an inner circumference of a valve chest formation-member, and a spring support...

20060027776 - Stub out fluid quick connector with shut off valve interface: A fluid quick connector with a shut off valve interface is mountable on a first endform, such as a building plumbing stub out. The quick connector carries a retainer at an opposite end for releasable latching of a second fluid operative element to the stub out. An internally movable shut...

20060027777 - Embedded control valve using homopolar motor: A method for controlling fluid flow. A fluid (560) can be communicated to a first fluid flow port (105) disposed adjacent to a first surface (196) of a rotatable disk (115) of a homopolar motor. The fluid can flow through at least one orifice (130) in the rotatable disk to...

20060027778 - Pressure pulse communication in an engine intake manifold: A servo-operated rotary vane valve is intended for external assembly through an opening in an engine inlet manifold passage with an integral rib formed therein. Baffling surfaces on the edge of the vane minimize pressure pulse communication over the rib when the valve is in the closed position....

20060027779 - High-pressure plug valve with replaceable inserts and method of refurbishing same: A plug valve has a valve body, a cage fitted within the valve body and a rotatable plug housed within a cylindrical cavity in the cage, for controlling fluid flow through the valve. The cage has first and second opposed flat side surfaces, each side surface has a port for...

20060022158 - Vented mems structures and methods: A vent connects a chamber to the external atmosphere surrounding a device to equalize pressure within the chamber. The vent has a size and shape to allow pressure equalization to occur outside a normal operating cycle of the chamber and controls the pressure to prevent undesirable deflection of a membrane...

20060022159 - Valve, actuator and control system therefor: A valve actuator comprising a lower housing comprising a mounting spool that is operable to couple to a valve body. A rotating sleeve is disposed within the lower housing and coupled to a stem connector. A fixed sleeve in disposed within the lower housing and includes a first slot disposed...

20060022160 - Method of controlling microvalve actuator: In a method of controlling an actuator of a microvalve, a controller is provided for supplying a voltage to the actuator. The controller provides an initial voltage to the actuator which is effective to actuate the microvalve. Then, the controller provides a pulsed voltage to the actuator which is effective...

20060022161 - Fuel injection valve having small sized structure: A fuel injection valve includes a valve member, a movable core, a fixed core, and a coil. The valve member opens and closes a nozzle hole. The movable core reciprocates with the valve member in a substantially axial direction of the movable core. The fixed core is arranged on the...

20060022162 - Self-priming drain valve: Provided is a self-priming drain valve suitable for draining liquid from a tank wherein sediment and other solid matter has accumulated. The valve includes a reverse thread, stem-down to close operation, which allows the valve stem, and attached plug, to disturb the accumulated solid matter that is at rest at...

20060022163 - Forged aluminum actuator casing for use with fluid valves: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a substantially non-porous, non-ferrous actuator casing for housing a diaphragm and diaphragm plate for use with a valve. The actuator casing includes first and second portions of forged aluminum and first and second flanges around the perimeters of the first and second portions, respectively....

20060022164 - Structure air compressor air (water) release valve: An improved structure air compressor air (water) release valve, wherein the air (water) release valve is comprised of a valve stem, a valve seat, and a knob. The valve seat that enable fastening to the bottom portion of the air compressor storage tank. The major feature of the present invention...

20060022165 - Valve: A drain valve to be used with numerous drain applications, such as draining fluid from an engine, includes in an exemplary embodiment a valve body, a first and second o-ring and a valve sleeve. The drain valve eliminates the need for a tool, such as a wrench, to drain the...