Valves and valve actuation inventions 10/07

20070246667 - Valve and method for producing a valve: A valve and a method for producing a valve, in particular for coolant circuits, having a valve seat (2) including a valve seating element (1) for a valve body (3) by stamping the pole shoe to form at least one sealing surface (8) to avoid the disadvantages of the prior... Agent: William D. Breneman, Esq. Breneman & Georges

20070246668 - Actuating device: The invention relates to an actuating device, particularly an actuating magnet, for actuating valves. In order to improve the sealing action of an actuating magnet, the invention provides that a contacting plug insert (48) has a seating surface (54) against which an annular sealing part (52) rests and which extends... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070246669 - Electrically operated valve diagnosing method and diagnosing apparatus: An electrically operated valve diagnosing method is provided that diagnoses an electrically operated valve with precision. A diagnosing apparatus suitable for implementing this diagnosing method is also provided. In the means, in the electrically operated valve diagnosing method for diagnosing a driving force of an electrically operated valve provided with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070246670 - Automatic flush actuation apparatus: An automatic flush actuation apparatus, which is incorporated with a flushing system having a water inlet, a water outlet, and a water chamber communicating therebetween, that includes a valve member being moved by a flush lever for releasing the water pressure within the water chamber to allow the water passing... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20070246671 - Novel enclosures for automatic bathroom flushers: A bathroom flusher includes a flusher body, a valve assembly, an electronic control system, and a flusher cover. The flusher body includes an inlet and an outlet, and is designed to accommodate the valve assembly that controls water flow between the inlet and the outlet. The valve assembly includes a... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d PC

20070246673 - Apparatus for securing a shaft to an armature in a solenoid actuator: A solenoid armature having a central bore therethrough for receiving an end of a shaft passing through the armature. The shaft is shouldered to engage the armature at the entrance side of the bore. Preferably, a formed stop is provided on the shaft to transfer load between th6 shaft and... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070246672 - Valve comprising a magnetic control device: A valve including a shutter placed in a chamber which is arranged in the valve body and whose end is provided with a seat against which a flap-forming part of the shutter is pressed in the closed position of the valve and is remote in the open position thereof. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070246674 - Valve for use with a syringe and which prevents backflow: A one-way valve assembly can be fitted to the end of a syringe to allow fluid to flow from the syringe and into a body cavity but to prevent backflow. The valve assembly is opened by insertion of the luer tip of the syringe into the assembly inlet. The valve... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20070246675 - Sill cock assembly: A sill cock assembly for attachment to a pipe. The sill cock assembly includes a main body having a first end. A faucet is located at an opposite second end. A bore runs through the main body from the first end to the second end. A plurality of o-rings is... Agent: Michael L. Diaz, P.C.

20070246676 - Seal retainer/longitudinal centering clips with multiple flange capability: A wafer-style valve assembly adapted to be coupled between opposing pipeline components having a common centerline secured together by a plurality of longitudinal fasteners includes a substantially cylindrical valve body, a seat retaining plate, and at least one clip. The valve body has a peripheral edge portion and an axial... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070246677 - Exhaust gas recirculation valve having self-centering bushing: A pintle-type valve having a valve body enclosing a chamber. A first port including a valve seat is formed in a first wall of the body. A bore formed in a second wall of the body receives a pintle bushing. The outer diameter of the bushing is less than the... Agent: Jimmy L. Funke, Esq. Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070246678 - Rotary valve assembly: A rotary valve assembly for use in a process provides fluid communication and enables variable conduit interconnection and flow passage. Process cycle time is variable by means of rotational speed of through one or more apertures of a third valve member and respective alignment with one or more apertures of... Agent: Brouse Mcdowell Lpa

20070246679 - Valve, especially for use in fire-fighting: A valve, in particular a valve for use in fire-fighting, includes a valve housing and components being in frictional engagement with each other or with the housing during use of the valve. At least one of the frictional engaging components is mounted in the housing so as to be removable... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070246680 - Air valve structure for inflatable articles: An air valve structure for inflatable articles includes a cylindrical body, at least one venthole on a valve base, a valve cover coupled to the valve base and having a containing groove, and a valve pillar in the containing groove and including a tube body passing through a through hole.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070241295 - Device, method for producing the device, chamber device and transfer device: A transfer device for transferring an actuator displacement, has a housing with a first recess having a first and second plunger displaceably mounted. These plungers are actively connected via at least one transfer chamber by a fluid. The active connection causes the second plunger to be displaced when the first... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070241296 - Servo-positioner for a micro-regulating valve: The invention relates to a positioning system which is suitable for micrometric regulating valves. The invention comprises a micro-regulating valve (1) which is connected to the shaft (4) of a servomotor (3) by means of a flexible coupler (2) and which is fixed to the same using a support (6).... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070241297 - Guided pneumatic second stage switching valve: A bleed air valve system is provided that includes a housing, a piston, a cap, a poppet, a first guide ring, and a second guide ring. The housing includes an upper valve seat extending radially inwardly therefrom. The piston is located at least partially in the housing. The cap is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070241298 - Electromagnetic apparatus and method for controlling fluid flow: An actuator including actuator base, bobbin, and pole piece forming a pocket for a ferromagnetid armature located therein. The actuator including a radial magnet and a solenoid coil constructed and arranged to cause a linear displacement of the armature upon application of a coil drive current from a control circuit.... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d PC

20070241299 - Electromagnetic fuel injection valve: In an electromagnetic fuel injection valve in which a valve assembly formed by integrally connecting a valve element and a movable core to each other is contained in a valve housing, and a first journal part and a second journal part are provided in the valve assembly so as to... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070241300 - Slide arrangement: A slide arrangement for blocking or closing off a channel disposed between a coal pulverizer and coal dust burners, and conveying a gas having a high proportion of coal dust. The slide arrangement includes a housing disposed in the channel wall and a shroud or steel structure laterally connected to... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20070241301 - Valve diaphragm with a fluoropolymer layer: A flexible diaphragm has a flexible central portion, a peripheral portion surrounding the central portion formed from a flexible elastomeric or plastic material, and a substantially rigid ring extending continuously through or on the peripheral portion of the flexible diaphragm. A fluoropolymer layer molded to, bonded with, or otherwise covering... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich

20070241302 - Valve assembly: There is provided a valve assembly including: a valve attached to a cylinder head in a movable manner along its axial line direction so as to selectively fluidly connect or close between a combustion chamber and a gas line; a plate-like holding member provided at the valve in a relatively... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070235669 - Fluid injection valve: In a fluid injection valve, a valve needle and a moving core are installed in the valve housing to be slidable in an axial direction. The moving core has a through hole in which the valve needle is slidably inserted. A stopper provided on the valve needle moves the valve... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070235668 - Highly responsive master-slave valve positioning: A master valve and at least one slave valve are connected via a network, wherein upon broadcast of a position setpoint of the master valve the at least one slave valve achieves a corresponding position within a shortened period of time, such network being a dedicated network or high speed... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070235670 - Steam valve: A steam valve is provided with a valve body, a valve seat, and a valve rod provided for the valve body. The valve body has a bottom portion to which a recessed portion is formed, and the recessed portion has an edge, which is positioned on an upstream side of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070235671 - Electrically controllable valve: A controllable valve includes an axial working air gap arranged on a side of the magnet armature that cooperates with a valve closure member, the side facing away from the valve closure member, so that upon electric actuation of the actuating drive, the valve closure member is movable by the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070235672 - Control arrangement for an automatic residential faucet: A hands-free faucet comprises a spout, a valve, a position sensitive device, and a logical control. The position sensitive device is positioned on the user's side of the spout, and has a trigger zone and an extended zone, each defined in part by a distance range from the position sensitive... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070235673 - Microfluidic device with elastomeric seal: The invention comprises a low cost method of sealing and resealing a microfluidic device before, during, and after communication of fluids into the microfluidic device. The invention includes a microfluidic device with fluid introduction ports substantially hermetically sealed with elastomeric plugs, wherein the plugs can be penetrated by hollow needles... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20070235676 - Anti-drawback medical valve and method: A medical valve has an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow. The valve has a housing having an inlet and an outlet, and a valving mechanism within the housing to alternatively fluidly connect the inlet and the outlet. The valve is in... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070235675 - Medical valve with movable member: A medical valve has an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow. To that end, the medical valve has a housing with an inlet and an outlet, and a movable member with a member channel therethrough. The member channel extends between a proximal... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070235674 - Medical valve with rotating member and method: A medical valve transitions between an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow. To that end, the valve has a housing with an inlet and an outlet, and a rotating member with a member channel. The rotating member is rotatable to cause the... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070235677 - Auto-switching valve connector for air pump: A valve connector of an air pump includes a case with a channel and a guiding room therein. The channel is communicated with the guiding room. Two valve connector assemblies are provided in the case, each of which has a tunnel communicated with the guiding room, wherein the tunnels form... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070235678 - Lock-cap structure of stopcock of water faucet: An improved lock-cap structure of stopcock of water faucet, which covers an external sleeve onto stopcock of water faucet, its characteristics are as follows: Inner of external sleeve is set as phase layer with through hole and screw thread groove, edge of screw thread groove can place leakage protective gasket;... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070235679 - Dual chamber orifice fitting: Disclosed herein is a dual chamber orifice fitting including a first chamber maintained in fluid communication with a pipeline and a second chamber maintained in fluid communication with the first chamber. The fitting includes sealing member formed as an eccentric plug member that is selectively rotatable from a first position... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070235680 - Modular valve assembly: A valve assembly provides a holder cantileveredly attached to a boss on an end cap to axially dispose an actuator and a poppet on an axis with a valve seat formed in the end cap. The actuator is preferably a shape memory alloy actuator. The end cap may be placed... Agent: Douglas T. Johnson Miller & Martin

20070228309 - Actuator and valve assembly: An actuator for selectively moving a part relative to another part includes a shape memory wire, which contracts upon heating, and a magnetic field. One end of the shape memory wire is fixed to a first body. The other end of the shape memory wire is coupled to a second... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070228308 - Resettable failed nozzle relief valve: A failed nozzle relief (FNR) valve has a resetting mechanism that resets the valve when a filler cap is replaced over the filler cup. The FNR valve has an annular seal that surrounds a filler neck opening. The annular seal seats against a ring having at least one aperture that... Agent: Anna M. Shih

20070228310 - Faucet sensor mounting assembly: The present invention provides an automatic faucet with a movable cam assembly for mounting the senor and sensor window inside of the faucet body. The cam has an obliquely angled surface and can be moved up against a spring to provide space for assembling the sensor inside the faucet. Once... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070228311 - Pressure balanced valve: A pressure balanced solenoid control valve comprises a member including a bore having a first end and a second end, an armature extending at least partially into the bore through the first end; and a pole piece extending at least partially into the bore through the second end. An inlet... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070228312 - Electromagnetic reciprocating fluid device: A magnetic armature is attracted and driven by a magnetic force which is intermittently generated between magnetic poles, and a piston reciprocated by being pushed back by a coil spring is not rotated by the coil spring. When the magnetic armature (28) as attracted between the magnetic pole members (10,12)... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070228313 - Quick coupling: A quick coupling, for example of a female type, to be connected with a counterpart, of a male type, comprises, inside a valve body, downstream of an inlet fitting for receiving a pressurized fluid flow (F), a guide and conveying body (7) having a parabolic cross section, and a plurality... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070228314 - Vacuum valve: A vacuum valve comprises a valve housing which has an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a valve disk which is located in the interior space of the valve housing and which is arranged at a carrying arm that is rigidly connected to a shaft which, for purposes of opening... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070228315 - Beverage dispense valve: (v) a valve closure arrangement for sealing flow between the beverage inlet port and the beverage outlet port; and (vi) an actuating mechanism outside the valve body to operate both the flow regulator and the valve closure arrangement; wherein said valve closure arrangement is located at or adjacent to the... Agent: Meschkow & Gresham, P.L.C

20070228316 - Isolation valve seal: Methods and apparatus for sealing an aperture that provides fluid communication between a second and first chamber of a dual chamber orifice fitting. A sealing assembly comprises a closure member that is rotatably moveable between an open and closed position relative to the aperture. A secondary seal is disposed within... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose