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Valves and valve actuation May archived by USPTO category 05/09

20090134348 - Electromagnetically operatable valve: The electromagnetically operatable valve, in particular a fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines, has a magnetic circuit having a core, a solenoid, a bobbin accommodating the winding of the solenoid, an armature, which operates a valve closing body cooperating with a fixed valve seat and is... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090134349 - Control valve for a camshaft adjuster: A control valve for a hydraulic adjuster for the camshaft of an internal combustion engine is provided, wherein an actuator acts on a pressure part (12) embedded in a control piston (5). In order to prevent the piston (5) from being blocked in the valve housing by the expansion thereof... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090134350 - Disengageable spindle drive: A shaft drive arrangement including a drive member (402), a driven shaft (100); a disengageable drive mechanism, (202, 204, 302), adapted to connect the shaft and drive member, the mechanism including one or more engagement recesses (304) and one or more engagement members (202, 204), each engagement member being adapted... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20090134351 - Control valve: This invention relates to a control valve which comprises a first and a second flow channel (2, 3), a valve chamber (4) and a closing member (5), from which a shaft (6) extends. A flow connection is established in the control valve through the inner part of the chamber (4).... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090134352 - Valve for controlling the flow of fluid between an interior region of the valve and an exterior region of the valve: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a valve. In one embodiment, the valve includes a body having a first biasing member and a sealing member configured to axially move inside the body against the first biasing member to provide a path for fluid to flow from an interior region... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090127482 - Hydraulic rams: There is disclosed an actuator for delivering a supplementary force to the piston of a shear ram in a blowout preventer (BOP), and a corresponding BOP. In one embodiment, a supplementary force actuator (12) is disclosed for use on a hydraulic ram (10), the actuator comprising an actuator body (30)... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090127483 - Fluid handling device with isolating chamber: A fluid handling device includes a body portion defining a flow passage and an impulse chamber extending from the flow passage. The impulse chamber is fluidly coupled with the flow passage and has a pair of opposing ends defining a length dimension therebetween. The impulse chamber further presents a diameter... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090127484 - Combined actuator with rheological control brake: A combined actuator provided with: a mobile element; a driver for displacing the mobile element; and a rheological control brake, which is mechanically coupled to the mobile element to adjust the displacement of the mobile element; the rheological control brake has: two contiguous adjustment chambers; a rheological fluid contained in... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090127485 - Anti-surge actuator: The present invention describes a valve actuator having a first motor (30) for moving a valve element and a second motor (30′) for energizing a failsafe spring (130). The second motor is operated independently from the first, thus allowing the valve element to be moved between its open and closed... Agent: Henry C Query Jr

20090127486 - Valve assembly and control system: The present invention relates to a three-in-one valve comprising an inlet shutoff valve for shutting off flow to an inlet of the valve, an outlet shutoff valve for shutting off flow into an outlet of the valve and a control valve for opening and closing the valve. During operation, the... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20090127487 - Slide valve: A slide valve is provided, in which the conductance in the minimum region is controllable with high accuracy to enable stable control, a slide plate is prevented from plastic deformation to acquire good controllability of the minimum flow rate, and it is made possible to detach a valve element and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090127488 - Fluid flow control device having a seat ring retainer: A control valve having a retainer for securing a seat ring within the valve body of the device is disclosed. The seat ring is disposed within a bore in the fluid flow path of the valve body of the control valve, and the retainer is attached to the inner surface... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090121166 - Flexible valve: A flexible valve that includes a flexible sleeve inserted in a fluid line and made with two circumferential folds, two opposite slides located between the folds displaceably in phase opposition and extending crosswise of the sleeve, and a mechanism for displacing the slides between open an closed positions. A sleeve... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20090121167 - Air atomizing spray nozzle with magnetically actuated shutoff valve: A spray device is provided that includes a body portion having a fluid passageway therein. A spray nozzle is affixed to the body portion. The spray nozzle includes a discharge orifice for directing fluid from the fluid passageway in the body portion in a predetermined spray pattern. A valve needle... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090121168 - Valve: Valve for pressurized or liquefied gas cylinder comprising a valve body (12) with a gas flow passage (16) running between an inlet opening (18) and an outlet opening (20); and a sealing seat (30) inside the passage (16) of the valve body with which a plugging member (34) is associated.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090121169 - Device for controlling the switching movement of a valve: The invention relates to a device for controlling the switching movement of a valve according to the preamble of claim 1. It is the object of the present invention to design a control device in this regard such that it can be largely prefabricated and can be very easily converted... Agent: Merek, Blackmon & Voorhees, LLC

20090121170 - Valve drive device: A valve drive device which can prevent a locknut fixing a stem nut to a drive sleeve from getting loosened. The valve drive device comprises: the stem nut for screwing a valve stem thereinto; the drive sleeve engaging with a male spline formed on a peripheral outer surface of said... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090121171 - Automatic bathroom flushers: An automatic bathroom flusher includes a body having an inlet in communication with a supply line and an outlet in communication with a flush conduit, a valve assembly in the body positioned to close water flow between the inlet and the outlet upon sealing action of a moving member at... Agent: Ivan David Zitkovsky Ph.d PC

20090121172 - Relief valve in a turbomachine: Relief valve in a turbomachine, comprising a gate (116) designed to be mounted so as to pivot about a shaft (120) for the opening and closing of an orifice for the passage of air, a seal (152) and means (158) for attaching the seal to the peripheral edge of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090121173 - Valve assembly having a reinforced valve seat: A knife gate valve includes a reinforced valve seat which prevents displacement of the valve seat when the valve is opened and closed. The valve includes a valve body defined by a first and second body halves. The valve halves are assembled to define a flow path, a knife gate... Agent: Tyco International

20090114862 - Anti-twist device for an actuating motor: An anti-twist device retains an actuating motor (10), which is placed in a force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner onto the projecting driveshaft (22) of a pivotable shut-off flap (62) of a gas transport tube (34), in particular of an HVAC tube or flue gas tube for a building, in a longitudinally... Agent: Thaddius J. Carvis

20090114861 - Control system for dynamic orifice valve apparatus and method: In a fluid transmission line, a valve comprising a housing that establishes a lumen for transmission of a fluid through said valve; a drive mechanism and a drive gear mounted in said housing to be selectively driven in a first or second rotational direction by said drive mechanism. The drive... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20090114863 - Electromagnetically driven valve: An electromagnetically driven valve includes a drive valve with a stem; a lower disk and an upper disk, each of which can oscillate by using a predetermined point in a disk base as a supporting point, each of which is movably connected to the stem at a first end and... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090114864 - Failsafe fuel doser solenoid valve using a reversible electrical coil assembly: A method is provided to reduce the risk that an exhaust line reductant dosing system comprising a pulse width modulated solenoid valve will leak reductant into the exhaust. The method comprises powering the solenoid's electrical coil with a current reversed from the primary direction. The resulting magnetic field exerts a... Agent: Paul V. Keller, LLC

20090114865 - Solenoid-valve unit for an electropneumatic controller: A solenoid-valve unit for an electropneumatic controller, especially a pilot-control unit of an electropneumatic pressure modulator of a vehicle, includes a solenoid-valve unit having a valve-housing bottom with compressed-air bores, and solenoid valves having solenoids and displaceable magnet armatures. The solenoids are disposed outside of the valve-housing bottom. At least... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090114866 - Sealing valve: A sealing valve is disclosed. The valve comprises a valve seat, a power element and an elevation section. The valve seat is provided with through hole from front to rear, and the upper end of the valve seat is connected to a guiding body having a guiding slot and a... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090114867 - Rotary valve lever apparatus having interchangeable shaft adaptor inserts: Rotary valve lever apparatus having removable shaft adaptor inserts are described. An example lever apparatus includes a lever arm to rotatably mount to a stem of an actuator. The lever apparatus also includes a first opening having a first splined inner surface to receive a splined shaft, and a second... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090114869 - Butterfly valve: A triple offset butterfly valve includes a valve body defining a valve orifice and a valve member rotatably mounted in the valve orifice. The valve member includes a disc element detachably mounted to a mounting plate; the valve member being mounted to a rotatable axle which extends between the disc... Agent: Edwin D. Schindler

20090114868 - Throttle valve set equipped with first valve plate and second valve plate: A throttle valve set for controlling an amount of intake air includes a shaft, a first valve plate connected to a first side of the shaft and rotating along with the shaft, a supporting plate connected to a second side of the shaft and rotating along with the shaft and... Agent: Dong Soo Lee

20090114870 - Two-part back cap for a plug valve and plug valves incorporating same: A two-part back cap for a plug valve includes a back cap seal body and a back cap retainer nut. The back cap retainer nut secures the back cap seal body within the plug valve and securely supports the back cap seal body. A gap between an outer periphery of... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20090114871 - Flow control valve: A capacity control valve where a valve section is caused to be in contact with and separated from a valve seat by a valve rod to control the flow rate of pressurized fluid. The capacity control valve includes a first valve rod having a valve section and having a first... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090114872 - Gate valve: A gate valve comprising a first part (10), a second part (12), and inlet/outlet parts (14), wherein the first and second parts define a cavity in the body and where a wedge (18) is movable in said body. The gate valve comprises guiding objects (22; 22′) on generally opposite sides... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090114873 - Diaphragm for use with control valves: A diaphragm for use with a valve includes a body having a central portion including an outer central portion and offset by an angled portion from an outer portion. The central portion is to be disposed at a position adjacent a valve seat and displaced into engagement with the valve... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC