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Valves and valve actuation August inventions list 08/09

20090212243 - Pneumatically-operated valve for nitrous oxide injection system: A nitrous oxide or fuel control valve (26) having flow control of nitrous oxide, fuel or other media from a fluid-delivery aperture (7) into a injection nozzle (22) of an intake manifold of an engine by actuation of an actuation piston (14) that is actuated with gas pressure. It can... Agent: Edward M. Livingston, Pa

20090212244 - Pilot operated valve with fast closing poppet: A pilot-operated valve has a main poppet controlling fluid flow between inlet and outlet ports in response to pressure in a control chamber. Fluid flow through a pilot passage, linking the control chamber and the outlet port, moves an exhaust spool between first and second positions to control fluid flow... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090212245 - Conical spring bushing: A bushing for positioning between a first component and a second component is disclosed. The bushing comprises a conical body that includes a first edge, a second edge, and at least one slot extending from the first edge toward the second edge. The slot or slots facilitate the flexing of... Agent: Dykema Gossett Pllc

20090212247 - Manifold solenoid valve: A plurality of valve assemblies are provided to a base, and an air-supply flow path for supplying compressed air to each valve assembly is formed in the base. A main flow path communicating with the air-supply flow path and communicating with a pilot air-supply flow path is formed in an... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090212246 - Valve gasket: A gasket fits between a deck plate and a solenoid valve in a lifter oil manifold assembly. The valve has a planar end surface with valve ports. The gasket has gasket ports for alignment with the valve ports. The gasket further has a planar sealing surface. The planar sealing surface... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20090212248 - Solenoid-actuated diaphragm valve: A solenoid-actuated diaphragm valve achieves minimal dead volume, tolerance of high pressures, prolonged diaphragm life, and energy conservation using a three-sector multi-seal diaphragm combined with a three-component plunger, which automatically switches from bilateral to unilateral circumferential diaphragm restraint between the closed and open positions.... Agent: Thomas J. Germinario, Esq.

20090212249 - Bleeding screw having a kick-back valve: The invention relates to a device for bleeding a hydraulic system. The bleeding device comprises a venting passage which can be closed by means of a valve arrangement. In order to simplify such a bleeding device regarding the operation thereof while preventing air from being delivered in an uncontrolled manner... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20090212250 - Lockout valve: A lockout valve operable to control fluid between two components is provided. The lockout valve includes a housing having a flow passage, an intake port, an outtake port, and an exhaust port selectively in communication with the flow passage. The lockout valve further includes a slide slidably mounted to the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090206288 - Method and device for controlling a hydraulic actuator: A method, device, and control unit for controlling an actuator in open loop, particularly for a valve, preferably for a gas-exchange valve of an internal combustion engine, having at least one control valve for opening the valve and one control valve for closing the valve, each of the control valves... Agent: Gerard A. Messina

20090206291 - Gas flow rate control valve: A gas flow rate control valve includes a lower valve block defining a gas flow passage, and an upper valve block having a tube disposed ill communication with the gas flow passage, and a solenoid coil assembly surrounding the tube for generating a magnetic field. A magnetic column has a... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090206290 - Low power actuator and valve-actuator combination: Actuators and valve-actuator combinations are disclosed which require low power for actuation, and which are particularly suitable for use to control a valve associated with a pipeline. Such an actuator (20) comprises a thrust member (26) moveable between two end of travel positions, an annular rotor having magnetic poles, an... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090206292 - Method of operating a transmission system valve configuration: The invention describes a method for operating a transmission's valve system of a vehicle's drive train through a valve unit and said valve unit's electro-magnetic activator configuration. In a transmission's hydraulic system and being part of the vehicle's drive train, its hydraulic pressure value (p_EDS) can be employed and adjusted... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20090206289 - Torque balance servo including electromagnetic force bias mechanism: A torque balance servo is provided for use in conjunction with a fluidly-controlled device. The torque balance servo includes a pivoting table assembly and an electromagnetic force bias mechanism. The pivoting table assembly includes: (i) a pivoting table configured to pivot about a rotational axis, and (ii) a roller assembly... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090206293 - Flow controller with channel having deformable wall: An apparatus and method for controlling the flow of fluid though a channel. A first substrate defines features comprising a first channel. At least a portion of the first channel is bounded a deformable material having a first contour in which the first channel has a first cross-sectional area and... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090206295 - Universal attachable/detachable air extraction valve for re-sealable storage bags: The invention is directed toward a universal self-sealing air extraction valve mounted to a self-closing plastic bag through which a pilot hole has been made. Air is extracted from the bag through the valve and prevented from returning to the bag after extraction, at which time, the valve is sealed... Agent: John S. Hale Gipple & Hale

20090206294 - Valve stem with a connecting cap for a tire pressure detector: A valve stem with a connecting cap for a tire pressure detector has a body, a connecting cap and a fastener. The body is tubular, is a valve stem applied for truck and has an outer section, an inner section and a fixing nut. The inner section is integrally formed... Agent: Rahman LLC

20090200499 - Linear actuator, and valve device and pump device using the same: A linear actuator may include a fixed body having a coil wound around in a ring-shaped manner and a movable body. The movable body may include a first movable body side yoke which is disposed on the inner side of the coil and a pair of magnets which is laminated... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090200500 - Mini sized side dump trailer: A mini-sized side dump trailer comprising a wheeled frame having a pair of wheels supporting the rearward end thereof and a steerable front wheel assembly of the forward end thereof with a forwardly extending tongue extending from the front wheel assembly for connection to a small vehicle such as a... Agent: Thomte Law Office, L.L.C.

20090200501 - Electroactive polymer devices for controlling fluid flow: The invention describes devices for controlling fluid flow, such as valves. The devices may include one or more electroactive polymer transducers with an electroactive polymer that deflects in response to an application of an electric field. The electroactive polymer may be in contact with a fluid where the deflection of... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20090200502 - Electromagnetic actuator for a hydraulic directional control valve: An electromagnetic actuator for a hydraulic directional control valve is provided. The electromagnetic actuator is used for adjusting a hydraulic directional control valve, for example, for the variable adjustment of the control times of an internal combustion engine. The electromagnetic actuator includes a housing (08) with which the electromagnetic actuator... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090200503 - Solenoid valve assembly of variable damping force damper and method of assembling the same: A solenoid valve assembly of a variable damping force damper and a method of assembling the same are disclosed. The method includes coupling a valve housing to one side of a damper, accommodating an embedded assembly within the valve housing, the embedded assembly including a variable fluid path component and... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090200504 - Swabbable needle-free injection port valve system with zero fluid displacement: An improved needle-free intravenous injection port assembly is disclosed. Embodiments include a boot valve with a helical surface, a boot valve and septum which mate with mechanical interference, a spike with a rough outer surface coated with a lubricant, a septum having a shoulder and a single continuous swabbable surface,... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20090200505 - Control valve for controlling a gas flow: The present invention relates to a control valve (1) for controlling a gas flow in a gas line (3) of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, comprising a rotationally adjustable flap (4) for controlling a flow cross section (13), a throttling sealing gap (14) which, in... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090200506 - Valve for liquid containers: The present invention relates to a valve for liquid containers, which comprises a conduit for liquid passage having an inlet and an outlet, a closing member disposed in the conduit, which is movable between an open position and a closed position, and an actuator for driving the closing member. The... Agent: King & Spalding

20090200499 - Linear actuator, and valve device and pump device using the same: A linear actuator may include a fixed body having a coil wound around in a ring-shaped manner and a movable body. The movable body may include a first movable body side yoke which is disposed on the inner side of the coil and a pair of magnets which is laminated... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090200500 - Mini sized side dump trailer: A mini-sized side dump trailer comprising a wheeled frame having a pair of wheels supporting the rearward end thereof and a steerable front wheel assembly of the forward end thereof with a forwardly extending tongue extending from the front wheel assembly for connection to a small vehicle such as a... Agent: Thomte Law Office, L.L.C.

20090200501 - Electroactive polymer devices for controlling fluid flow: The invention describes devices for controlling fluid flow, such as valves. The devices may include one or more electroactive polymer transducers with an electroactive polymer that deflects in response to an application of an electric field. The electroactive polymer may be in contact with a fluid where the deflection of... Agent: Levine Bagade Han LLP

20090200502 - Electromagnetic actuator for a hydraulic directional control valve: An electromagnetic actuator for a hydraulic directional control valve is provided. The electromagnetic actuator is used for adjusting a hydraulic directional control valve, for example, for the variable adjustment of the control times of an internal combustion engine. The electromagnetic actuator includes a housing (08) with which the electromagnetic actuator... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090200503 - Solenoid valve assembly of variable damping force damper and method of assembling the same: A solenoid valve assembly of a variable damping force damper and a method of assembling the same are disclosed. The method includes coupling a valve housing to one side of a damper, accommodating an embedded assembly within the valve housing, the embedded assembly including a variable fluid path component and... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090200504 - Swabbable needle-free injection port valve system with zero fluid displacement: An improved needle-free intravenous injection port assembly is disclosed. Embodiments include a boot valve with a helical surface, a boot valve and septum which mate with mechanical interference, a spike with a rough outer surface coated with a lubricant, a septum having a shoulder and a single continuous swabbable surface,... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20090200505 - Control valve for controlling a gas flow: The present invention relates to a control valve (1) for controlling a gas flow in a gas line (3) of an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, comprising a rotationally adjustable flap (4) for controlling a flow cross section (13), a throttling sealing gap (14) which, in... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090200506 - Valve for liquid containers: The present invention relates to a valve for liquid containers, which comprises a conduit for liquid passage having an inlet and an outlet, a closing member disposed in the conduit, which is movable between an open position and a closed position, and an actuator for driving the closing member. The... Agent: King & Spalding

20090194716 - Device for regulating the flow of a liquid: The present invention concerns a device for regulating the flow of a liquid used for the manufacture of ceramic products and which may be used in plants (2) with at least one elastically deformable pipe (3), for supplying/draining the liquid to/from a mould for the manufacture of the products; the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090194717 - High-pressure valve assembly: A high-pressure valve assembly includes a flange defining an axis. Projecting into the flange is a valve body which is sealed against the flange by a static ring seal. Provided on one side of the valve body is a spring-loaded closure member which is supported for movement in a direction... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090194718 - Method and apparatus for a smart valve: A smart drain valve comprises a support plate, a bolt passing through a center of the support plate, an outer plate connected to a first end of the bolt, an inner plate connected to a second end of the bolt, and a spring positioned between the inner plate and the... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090194719 - Fluid supply monitoring system: A fluid supply monitoring system includes a shutoff valve and an indicator. The shutoff valve selectively blocks a fluid flow. The indicator selectively communicates a signal to the shutoff valve to prevent the shutoff valve from blocking the fluid flow.... Agent: Masco Corporation

20090194720 - Control system for a gas cooking device: “Control system for a gas cooking device or any other gas device comprising at least one gas burner (1) and, for each gas burner (1), an electromagnetic valve (2) to open or cut off the gas flow to the gas burner (1), said electromagnetic valve (2) comprising magnetic means (10,... Agent: Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason, P.C.

20090194721 - Needle valve: Provided is a needle valve in which a gap between a valve casing and a needle is reliably sealed and an origin of the needle can be readily obtained with high precision. A needle (6) is screwed into a cylindrical rotor (44) of a stepping motor (7) so as to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090194722 - Female coupling element and a quick coupling including such an element: This female element, for a quick coupling for releasably joining together two pipes conveying a fluid under pressure, is suitable for receiving a male portion engaged along a longitudinal axis. The female element includes a latch movable relative to a body of the female element between a first position, in... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090194723 - Two position actuator with mechanical hold: A valve assembly including a valve actuator and valve is provided. The valve actuator includes a mechanical hold arrangement configured to allow manually setting the position of the valve actuator and its drive gear and to oppose any loading provided by a return spring biasing the valve actuator and drive... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20090194724 - Two position actuator impact limiter: A valve actuator for controlling a valve is provided. The valve actuator includes a torque transfer arrangement interposed between a return spring and a drive gear, the drive gear being biased by loading provided by the return spring. A drive coupling is interposed between the drive gear and the return... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20090194725 - Liquid purge valve: A liquid purge valve comprising a housing for sealingly fitting at an uppermost end of a substantially vertical pipe, an outlet tube extending from the housing and projecting into the pipe, an outlet port fitted with a sealing boundary and sealable by a sealing member pivotally secured within the housing... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090194726 - Layered scavenging carburetor: A scavenging valve assembly is used in a carburetor. The valve assembly includes a throttle valve and a rotary air valve. The throttle valve opens and closes an air-fuel passage. The rotary air valve opens and closes an air passage and has one or more air bore(s). When the rotary... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090194727 - Valve actuator assembly: An actuator assembly for actuating a valve includes an extensible bellow having an open end and a closed end, a stem operable to contact the closed end and to actuate a stopper mechanism, and a driver configured to move the bellow. The movement of the bellow effects movement of the... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090194728 - Wide-body pneumatic valve having internalized valve actuator: A Wide-body Valve Having an Internalized Actuator is disclosed. The preferred valve provides exceptional conductance while also providing a compact valve and actuator package. The valve incorporates a geometry wherein the internal diameter of the valve is approximately 180% of the diameter of the valve's port. Furthermore, the stroke of... Agent: Karl M. Steins Steins & Associates

20090194729 - Discharge valve for downhole pumps: A discharge valve comprising a valve body, a valve member, and a valve seat. The valve body has a first end; a second end; a central axis therebetween; an inlet formed through the first end; a flow channel extending from the inlet to the second end; a valve channel extending... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.C.

20090194730 - Splines and caps for fluid ports: New splined fluid ports and caps for fluid ports are provided. The fluid ports and caps are straightforward in construction, are easy to manufacture and use, and are structured to be highly effective and reliable in use. The present fluid ports and caps, for example, dust caps structured to be... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP