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Valves and valve actuation April category listing, related patent applications 04/10

20100102257 - Vapor vent control apparatus, system and outboard marine engine therewith: An outboard marine engine has vapor vent control apparatus including a fuel inlet in fluid communication with a fuel reservoir of the engine. The fuel inlet is operably attachable to a fuel pin of a fuel connector. When attached, liquid fuel flows to the fuel reservoir and when detached, liquid... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20100102258 - Fluid cutoff device and gas meter with the fluid cutoff device: By removably disposing a fluid cutoff device in a gas piping, a gas cutoff management function for remote cutting-off/return, etc., can be added to an existing flow measuring unit, and a communicating portion can make bidirectional communications, so that by transmitting an acceptance state of a remote operation from the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/panasonic

20100102259 - Tubular valve device: The presented valve (1) is based on two axially adjustable sleeve-shaped valve seat rings (14, 36) that are associated with locking arrangements in the form of annular armature plates (22, 35) and associate holding coils (24, 36). The valve closure member (39) can be variably adjusted via a position adjustment... Agent: Emch, Schaffer, Schaub & Porcello Co

20100102260 - Electromechanical actuator device, in particular for the actuation of fluid valves: The housing (2) further bears a first and a second electrical switch (31, 32) connected to the motor (5) and comprising respective fixed contacts (31b, 32b) and a single common moving contact member (33), made from an electrically conducting material, with which two integral feeler members (33a, 33b; 50, 51)... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100102261 - Microfluidic valve mechanism: A valve mechanism includes a rigid body structure through which various channel structures are configured. A valve actuation mechanism is coupled to the rigid body structure. The valve mechanism is actuated to move a plunger within a fluid pathway, thereby opening the fluid pathway through the valve mechanism. An actuation... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20100102262 - Packing followers for use with valves: Packing followers for use with valves are described. An example packing follower for use with a valve includes a body having an elongated portion and a bore therethrough to receive a shaft. A portion of the bore is tapered to exert a force on a retainer that at least partially... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20100102263 - Recessed cutting edge for wire cutting gate valves: A gate valve having a body, a chamber housed in the body, a passage through the body that intersects the chamber, a gate for selectively opening and closing the valve, and a cutting edge on the gate. The cutting edge can sever any lines that may be in the valve... Agent: Patent Department Ge Oil & Gas

20100102264 - Shear valve apparatus and methods to improve leakage and wear: A shear valve assembly includes a stationary valve manifold having a manifold planar surface containing a plurality of manifold input ports and one or more manifold output ports, a movable valve switch having a switch planar surface in slidable, interactive contact with the manifold planar surface forming an interactive contact... Agent: Mesmer & Deleault, PLLC

20100096570 - Non-reopening locking pinch clamp for tubing: A tube clamp having first and second opposed jaws (1012, 1014) joined by a hinge (1016), the jaws (1012, 1014) movable between open and closed positions, the tube clamp adapted to attach to a flexible plastic tube (1024) so that the tube (1024) passes between the jaws (1012, 1014), whereby... Agent: John Alexander Galbreath

20100096571 - Magnetic valve: A magnetic valve arrangement for controlling flow of fluid, the magnetic valve arrangement having at least one ferromagnetic element (28, 42, 52) forming a portion of a magnetic circuit, a valve member (28, 50) and a valve seat (35); the valve member (28, 50) has a passage (31) therethrough for... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100096572 - Air valve: An air valve includes a tubular seat, a cap, and a plug. The tubular seat has an outer circumferential surface forming sealing slots, first external thread and second external thread and also forms an axially-extending air passage. The cap has an inside circumferential surface forming first internal thread, second internal... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100096573 - Flow control valve: The present invention relates to a flow control valve that controls the flow rate of heated water that is supplied from a boiler, in a pipe line through which the heated water flows. It is an object of the invention to provide a flow control valve that can normally/reversely turn... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20100096575 - Device for the linear displacement of a valve member: The device includes a spindle rotatably supported perpendicular to a value displacement direction and is made of a first spindle part and a second spindle part. The two parts are provided with outside threads configured in opposite directions to each other. On the first spindle part, a first nut having... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20100096574 - Throttle valve having magnetic fluid seal structure: A throttle valve having a magnetic fluid seal structure, which includes a main plate installed at an end of an outlet of a chamber, an opening/closing plate installed at an inside of the main plate, an electric motor coupled to a rotation shaft of the opening/closing plate and a driving... Agent: Christopher Paul Mitchell

20100096576 - Valve bleed system: A valve control unit is connected to a control valve and automatically moves a valve spool first and second bleed positions. The control unit prevents valve bleed if the control valve is in its extend or retract position under command of the operator. The control unit prevents a valve bleed... Agent: Deere & Company

20100096577 - Compressor throttling valve assembly: A throttling valve assembly has an outer housing that is sealed. An actuator is connected to a pressure balanced shaft that extends into the housing to operate a plurality of linkages that can rotate blades in tandem. With the surrounding housing sealed, the shaft penetrations of the blade support shafts... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (cameron International Corporation)

20100096578 - Valve for separating product media in the pipes of a product-carrying system: The invention relates to a valve for separating product media in pipes of a product-carrying system. The valve comprises a valve housing and a valve body arranged in a valve housing interior. The valve has a drive element which is movable in the axial direction, is connected to the valve... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20100096579 - Handle shaft assemblies for bottom loading couplers: A handle shaft assembly includes a tube spacer, a handle shaft, a stuff box, and an operational handle. The stuff box may be configured for insertion into a through-hole within a bottom loading coupler body and include first and second stuff box ends defining a cylindrical cavity. A first sealing... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20100090136 - Pressure vavle: A pressure valve comprises a valve bush and a control plunger which is movably guided in the valve bush and enables a pressure medium path from a pressure medium source to a consumer via the valve bush to be controlled. A collar section is provided on the control plunger, via... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20100090137 - Flow rate control device: The flow rate control device is equipped with a pilot regulator that applies operating pressure by using air supplied to one surface of a diaphragm provided in the regulator and adjusts the flow rate of a chemical liquid contacting the opposite surface, and with an electropneumatic regulator that controls supply... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20100090138 - Valve: A nozzle (11), for example for a liquid fuel delivery system, has a shut-off valve (17) closed by a magnetic closing force. In the open condition the valve (17) moves against a closing spring (31); the magnetic force weakens as the spring force increases.... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20100090139 - Intercepting valve: The present invention has as its object an intercepting valve of a fluid comprising an obturator which can be turned clockwise or anti-clockwise. By turning clockwise, the fluid in transit is given a first characterisation, while by turning anti-clockwise it is given a second characterisation. In addition, the present invention... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20100090140 - Control utilizing non-contact switching for control and current sensing technology for operating a valve: The present invention provides a control device featuring a control module featuring one or more modules configured to provide a first control signal for controlling a first device in order to open or close a second device; and also configured to respond to a change in a parameter sensed in... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20100090143 - Dual locking valve: A dual locking valve assembly includes two check valve elements in two cartridge bores. Each check valve element opens to permit forward flow of fluid under pressure in the cartridge bore from an input bore to an output bore. The check valve element closes to block back flow of fluid... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20100090142 - Pressure regulating valve: The invention relates to a pressure control valve (10) having a magnet coil (16) which is accommodated in a coil body (18). The pressure control valve (10) comprises an armature (26) which can move relative to a pole piece (20) for actuating a valve closing element (36). A magnetic circuit... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20100090141 - Solenoid plunger core seal: A solenoid valve may include a housing, a solenoid coil, and a plunger. The solenoid coil may be disposed about an external portion of the housing and the plunger may be slidably disposed within the housing. The plunger may include a recess in a first end thereof having a seal... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20100090144 - High-speed actuator for valves: A high-speed actuator to move a valve stopper to a closed position against a valve seat and an open position away from the valve seat is disclosed. The actuator includes a rod carrying first and second axially spaced solenoid armatures. The rod also has a valve stopper connector end. A... Agent: William J. Mason Maccord Mason PLLC

20100090145 - Vacuum valve: A vacuum valve including a valve body with a valve orifice, a closure member for closing the valve orifice, a first piston-cylinder unit, a second piston-cylinder unit, a first control element, and a second control element. When opening the vacuum valve, a pressure medium line, which applies pressure to the... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20100090146 - Valve sealing arrangements and methods: A valve includes a valve body, a valve element to selectively control flow through the valve, and a seal member and seat member together providing a fluid-tight seal between a valve cavity and a fluid passage in the valve body. A live-loaded biasing member is adapted to apply a live-loaded... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20100090147 - Vehicle air system valve control with learned motion limits: A valve actuator includes a motor coupled to an output shaft that in turn can be coupled to valve elements in a vehicle air passage to move the elements. A position sensing component is provided to produce feedback of actuator motion, and limits of actuator travel for any particular application... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc Legal Staff - M/c 483-400-402

20100090148 - Method for the production of flap mechanisms for intake lines of combustion engines: The present invention relates to a method for the production of flap mechanisms in air distribution pipes of combustion engines, wherein the flap mechanisms essentially comprise a frame and a flap rotatably mounted within the frame. To fulfill the demands in regard to the tolerances of the components, the frame... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100090149 - Poppet valve assembly, system, and apparatus for use in high speed compressor applications: A poppet valve assembly for a high-speed compressor, the poppet valve assembly including a cage that includes a plurality of counter bores disposed therein. The poppet valve assembly further includes a plurality of poppets, each poppet having a stem and a head. The head of each poppet has a maximum... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20100090150 - Coupling assembly with valves: A valve assembly comprises male and female coupling members that are connectable by inserting a probe of the male member into a socket of the female member. A fluid passageway within the female member has an aperture within the socket that is open and closed by a first closing member... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law

20100090151 - Direct touch type metal diaphragm valve: A direct touch type metal diaphragm valve, wherein durability of the valve, that is to say, the ensured number of continuous open/close operations of the valve, is substantially increased under conditions that an appropriate flow rate coefficient Cv is maintained, and changes of the afore-mentioned Cv value over time are... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20100090152 - Valve for liquid pumps: The invention relates to a valve (32) for a fluid, in particular for a liquid, with a housing (3, 4), which has a flexible valve membrane (33) mounted in the housing and a valve body (34) held therein, and with an access point (26, 37, 38, 39) for the fluid,... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20100084587 - Fluid-working machine: In a fluid-working machine having a high-pressure line and a working chamber, a valve arrangement is arranged to control fluid flow from the high-pressure line to the working chamber. The valve arrangement comprises a main valve having a valve element arranged to provide sealing contact with a valve seat, and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100084588 - Deepwater hydraulic control system: A hydraulic control system and method utilizing a retrievable control pod for the actuation of subsea blowout preventer stacks are disclosed. In one embodiment, the hydraulic control system comprises a subsea hydraulic umbilical line, a lower marine riser package having a hydraulic receptacle, a hydraulic control pod having a hydraulic... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

20100084589 - Slide valve for hydraulic control in a motor vehicle automatic transmission: A slide valve is used for controlling the hydraulic system in a motor vehicle automatic transmission. It includes a housing, a valve slide that is guided in the housing, which has a plurality of adjacent sections having different diameters. Furthermore, an electromagnetic operating device is provided, which is able to... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100084591 - Bi-directional electromechanical valve: A bi-directional electromechanical valve comprising a cylindrical upper cover, two semi-cylindrical permanent magnets, two semi-cylindrical cases, a reverse U-shaped coil set, a cylindrical armature, a valve stem, a first spring and a second spring. The electromechanical valve can be opened and closed bi-directionally in a quick and powerful manner. With... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20100084592 - Rinse valve for vacuum waste system: The apparatus and method of the invention provides for a rinse valve for controlling the flow of rinse fluid to a vacuum waste receptacle. The rinse valve comprises a primary rinse fluid flow path and a poppet assembly intersecting the primary rinse fluid flow path. The rinse valve also comprises... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20100084590 - Valve for distributing fluids: A valve for distributing fluids includes a housing, a bobbin disposed within the housing having a bore, a coil disposed on the bobbin wall, and an armature disposed within the bore of the bobbin. The armature includes a point region and a main body that is integral to the point... Agent: Julia Church Dierker Dierker & Associates, P.C.

20100084593 - Trigger device for a rivet gun and a rivet gun handle assembly with a trigger device: A trigger device is mounted on a rivet gun. The rivet gun has a barrel, a handle and a pneumatic cylinder. The trigger device has an inlet channel defined in the handle, an outlet hole defined through the handle and communicating with the barrel, a valve-driving channel defined in the... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100084594 - Valves having removable internal actuation mechanisms: Internal valve apparatus are described. An example internal valve includes a body having a valve seat disposed between an inlet and an outlet. A flow control member operatively coupled to the body moves between a first position in which the flow control member engages the valve seat to restrict the... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20100084595 - Line valve: The present invention provides a line valve. The line valve of the present invention includes a connection pipe (100), which has at least two hose connectors (110) and (120), each of which has a flow passage (111), (121) therein. The line valve further includes a rotary valve (200), which is... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20100084596 - Field removable bonnet assemblies for use with valves: Field removable bonnet assemblies for use with valves are described herein. An example field removable bonnet assembly for use with internal valves includes a body that is to be removably coupled to the internal valve. The body defines a bore that is to receive a valve packing. Additionally, the field... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20100078584 - Valve device: The present invention relates to a valve device (10) comprising a substrate (12) and an elastic membrane (13), the membrane being joined at least around a valve area to the substrate. The substrate comprises a first channel (16) and a second channel (17), both ending in the valve area, the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards