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Valves and valve actuation November recently filed with US Patent Office 11/11

20110284776 - Pinching closed a collapsible tube for biopharmaceutical use: The pinching device includes two cross-sections, each having a hollow part with a male indentation and a female indentation, and locking elements, whereby the surfaces of the indentations form a positive pinching passage of the tube; the male indentation has a U shape with a core and two wings; the... Agent: Sartorius Stedim Biotech

20110284778 - Magnetic valve: The invention relates to a valve having a closure element which is movable in an inner chamber and closes or clears a valve seat. The closure element is activated by a magnetic assembly in the magnetizable wall surrounding the inner chamber. According to the invention, the closure element has a... Agent: Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft-und Raumfahrt E.v.

20110284777 - Wireless fluid shut-off valve: A low-cost safety valve for gas lines and similar supply lines that can be remotely activated via a secure wireless link employing a low leakage sealing mechanism that is compatible with low energy actuators to for extended battery life. A miniaturized controller and wireless electronics assembly provides the control mechanism... Agent: Vectare LLC

20110284779 - Method and apparatus for controlling a high-pressure valve: A system and a method are described for converting a small motion from a piezoelectric actuator to a larger motion in a valve mechanism. A piezoelectric actuator is connected in series to a mechanical amplifier, and, optionally, a mechanical temperature compensation element and a mechanical fine tuning element, all acting... Agent: Mindray Medical Sweden Ab

20110284780 - Trap primer valve assembly with battery pack and timer: A self-contained trap primer valve assembly is housed in a cabinet and includes a conduit for connection to a building's water main to carry water under pressure, a valve is operatively mounted in the conduit and a solenoid is operable for selectively opening and closing the valve, wherein a low... Agent: Jl Industries, Inc.

20110284781 - Isolation valve with integrated sensor: An isolation valve has an electrically-actuated solenoid valve, at least one port having a port extension, and a sensor assembly coupled to the port extension. The sensor assembly includes a printed circuit board, an integrated circuit disposed on the circuit board, and at least one pressure sensor coupled to the... Agent:

20110284783 - Open end variable bleed solenoid (vbs) valve with inherent viscous dampening: A solenoid valve (10) includes a solenoid portion (24b) and a hydraulic portion (24a) having a valve housing (26) connectable to the solenoid portion (24b). A valve shaft (34) mounted in the housing (26) includes a first end positioned in the solenoid portion (24b) and a second end positioned in... Agent: Borgwarner Inc.

20110284782 - Pressurized o-ring pole piece seal for a manifold: An assembly comprises a manifold and a valve. The manifold has a portion defining a bore having a first end and a second end. The valve is at least partially disposed within the manifold and includes a coil configured to generate a magnetic field; a bobbin configured to house the... Agent:

20110284784 - Seals, ball valve assemblies, and methods of operating ball valve assemblies: Seals, ball valve assemblies, and methods of operating ball valves assemblies are provided. The seal includes an annular jacket, a restrictor, and a spring energizer. The annular jacket includes a first annular pocket and a second annular pocket. The restrictor is disposed in the first annular pocket and is capable... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20110284785 - Pilot valve assembley: A pilot valve assembly comprised of a pilot valve proper employing a spool to be displaced in a valve casing to bring a hydraulic pressure port and an output port into and out of communication with each other, an operation means having an operating lever with a cam member attached... Agent:

20110284786 - Oil drainage apparatus: An oil drainage apparatus includes a disk-shaped base member having an outer tube extending upwardly and defining a channel. The outer tube has a threaded exterior surface for coupling to a threaded engine oil pan drainage port. An inner tube is positioned in the channel and outer tube and is... Agent:

20110284787 - Pre-closing apparatus of a machine: A pipe-closing apparatus of a machine which is suitable for processing foodstuff mixtures, contains a throttling valve arranged in a pipeline and has a closing element configured with respect to the pipeline with two sealing sections. The apparatus further has an activation apparatus for transferring the closing element into an... Agent:

20110284788 - High performance miniature regulator: A pressure regulator is disclosed. The pressure regulator includes a housing having a supply port and an outlet port interconnected by an opening defined in a sealing seat. The pressure regulator also includes a supply valve assembly having a core and an elastic shell disposed thereon, wherein the elastic shell... Agent:

20110284790 - Pressure-operated control valve: A ball valve 2 and a valve shaft 3 are arranged in a valve chamber 13. The ball valve 2 opens and closes a valve port 14. A coil spring 5 is arranged in a spring chamber 16. The coil spring 5 pushes the valve shaft 3 against a diaphragm... Agent:

20110284789 - Valve unit for pressure vessels: b

20110284791 - Spring seat for use with actuators: A spring seat for use with actuators is described herein. An example spring seat includes a body having a shoulder to receive an end of an actuator spring, a guide projecting away from the shoulder toward a first surface of the body, wherein the guide is configured to fit within... Agent:

20110284792 - Steel-base sintering alloy having high wear-resistance for valve seat of engine and manufacturing method thereof, and valve seat of engine: The present invention features a steel-base sintering alloy having a high wear-resistance for a valve seat of an engine. In preferred embodiments, the steel-base sintering alloy may include a chief element of Ferrum (Fe); and a powder-alloy which are composed of Carbon (C) of 0.6˜1.2 wt %, Nickel (Ni) of... Agent: Hyundai Motor Company

20110278482 - Fuel shut-off valves: A fuel shut-off valve includes a casing defining therein a valve chamber communicating between inside and outside of a fuel tank. A bottom wall member defines a bottom of the valve chamber and has communication holes formed therein, so that the valve chamber communicates with the inside of the fuel... Agent: Aisan Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20110278483 - Valve: A valve device (1) comprising; a body portion (2) having a plurality of openings, a valve seat (6) located within said body portion (2), an end stop (4,8), corresponding to an opening of said body portion (2), said end stop (4,8) comprising a port portion (38,39) through which fluid may... Agent:

20110278484 - Valve isolation system and method: One or more valves associated with a controlled machine process may be isolated from one or more remote isolation stations. For isolation, a manual switch is activated that are coupled to a safety relay. This relay is, in turn, coupled to a coil that removes power used to control the... Agent: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

20110278485 - Gas regulating valve for torch: The present invention relates to a gas regulating valve for a torch. A gas regulating valve for a torch of the present invention has a valve frame including a gas inlet with a substantially tapered cross-section and a gas outlet, a valve pin inserted into an insertion hole formed inside... Agent: Bool Bool Co., Ltd.

20110278486 - Throttle device: A throttle device, includes a housing, a gas conduit, a throttle shaft, a throttle body movable by means of the throttle shaft. According to the invention, a bearing is provided for supporting the throttle shaft on the housing, in which for sealing off an interstice in fluid-tight fashion between the... Agent:

20110278487 - Ball valve: A ball valve having a cam element, and a ball having a left arm and a right arm with a slot between each arm. A terminal portion of each arm is positioned adjacent the cam element. The cam element is shaped so that, when the ball is rotated from the... Agent:

20110278488 - Valve and assembly method: A valve for installation in a valve bore of a housing or valve block includes a valve bushing for insertion into the valve bore, a guided valve piston that can be moved axially in the valve bushing, an activation section of said piston projecting above the valve bushing axially, and... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20110278489 - Movable valve apparatus having conditioned lubricating surfaces: Movable valve apparatus having conditioned lubricating surfaces are described. An example valve includes a valve packing having a graphite packing ring disposed within a bonnet of the fluid valve and a stem or shaft has a conditioned surface to hold a lubricating material. The conditioned surface of the stem or... Agent:

20110278490 - Valves having high wear-resistance and high corrosion-resistance: The invention provides a valve which suppresses a continuous corrosion of a chemical compound phase such as an eutectic carbide or the like in a valve seat, and improves a corrosion resistance, an impact resistance and an erosion resistance of the valve seat. The invention disperses a chemical compound phase... Agent:

20110272607 - Tunable floating seal insert: A system comprising, a mineral extraction component, a conduit fitting coupled to the mineral extraction component, a floating seal insert disposed in the conduit fitting. The floating seal insert comprises a feature configured to tune a fluid dynamic characteristic along a liquid flow path through the conduit fitting and the... Agent: Cameron International Corporation

20110272608 - Dynamic transducer for controlling air on demand systems: A dynamic transducer for use in a water surface supplied breathing system used by one or more divers underwater. The dynamic transducer in connection with a pressure switch allows the breathing system to not constantly run at all times, and therefore helps to conserve the battery life or the amount... Agent:

20110272609 - Releasing valve for an inflatable object: A releasing valve for an inflatable object has a body, a valve disk and a cap. The body is body and has a passage and a disk mount. The passage is defined through the body and has a bottom opening. The valve disk is attached securely to the bottom of... Agent: Dongguan Tiger Point, Metal & Plastic Products Co., Ltd.

20110272610 - Micro-valve structure including polymer actuator and lab-on-a-chip module: Provided are a micro-valve structure and a lab-on-a-chip module that include a polymer actuator. The micro-valve structure may include a flexible structure disposed on a substrate, and the polymer actuator inserted into the flexible structure. At this time, the flexible structure has a valve portion defining a microchannel and the... Agent: Electronics And Telecommunications Research Institute

20110272611 - Water valve body: A water valve body includes a filter valve and a lower solenoid valve seat, both of which are integrally formed of plastic. The filter valve, as well as the lower solenoid valve seat, has an internal channel connecting an inlet end and an outlet end. The outlet end of the... Agent:

20110272612 - Variable valve lift apparatus: A variable valve lift apparatus may include an opening/closing portion, a low lift cam which selectively contacts the opening/closing portion, a high lift cam which may be disposed parallel to the low lift cam, a control portion, a pad hinge connected to the control portion, and a pad, an end... Agent: Hyundai Motor Company

20110272613 - Valve element mechanism for exhaust gas circulation valve: A valve element mechanism for an exhaust gas circulation valve has: a primary eccentricity A causing a center O of a support shaft 4 rotatably provided in a housing 2 to separate from a centerline P of a seal surface 2b of a valve seat 2a with which a valve... Agent:

20110272614 - Pressure reducing valve: In a pressure reducing valve, a valve mechanism including a valve body that can be seated on a valve seat is housed in a body and a valve shaft portion which is coaxially connected to the valve body is linked to a central part of a diaphragm. A diaphragm rod... Agent: Keihin Corporation

20110272615 - Valve assembly with annular sealing member having elongated-circle cross-sectional shape: Apparatus for controlling a pressurized fluid. In accordance with some embodiments, a valve assembly includes a piston moved between closed and open positions. A sealing member is disposed within an annular recess of the piston and characterized as an endless annular ring extending about a central axis of the piston.... Agent: Taylor Innovations, LLC

20110272616 - Valve actuator: Actuator (1) for a seat valve or a butterfly valve which is of the type that is normally closed (NC) or normally open (NO), and also contains a cylinder (3) and a piston being held in the normal position by a spring. The spring virtually consists of a closed space... Agent: Alfa Laval Corporate Ab

20110272617 - Seat and valve systems for use in delayed coker system: The present invention provides more efficient, cost effective coke drum valve devices and system as well as more efficient, cost effective methods for isolating the flow of matter in a delayed coker unit operation. Specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to various seat systems used in valves for delayed coking... Agent:

20110272618 - Valve arrangement with a base part and an insert part: is easy to produce and assemble and is also convenient to operate, by virtue of the fact that, on the stub (16) of the valve insert part (15) above the seal (18) with the inner wall (7) of the base part (1), the at least one latching element (26, 29)... Agent: Otto Bock Healthcare Gmbh

20110266471 - Piloted middle-high pressure gate valve: A piloted middle-high pressure gate valve includes a valve stem (4) connecting with a gate plate (9) and a valve body (5). A pilot unloading valve (6) is installed under said valve stem (4), under which is said gate plate (9) that has a balancing chamber (14) therein. A valve... Agent:

20110266472 - Self piloted check valve: The present invention is a self piloted check valve which utilizes closure of a piloting flapper valve to permit development of closure forces for a ball valve. The normally open ball valve has a central flow passage and simultaneously rotates and translates as it traverses between its fully open and... Agent:

20110266473 - Gas valve and method of control: A stepper-motor gas valve control is disclosed that includes a main diaphragm in a chamber that controllably displaces a valve relative to an opening in response to changes in pressure, to adjust fuel flow through the valve. A servo-regulator diaphragm is provided to regulate flow to the main diaphragm, to... Agent: Emerson Electric Co.

20110266475 - Electromagnetic actuator: An electromagnetic positioning device has a long stretched out anchor plunger section as well as an anchor having an anchor body section axially continuing the latter, which in order to magnetically interact with a core unit and by energizing a stationary provided coil device is movably designed relative to the... Agent: Eto Magnetic Gmbh

20110266474 - Gas valve: In order to achieve high opening speeds in a dry running gas valve with electromagnetic actuation, it is provided to arrange the engagement point of the magnet armature 22 and the limit stop at the radially inner guide region 16 of the valve element 2. Due to the resulting reduced... Agent:

20110266476 - Pulsator apparatus and method of operation: A pulsator comprises a valve chamber and an armature arranged in the valve chamber. An electrically powered coil at least partially surrounds the valve chamber and generates a magnetic flux. A magnetic pole piece is arranged in the valve chamber and has a metal surface. The armature has a first... Agent:

20110266477 - Devices, assemblies, and methods for controlling fluid flow: Connector assemblies are provided for controlling flow in a fluid line that include an outer shell, an inner housing, and a tubular member. The inner housing is disposed within the outer shell and includes a boss disposed adjacent a first end of the outer shell. The inner housing is movable... Agent: Infusion Innovations, Inc.

20110266478 - Adjustable choke for oil and gas industry: The disclosure provides a choke with an actuator that contains various components within an actuator housing to adjust the choke, and the housing is configured to be fixedly attached with a relatively large shearing connection on an actuator adapter to resist large overpressure surges within the housing and around the... Agent: T-3 Property Holdings, Inc.

20110266479 - Hydraulic valve: The invention relates to a hydraulic valve for oscillating-motor camshaft adjuster The valve has a bush and a hollow piston with a piston bottom. The piston is axially movable within the bush by means of an actuator against the force of a screw-type pressure spring. The actuator is applied to... Agent: Hydraulik-ring Gmbh

20110266482 - Floating ball valve seal with dynamic c-seal and static c-seal: A seal assembly is provided for a rotary ball valve having a top-mounted bonnet, thereby allowing the seal assembly to be installed and removed without removing the valve from the pipeline. In an embodiment, the seal assembly may include a seal ring disposed within the valve interior and biased toward... Agent: Fisher Controls International LLC

20110266481 - Sleeve seal assembly and rotary valve having sleeve seal assembly: A fluid flow control device includes a valve body, a bonnet, a control assembly, and a seal assembly. The valve body defines an inlet portion, an outlet portion, a bonnet opening, and a fluid flow path extending between the inlet portion and the outlet portion. The bonnet is disposed in... Agent:

20110266480 - Ball valve isolator: The present invention relates to a ball valve isolator (5) that includes a housing (15), a ball valve (60), a first isolator (40), and a second isolator (41). The housing (15) is provided with a first flow passage (29) located between an inlet (30) and an outlet (31). The ball... Agent: Nogren Limited

20110266483 - Sealing microsawtooth ring joint of two opposing surfaces: A sealing microsawtooth ring joint, made between a toothed seating surface and a full plain seated surface by a microsawtooth ring with its tooth crest on the seating surface being a cutting edge whose corner or whose crest angle is about 90°˜120°, with its tooth height Zt being about 10˜20... Agent:

20110266484 - Floating ball valve seal with bellows and c-seal: A seal assembly is provided for a rotary ball valve having a top-mounted bonnet, thereby allowing the seal assembly to be installed and removed without removing the valve from the pipeline. In an embodiment, the seal assembly may include a seal ring disposed within the valve interior and biased toward... Agent: Fisher Controls International LLC

20110266485 - Valve and actuator assemblies: The present application relates to valve and actuator assemblies. The valve actuator assemblies may include a capless valve actuating arrangement, include a replaceable passage defining member that includes seal members, include a valve member that is assembled in a valve chamber from an end of the valve body that is... Agent: Swagelok Company