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Valves and valve actuation February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/12

20120043484 - Remotely controlled lockout device: A remotely controlled lockout device for an in-line gas flow control valve has a control shaft adapted to be operatively connected to a gas flow control valve and operable between a gas flow control valve open and closed position and a rotatable lock member operatively connected to the control shaft... Agent: Gej, LLC

20120043485 - Piezoelectric drive and microvalve comprising said drive: The invention relates to a piezoelectric drive, in particular for microvalves. The drive comprises a deformation layer coupled on one side to a piezoelectric layer, which is provided with at least one pair of electrodes, made of two electrodes of opposite polarities, to provide electricity. According to the invention, both... Agent:

20120043486 - Double solenoid valve: A valve may include a valve body, a valve spool, and a valve actuator arrangement. The valve body may comprise a bore and a first and a second passage to the bore. The valve spool may comprise a first end and a second end and be at least partially positioned... Agent: Agco

20120043487 - Pressure independent control valve: A control valve includes a wall defining a chamber having an inlet end, a middle portion and an outlet end in axial alignment. A valve seat and a valve plug are proportioned to fit the valve seat arranged in axial alignment within the chamber. At least one of the valve... Agent: Ta Hydronics S.a.

20120043488 - Motorized valve: A motorized valve including: a valve body having a housing wall and one or more inlet ports and a plurality of outlet ports penetrating the housing wall; each outlet port being arranged in spaced relationship from one another about a seat face, said seat face substantially conforming to an inner... Agent:

20120043489 - Apparatus to bias valve closure members: Apparatus to bias valve closure members are described. An example valve includes a valve body having an opening defining a passageway. The opening has an axis that is substantially coaxially aligned with a flow path axis defined by the passageway. A first shaft supports a closure member within the passageway... Agent:

20120043490 - Pre-oxidation of engine valves and seat inserts for improved life: A valve seat insert operable with a valve to selectively open and close a passage to a cylinder in an internal combustion engine. The valve seat insert includes a cobalt alloy base including at least about 40 wt % Co and at least about 5 wt % Cr. An oxide... Agent: Caterpillar Inc.

20120037821 - Valve assembly: A valve assembly includes a valve body and a bonnet. The valve body has a cylindrical access channel with adjoining at least one radial keyway. At least one coupling cavity adjoins and is out of register with the at least one radial keyway. The bonnet has a cylindrical body with... Agent: Kings Energy Services Ltd.

20120037822 - Capacity control valve: A capacity control valve includes a solenoid portion; a tube placed in the solenoid portion; and a movable core which forms a slide surface that is fitted to the tube. An actuation rod has a joint portion and a valve body, the joint portion being engaged with an abutting surface... Agent: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.

20120037823 - Valve, particularly glue valve: A glue valve with electromagnetic actuation of a valve tappet (15) having a valve housing (10), which has a lateral aperture which is open in the upward direction, that is to say a side opening (36). A coil core (13) and a transversely directed carrying crosspiece (26), on which a... Agent: Focke & Co. (gmbh & Co. Kg)

20120037824 - Stem guide apparatus for use with fluid valve actuators: Actuator stem guide apparatus for use with fluid valve actuators are described. An example actuator stem guide apparatus includes a base having an opening to allow an actuator stem of the fluid valve actuator to tilt or lean within the base to enable a lever of the fluid valve actuator... Agent:

20120037825 - Actuator and exhaust gas recirculation valve, wastegate or variable turbine geometry device of a turbocharger comprising an actuator: An actuator comprising a drive, at least one rotatable threaded element and at least one output element driven in translation thereby is described, characterized in that the threaded element has at least two regions of differing pitch and a rotational axis of the threaded element is inclined relative to a... Agent: Cooper-standard Automotive (deutschland) Gmbh

20120037826 - Water supply valve: A water supply valve comprising a valve body having a first orifice and a second orifice, a rotatable valve shaft, and a handle. The rotatable valve shaft can be inserted into the first orifice or the second orifice, thereby converting the water supply valve from first configuration where the handle... Agent: Ayrlett, Inc.

20120037827 - Marine, gate, ball and related valves: A ball valve or the like for placement within a fluid conduit including: an element having a generally spherical geometry in fluid-tight relation to an interior diameter of the valve, and a fluid flow through the geometry, the element having an integral radial member extending externally through a slot to... Agent:

20120037828 - Valve for controlling a flow: A valve (100) for controlling a flow of a medium in a heating and/or cooling system of a motor vehicle comprises a valve housing (110), which has at least one first channel (140), and a regulating wheel (170), which is provided to open and close the first channel. For this... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120037831 - Drive device of a regulation valve for casting liquid metal: A device for driving a regulation valve for casting liquid metal contains a main rod controlling the opening and closing of the valve, and a coupler linking the main rod and the valve. The device also contains a coupler controller able to activate and deactivate the coupler, enabling linkage and... Agent: Vesuvius Crucible Company

20120037829 - Proportional throttle valve: The invention relates to a proportional throttle valve comprising a valve piston (2) which is displaceably guided in the longitudinal direction in a valve housing (3) having a fluid inlet (4) and a fluid outlet (5) and is pretensioned by an energy accumulator, in particular in the form of a... Agent:

20120037830 - Proportional throttle valve: The invention relates to a proportional throttle valve, comprising a valve piston (2) which has the function of a variable orifice and is displaceably guided in the longitudinal direction in a valve housing (3) having a fluid inlet (4) and a fluid outlet (5). Since a leading edge (6) of... Agent:

20120037832 - Multi-piece valve disk: A multi-piece valve disk of a sliding and/or seat valve, a ring seal with an elastic sealing ring with an external sealing zone is placed in a ring groove of the valve disk onto a dimensionally stable backup ring, and where an elastic restoring region effectively positioned between the backup... Agent: Krones Ag

20120037833 - Valve for powder: A powder valve is propose which is simple in structure and small in size, which can prevent powder from getting stuck in the valve, and can withstand high feed pressure. The valve includes a valve casing 21, a valve shaft 25, and a valve body 22 mounted in the valve... Agent:

20120037834 - Method and apparatus for venting gas from liquid-conveying conduit: A valve-venting method increases the durability of flow restrictors within gas venting valves used on large diameter water and sewer pipelines such that transient high pressure conditions that can cause rapid adiabatic heating of the discharging gases are prevented from causing flow erosion and debris wear induced by the high... Agent: International Valve Manufacturing, L.L.C.

20120032098 - Inline aseptic valve: Inline valve assembly having a body with an axial bore and guide slots extending in a direction perpendicular to the bore, a flexible tubular liner having an axially extending flow passageway with a generally cylindrical side wall disposed in and supported by the bore, throttling pins mounted in the guide... Agent:

20120032099 - Magnetically coupled safety valve with satellite inner magnets: A safety valve can include multiple magnetic devices reciprocably disposed in respective longitudinally extending chambers, and a another magnetic device magnetically coupled to the first magnetic devices. The first magnetic devices may be circumferentially spaced apart and encircled by the second magnetic device. Another safety valve can include multiple longitudinally... Agent: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

20120032100 - Clutch apparatus for electric valve actuator: Disclosed is a clutch apparatus for an electric valve actuator, in which, where a manual handle is operated by an operator in a state that a power supply is stopped in a main motor, a coupling state between the manual handle and the main motor is released and the main... Agent:

20120032101 - Pressure control valve: The present invention discloses a pressure control valve comprising: a cylindrical valve body which has a bottom wall and a side wall, wherein the bottom wall is provided thereon with an air inlet communicating with a device whose pressure to be limited, the side wall is provided with at least... Agent:

20120032102 - Modular media control valve: A media control valve has a valve body having a media inlet and a media outlet and a plunger which is positioned within the valve body. The plunger is connected to a metering control assembly in the bore of the valve body and can be removed without disturbing the control... Agent:

20120025113 - Drive unit for a micro valve comprising a shape memory alloy, and micro valve: A drive unit for a micro valve comprises a housing, a spring and at least one shape memory alloy element which is attached to the housing in a deflectable manner. The shape memory alloy element is loaded by the spring towards a deflected position and is movable in response to... Agent:

20120025114 - Safety valve and method of use: Embodiments of a method of operating a safety valve and a safety valve system are provided. The valve system includes a valve, an actuator, a mechanical override, and an indicator. The actuator includes a fail-safe mechanism and the indicator is configured to indicate whether the fail-safe mechanism is operable during... Agent:

20120025115 - Electromechanically actuated membrane valve for branching ducts of sprinkling and/or weed control systems: b

20120025116 - Multiple manifold valve: A plurality of electromagnetic valves are mounted on a manifold base, a single top cover that covers the plurality of electromagnetic valves as a whole is mounted, the top cover is screwed into the manifold base in a state in which a positioning pin on a lower end of a... Agent: Smc Corporation

20120025117 - Flow control valve with internal isolation means: A combination valve assembly comprises an inner valve nested within an outer valve. The outer valve comprises a housing and a closure, permitting full closure of the valve assembly. The inner valve comprises a housing and a closure, permitting flow control by the inner valve within requiring movement of the... Agent:

20120025118 - Butterfly valve plate sealing assemblies: A sealing assembly for use in a valve plate assembly includes a sealing ring and a retention spacer. The sealing ring has a radial ring section and an axial ring section, the axial ring section extends axially from the radial section and includes an outer diameter surface and a contact... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20120025119 - Anti-extrusion packing support: A seal arrangement for providing a fluid seal of an annulus between two conforming surfaces such as a stem and a bore. The seal arrangement may include a pair of packing support rings. Preferably, two pairs of the packing support rings are used in order to provide double ended or... Agent: Swagelok Company

20120025120 - Self-aligned plunger for chromatographic valve: Plungers and plunger assemblies for a diaphragm-sealed valve are provided. Each plunger is adapted to be received in a passage of the valve body and includes a base member and an upper member having a transversal play in this passage with respect to the base member. A resilient middle element... Agent:

20120025121 - Pressure-balanced control valves: A valve assembly comprises a valve body comprising a plug chamber. A static seal is disposed adjacent an inner sidewall of the plug chamber, and a plug comprising a plug head is moveably positioned within the plug chamber, the plug head being configured to contact the static seal only when... Agent: Flowserve Management Company

20120025122 - Valve cartridge with lobular key: A one-handle valve cartridge has one or more lobular keys formed on a housing of the valve cartridge. The lobular keys interface with keyways formed in a valve body.... Agent: Moen Incorporated

20120025123 - High capacity air admittance valve for sanitary waste pipe system: The valve is designed to be connected to a sanitary waste pipe system for admitting atomospheric air into the waste pipe towards the valve function elements in response to a pressure reduction in the system in order to protect the water traps in the system and to prevent discharge of... Agent: Studor S.a.

20120025124 - Service valve body: The present invention provides a service valve body for a heating/cooling system. The valve body has a main body, a charge port stem, and first and second stems, all of which are monolithic with one another (e.g., formed in one piece) such that there are no seams, joints, or brazed... Agent: