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Valves and valve actuation May archived by USPTO category 05/12

20120132835 - Control valve for pressure reduction: A control valve for pressure reduction, in particular for liquids containing solids and having an inlet, an outlet and a channel between the inlet and outlet, wherethe channel is formed as an elastic through-flow channel with a free line cross section which can be reduced along its longitudinal axis over... Agent: Krones Ag

20120132836 - Actuating mechanism of a gas valve unit: A gas valve unit for adjusting a volumetric gas flow supplied to a gas burner of a gas appliance, in particular a gas cooking appliance, includes at least two open/close valves which can be actuated by moving at least one magnetically active body, in particular a permanent magnet, relative to... Agent: Bsh Bosch Und Siemens Hausger&#xc4 Te Gmbh

20120132837 - Hydraulic control apparatus and method for manufacturing the same: A hydraulic control apparatus is disclosed which includes: a base body; and a housing to be fixed to one surface of the base body. The housing includes an opening facing the one surface of the base body. The opening includes a flange portion formed on and projected outwardly from an... Agent: Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.

20120132838 - Manual to automatic valve conversion device: An apparatus and method for automating the operation of a manual control valve upon the occurrence of a specified condition includes a valve handle engaging member mounted on an operating shaft turned by a motor held by a housing or support which is mountable to the manual valve body or... Agent: Custom Controls, LLC

20120132839 - Needle valve: Disclosed herein is an improved needle valve, where, in some preferred embodiments, the needle valve includes a stem having a ball linkage and a seat having a ball linkage housing. The ball linkage can be snap-fit to the seat, and the ball linkage and ball linkage housing cooperate to form... Agent:

20120132840 - Needle valve: A needle valve includes a body, a needle assembly sized to be received in the body, and a handle sized to move the needle assembly relative to the body. A captive screw may be provided and is sized to mount the handle to the needle assembly. Further, a packing gland... Agent: Innovative Pressure Technologies

20120132841 - Valve spring retainer for an internal combustion engine and a method of manufacturing the same: Oxide film formed on a spring-retaining flange by heat treatment gets unlikely to peel off, thereby improving wear resistance of a contact surface of the spring-retaining flange with a valve spring. The oxide film 15 of the part of the spring-retaining flange 3 with the valve spring 7 is at... Agent: Fuji Oozx Inc.

20120132842 - Metal seat seal with flexible sealing edge: A gate valve seat has structure formed on it to provide a sealing edge or lip which flexes when loaded. The lip forms a dual seal against portions of the gate valve body when the seat is placed under load.... Agent: Vetco Gray Inc.

20120126154 - Valve with material having modifiable degree of penetrability: The invention relates to a valve (2) for controlling a passage of particles from a first region (6) to a second region (7), wherein the valve (2) comprises a valve material (4) having a modifiable degree of penetrability and a valve region (16) comprising the valve material (4), wherein the... Agent: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

20120126155 - Portable remote controlled valve: A portable remote controlled fire-fighting valve has a central chamber in a main valve body, an inlet that connects to a hydrant, an outlet that connects to a fire hose, a valve mechanism that has a seating surface that seats against part of the device to open and close a... Agent: Task Force Tips Inc.

20120126156 - Apparatus and method for locking a valve: The present apparatus is a novel locking apparatus and method for use with a shut-off valve. The housing of the locking apparatus is configured to receive at least a portion of the shut-off valve and secure it in a closed or off position. The housing of the locking device envelopes... Agent:

20120126157 - Circuit arrangement and method for actuating a piezo valve: A piezo valve is actuated by way of at least one actuator which is formed by a piezoelectric bender transducer (12) having two piezo actuators (14, 16). An actuating method has the steps of generating an actuator control signal (out), which can be output at either one of the two... Agent:

20120126158 - Oil pressure regulation valve: An oil pressure regulation valve includes a spool supported in a sleeve to be slidable in an axial direction, a solenoid actuator disposed to generate an electromagnetic force for driving the spool to one axial end side, and a biasing portion configured to bias the spool to the other axial... Agent: Denso Corporation

20120126160 - Self-aligning axially constrained regulator valve assembly: A valve poppet (54) is provided for use in a regulator valve assembly (200) for regulating the pressure of a flowing gas through a gas flow pressure regulator (300). The valve poppet is includes a valve disc (54) having a flexible portion (60a) so as to permit upward and downward... Agent: Parker-hannifin Corporation

20120126159 - Valve for vacuum process: Provided is a valve for vacuum process, including: a first valve body having an inlet port and an outlet port; a sealing unit configured to move forward to and backward from the inlet port so as to have a closed position and an open position; a shaft covered with a... Agent:

20120126161 - Valve: The invention is an improved valve having a valve body, a valve stem having a valve plug portion and a valve stem portion, and a valve guide having an aperture in which the valve stem portion is received for reciprocal movement of the valve stem longitudinally inside the valve body.... Agent:

20120126162 - Steam turbine valve: A steam turbine valve has a valve seat, a valve rod or a valve body in which a 3 to 5 mm thick stellite sheet is welded to ferrite cast steel by friction-stir welding, and it is preferable that a stellite layer made of the stellite sheet welded by friction-stir... Agent: Hitachi, Ltd.

20120119121 - Apparatus for regulating a volume flow in a hose: A clamp for regulating a volume flow in a plastic hose, having a housing for receiving the plastic hose having a predetermined flow cross-section and a wheel which is accommodated in a guide so as to be displaceably along a longitudinal direction. The plastic hose is arranged between the circumferential... Agent:

20120119123 - Adjustable valve with a transition region: A valve device is formed with a through-channel and a field generating device. A fluid which can be influenced by a field is provided in the through-channel and the field generating device is configured to act on the field-influenced fluid in the through-channel by way of a field. At least... Agent: Inventus Engineering Gmbh

20120119122 - Magnetic control valve: A magnetic control valve is to block an outlet end of a water inflow passage and an inlet end of a water outflow passage of a connection pipe by using a rubber ring. A valve of the rubber ring is opened or closed by a magnetic control switch. The magnetic... Agent: Yuan-mei Corp.

20120119124 - Valve and a method for providing such a valve: A valve comprises a valve body having a cylindrical bore and at least two fluid passages connected to the cylindrical bore. A rotating body has at least one means for allowing fluid flowing through the fluid passages, and at least one means for blocking fluid flowing through the fluid passages.... Agent:

20120119125 - Drive device: A driving device for adjusting an activating element of a throttle, of a valve, of a connecting device, of a metering device or the like in particular in the field of oil and gas exploration with at least one rotary gear movably connected to the activating element and a gear... Agent: Cameron International Corporation

20120119126 - Electro-hydraulic valve train: An electro-hydraulic valve train is configured to change valve lift and valve opening/closing timing according to operation state of an engine. The electro-hydraulic valve train includes a valve stem having a valve head formed at a lower end thereof and a big-diameter stem formed at a middle portion thereof, the... Agent: Hyundai Motor Company

20120119128 - Rotary shear injector valve with coated stator surface: A valve includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor and the stator each have seal surfaces for contacting and sliding against one another during operation of the valve. Either or both of the rotor and the stator have a seal-surface coating formed by depositing an at least partially amorphous... Agent: Waters Technologies Corporation

20120119127 - Rotary shear valve assembly with a polymer insert device: A multi-position rotary shear valve assembly having a metallic or ceramic stator device and a metallic or ceramic rotor device. The stator device defines a planar stator face and two or more stator channels in fluid communication with the stator face at corresponding stator ports, while the rotor device includes... Agent: Idex Health & Science LLC

20120119129 - Air-operated valve: An air-operated valve which can keep the impact at the time a valve part sits on a seat from causing material from shedding and thereby generating particles which contaminate a controlled fluid and thereby can maintain a high cleanliness of the controlled fluid, that is, an air-operated valve which is... Agent:

20120119130 - Diaphragm valve with improved sealing performance and leak detection: Diaphragm valve with internal leak detection and improved external leak sealing performance. In diaphragm valves comprising diaphragms that have shields and backings, a rigid seal plate interposed between the shield and backing prevents peripheral regions of the shield from cold-flowing into the backing, despite the compression forces produced by tightening... Agent: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

20120119131 - Valve mounting adaptor: A mounting adaptor for a valve actuator includes a driver aperture configured to receive a valve actuator driver. The mounting adaptor further includes a plurality of mounting posts configured to engage a thermal riser or a valve attachment pad.... Agent: Johnson Controls Technology Company

20120119132 - Article having good wear resistance: An article having good wear resistance includes a first component including a boride coating and a second component including a cobalt-chromium-molybdenum coating that is in sliding contact with the boride coating of the first component.... Agent:

20120112102 - Pressurizable sealing element: The invention relates to a sealing element (10) to be mounted on a plugging head (76). The plugging head (76) is introduced into an access opening in the pipeline (70) or pipe (70). The pressurizable sealing element (10) delimits at least one pressurizable cavity (22, 92) with an inner surface... Agent: Achim Stadler

20120112104 - Actuator for controlling a fluid flow: The invention relates to an actuator (10) for controlling a fluid flow comprising a basic housing (12a) having an inlet (14) and an outlet (16), a valve seat (18) provided in the basic housing (12) between said inlet and said outlet (14, 16), a valve body (20) that can be... Agent: Samson Ag

20120112103 - Seal assembly for metering valve: A seal assembly for an electric component includes a generally cylindrical plug, a first O-ring seal and a second O-ring seal. The plug includes a sidewall extending between first and second end walls. An annular groove circumscribes the sidewall. A first O-ring seal is disposed in the annular groove. A... Agent: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

20120112106 - Damping force controlling valve assembly for shock absorber: Provided is a damping force controlling valve assembly for a shock absorber using a solenoid part for variation of a damping force. The damping force controlling valve assembly includes: a first valve body having an inlet passage through which a working fluid flows in from the shock absorber; a second... Agent: Mando Corporation

20120112105 - High pressure control valve: High-pressure regulating valve (1) with a valve body (2) with an inlet (20) and an outlet (21), a sealing element (4), which acts on a valve seat (3), which is disposed on the valve body (2) between inlet (20) and outlet (21) and has a valve bore (30), an activating... Agent: Kendrion Binder Magnete Gmbh

20120112107 - Solenoid valve assembly, particularly for a clothes washing machine: The solenoid valve assembly (1) comprises first and second shut-off solenoid valves (2; 3) for controlling the supply of hot water and cold water, and which have a body (2a; 3a) with an inlet duct (2b; 3b) and at least one outlet port (2d; 3d, 3e), and with at least... Agent: Elbi International S.p.a.

20120112108 - Split valve: A split valve apparatus for the control, charging, discharging and/or regulating the flow of powders, liquids, slurries and/or fluids. The valve has two valve portions complementarily shaped such that the first can sealingly engage with and co-operate with the second to allow the flow of material therethrough. Each valve portion... Agent: Chargepoint Technology Limited

20120112109 - Direct drive servovalve having redundant drive motors: A direct drive servovalve (10) includes redundant drive motors (14) coupled to a common valve drive shaft (22,24) by a connection device (26). The connection device (26) is configured to allow operation of the servovalve (10) in the case where one or more of the drive motors (14) becomes inoperable,... Agent: Woodward Hrt, Inc.

20120112110 - Ball valve seat seal: In an embodiment of the present invention, a valve seal for a ball valve includes a ball configured to mate with a tail piece, an annular seat ring to facilitate the mating of the ball with the tail piece, the seat ring having an angled wall having a first groove... Agent: Spx Corporation

20120112111 - Pressure regulating valve, in particular for activating a clutch in a motor vehicle automatic transmission: A pressure regulating valve for activating a clutch in a motor vehicle automatic transmission, having a housing having a first transverse opening which acts as a fluid inlet, and a second transverse opening which acts at least temporarily as a fluid outlet, the two transverse openings being spaced axially from... Agent:

20120112112 - Biasing device for use with actuators of fluid valves: A biasing device for use with a piston actuator of a fluid valve includes a tubular seat member, a tubular retention member, a tubular retention bracket, and a biasing element disposed between an external annular flange of the tubular seat member and an external annular flange of the tubular seat... Agent: Fisher Controls International LLC

20120112113 - Piston valve having piston with grooves for particulate capture: A diverter valve for use with fluids containing particulate matter is presented. The diverter valve includes a piston slidable between a first and second position in a valve casing. In the first position, a pass-through transverse bore in the piston is aligned with openings in the valve casing to allow... Agent:

20120112114 - Valve for prevention of frozen break using phase change material: A valve for preventing freeze-fracturing prevents accidental freeze-fracturing due to the freezing of water by draining water from a flow pipe before the danger of freezing occurs when the temperature of ambient air drops. The valve for preventing freeze-fracturing includes a housing coupled to a pipe port and a draining... Agent: Korea Institute Of Industrial Technology

20120112115 - Sealing arrangement for a down hole valve: The present invention regards a sealing arrangement for a valve, comprising a valve element (3) provided with a sealing element (4), arranged to be abutting a valve seat (2) in a closed state of the valve. The valve element (3) comprises at least two parts, a first and second part... Agent: Reelwell As

20120104292 - Active drain plug for high voltage battery applications: A drain plug assembly that has particular application for sealing a drain hole in a high voltage battery compartment on a vehicle. The plug assembly includes a plug that inserted into the drain hole. The plug assembly further includes a return spring coupled to the plug and causing the plug... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations, Inc.

20120104295 - Actuator control device and method: A device for controlling an actuator includes an input interface that receives a plurality of input signals including a setpoint command signal and a feedback signal. An output interface provides a drive signal to the actuator. First, second, and third redundant loop controllers processes the setpoint command signal and the... Agent: Tapcoenpro International

20120104293 - Pressure control valve, in particular for an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle: A pressure control valve for an automatic transmission in a motor vehicle includes a housing, a valve slide which is guided in the housing and which has multiple adjacent sections, a first section having a first diameter, a second section adjacent thereto having a second diameter smaller than the first... Agent:

20120104294 - Valve array with can bus circulation valve: The present invention relates to a hydraulic valve array with a CAN bus circulation valve. In particular, a hydraulic valve array is provided, having several modularly joined valve sections (S1-S5, Sx), at least some of which contain at least one electric actuator mechanism (13) and/or sensor mechanism (15) and at... Agent: Hawe Hydraulik Se

20120104298 - Electromagnetic drive for a valve: An electromagnetic drive for a valve includes a housing comprising at least one electromagnetic circuit comprising a coil wound onto a coil support, a valve closing member, at least one core, at least one magnetizable reflux member, an armature having an annular shape at least on a side facing away... Agent: Pierburg Gmbh

20120104296 - Solenoid operated fluid control valve: Solenoid operated fluid control valve for controlling the pressure of a fluid in a fluid control system comprises a solenoid housing having therein a solenoid coil, an armature movable in response to electrical current applied to the solenoid coil, a valve member for controlling fluid flow to a fluid passage,... Agent: Saturn Electronics & Engineering. Inc.

20120104297 - Solenoid operated fluid control valve: Solenoid operated fluid control valve for controlling the pressure of a fluid in a fluid control system comprises a solenoid housing having therein a solenoid coil, an armature movable in response to electrical current applied to the solenoid coil, a valve member for controlling fluid flow to a fluid passage,... Agent: Saturn Electronics & Engineering, Inc.

20120104299 - Venturi valve pressure compensator apparatus and method: A venturi valve pressure compensator apparatus and method include a venturi valve with an inlet and an outlet and with a small diameter opening at the inlet and a large diameter opening at the outlet and with an air intake opening. An insert, with a front and a back, is... Agent:

20120104300 - Composite seal: A seal ring assembly has a carbon member extending between spaced ends, and with a step at an outer periphery. A ring is received in the step to maintain spaced ends of the carbon member towards each other. A valve disc and shaft, a butterfly valve, and a method of... Agent:

20120104301 - Valves for steam engine with rotating piston and drive thereof: Valves (1) for steam engine with rotating piston and drive thereof the cylinder rotary body (3) with the cavity (31) is placed in the casing whereof (2). The rotary body (3) contains at least one body opening (32) along the circumference thereof and the casing (2) contains at least one... Agent:

20120104302 - Control valve: A control valve includes a valve body, a valve plug, two adjusting elements and two operating members. The valve body has a valve hole defined through the valve body and further defines an inlet hole and two outlet holes respectively communicating with the valve hole. The valve plug is movably... Agent: Fu Tai Hua Industry (shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

20120104303 - Valve bodies having integral boost reducing capability: Valve bodies having integral boost reducing capability are described herein. An example fluid regulator includes a body having a main passageway defining an orifice to fluidly couple an inlet and an outlet where the main passageway defines an inlet volume boundary between the inlet and the orifice and an outlet... Agent:

20120104304 - Control valve for ejecting rivet pieces of a rivet gun: A control valve for ejecting rivet pieces of a rivet gun has an adapter, a bushing, a first valve member and a second valve member. The adapter has cavity and a mounting hole. The bushing is mounted in the mounting hole of the adapter and has a through hole. The... Agent: