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Valves and valve actuation October categorized by USPTO classification 10/12

20120267554 - Magnetic valve and driver assistance device comprising said type of magnetic valve: A magnetic valve includes a valve body having a valve seat which can be closed by a sealing element, at least one outlet channel which leads into a fluid chamber of the magnetic valve, receiving the sealing element at least in parts, and a flow guiding element which surrounds the... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120267555 - Valve insert for a valve cartridge, corresponding valve cartridge for a solenoid valve, solenoid valve having said valve cartridge and method for producing a valve insert: A valve insert for a valve cartridge of a solenoid valve, wherein the valve insert is produced as a one-piece, slotted sleeve from a sheet metal strip and has at least one radial bore as an inlet and/or drain opening of a fluid flow and to a corresponding valve cartridge... Agent:

20120267556 - Gate valve: In a gate valve including a valve plate connected to a valve plate mounting portion of at a tip end of a valve rod with a connecting plate and configured to open and close a communicating hole of a valve box with the valve plate, the valve plate includes a... Agent: Smc Corporation

20120267557 - Butterfly valve: A butterfly valve having a valve body is provided. The butterfly valve includes a valve disk assembly rotationally coupled to the valve body. The valve disk assembly has a disk member with a first surface disposed about a periphery having a first diameter and a second surface offset from the... Agent: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

20120267558 - Self-lubricated plug valve having a quick-change jacket: The invention relates to a self-lubricated plug valve having a quick-change jacket, having a tapered shutter (2) and jacket (3) in one body (4) and an upper lid (5), connected by studs (6) and nuts (7), in which the jacket (3) is inserted in a removable jacket mounting (10), the... Agent:

20120267559 - Seal member for fluid transfer system: The specification discloses a seal member for selectively completing a fluid passageway defined between an upstream member and a downstream member separated by an intermediate space, the seal member comprising an elongate stem portion dimensioned to be movably positionable in an opening defined through the upstream member between opposite first... Agent:

20120267560 - Replaceable relief valve for multiple cylinder / gas applications: A modular relief valve having an increased number of exhaust passages is provided. The modular configuration allows for the entire relief valve to be installed as a unit into the relief valve cavity on a service valve. The relief valve includes at least two exhaust passages. The additional passages allow... Agent: Taylor-wharton International, LLC

20120267561 - Microvalve: A microvalve assembly (10) includes an elongate valve body (14) having opposed first and second major surfaces, the first major surface defining a valve recess (34) and the second major surface defining first and second fluid ports (20,22). Both the fluid input port and the fluid output port extend in... Agent:

20120261598 - Directly piloted valve assembly: A directly piloted valve assembly has a valve body including a bore, at least one inlet port, at least one outlet port and at least one exhaust port or second outlet port wherein the ports are all in fluid communication with the bore. A spool is received in the bore.... Agent:

20120261599 - System and methods of solenoid valve automation to open and close position: This device is a portable remote control knob that can replace the cooking appliances manual control knobs which is automatically set back to off position via wired or wireless methodology. The system is applicable to most cooking appliances that can be set to turn off the knobs remotely, wherein the... Agent:

20120261600 - Drive circuit for dc latching devices: A drive circuit for a DC latching device includes a battery, a storage element, and a plurality of switches connecting the battery to the storage element for charging the storage element from the battery and discharging the storage element into the coil of a DC latching device. The drive circuit... Agent: Hunter Industries, Inc.

20120261601 - Fine control gas valve: A fine control gas valve includes a tee having opposed first and second tee runs co-axially aligned on a longitudinal axis, and a tee branch. A valve assembly is partially received in and connected to the first tee run having a valve disc connected to a drive screw longitudinally moved... Agent: Q.e.d. Environmental Systems, Inc.

20120261602 - Valve handle for butterfly valve for bulk commodity hopper with tee: A valve handle for a bulk commodity hopper valve, the handle including an extended handle bar member, with a valve stem socket opening near its distal end, a shorter lock lever member positioned to extend the handle bar member, the members have various bends to provide clearance from interfering with... Agent:

20120261603 - Gate valve having low-friction coating over substrate and method for making same: A gate valve has a body, the body having a cavity and a flow passage intersecting the cavity. A seat fabricated from a ceramic and/or hardfacing alloy matrix composite substrate is mounted to the body at the intersection of the flow passage and the cavity. A gate fabricated from a... Agent: Vetco Gray Inc.

20120261604 - Fail safe retaining plug assembly for a slam-shut safety device: A fail safe retaining plug assembly for a slam-shut safety device includes a reset pin, a retaining plug attached to the reset pin at a proximal portion, and a safety disk attached to the reset pin at a distal portion. The retaining plug assembly is sufficiently long to prevent the... Agent: Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies, Inc.

20120256107 - Quiet bleed valve for gas turbine engine: A bleed valve that expels a gas from a compressed region includes a valve section and a muffler section coupled to and located downstream from the valve section. The valve section includes a centerbody and a housing. The centerbody supports a plunger that controls opening and closing of the bleed... Agent: The Regents Of The University Of California

20120256108 - Flow control actuator: An actuator (1′) for driving a regulating element (30) for controlling a fluid flow in a flow channel (29) includes an electric motor (4) for driving the regulating element (30) and a control unit (2) for controlling a current provided to the electric motor (4). A resistive element (3) including... Agent: Belimo Holding Ag

20120256109 - Magnetic valve and driver assistance device having such a magnetic valve: A magnetic valve includes a main body and a closure element, which is connected to an end region of the main body and which can be impinged by a fluid pressure. The main body has at least one first support surface allocated to the closure element in the end region... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120256110 - Systems and methods for automating the operation of solenoid valves to prevent overheating of solenoid elements: Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for automating the operation of a solenoid valve to prevent overheating of solenoid elements. The solenoid valve controls the flow of a fluid, such as gas, and may be automatically interrupted, or shut-off, of power upon the occurrence of fluctuating... Agent:

20120256111 - Split gate valve: Provided in some embodiments is a system that includes a split gate valve including first and second gate sections coupled together and configured to move together within a cavity of the split gate valve between an open position and a closed position. The split gate valve includes a rolling actuator... Agent: Cameron International Corporation

20120256112 - Low friction and gradually opening butterfly valve vane: The invention relates to vanes used in butterfly valves utilized in fluid control systems requiring special relationships between passing fluid and vane rotation and furthermore can provide leak proof shut-off when in the closed valve position and due to the extended contact length between the vane and the valve bore... Agent:

20120256113 - Replaceable floating gate valve seat seal: A gate valve includes a floating gate valve seat that effects a seal between a gate of a gate valve and a gate valve body using a metal seal. The gate valve includes a floating gate valve seat interposed between a gate and a gate valve body. The gate valve... Agent: Vetco Gray Inc.

20120256114 - Power injectable valve designs: Pressure activated valves for catheters with improved tolerance of high pressure and high flow conditions are described. Embodiments of the valve comprise a flexible membrane with one or more linear slits therethrough, and means for applying tension to the flexible membrane in-line with the linear slits. The application of tension... Agent: Navilyst Medical, Inc.

20120256115 - Air bypass valve device: An air bypass valve device includes a case 3 and a valve assembly 5, a tenon 31 is provided to one of the case 3 and the valve assembly 5, and a tenon groove 8e is provided to the other, such that the case 3 and the valve assembly 5... Agent:

20120248348 - Dual-direction in-tank magnetic safety valve: A magnetic safety valve for installation through a tank wall incorporates a piston movable within a valve body. The valve is held normally-closed by two opposite-pole magnets, one in the inner end of the piston, and one in the valve body. A vacuum produced by a pump connected to the... Agent:

20120248349 - Locking mechanism for valve device: A locking mechanism for a valve device, which includes a valve body for opening and closing a fluid path, for retaining the valve body at a predetermined opening position, the valve device further including a gear wheel to which rotational driving force of a rotational driving source is transmitted and... Agent: Keihin Corporation

20120248350 - Locking mechanism for valve device: Disclosed herein is a locking mechanism for a valve device having a valve body for retaining the valve body at a predetermined opened position, including: a disk having a rotational shaft rotatable together with a valve body driving shaft and having a cutout groove formed on an outer circumferential face... Agent: Keihin Corporation

20120248351 - Manual/automatic and cold/hot faucet with a ceramic valve: A manual/automatic and cold/hot faucet with a ceramic valve includes a main body adopting a ceramic valve that is connected with an automatic water exit passage and a manual water exit passage. The ceramic valve has a fixing member and a sliding member, with the sliding member sliding against the... Agent:

20120248352 - Positioner: A voltage/current converting circuit is provided in a stage prior to a communication circuit. An over-current preventing circuit is incorporated into the voltage/current converting circuit The voltage/current converting circuit converts a DC voltage signal into a DC electric current signal, and converts an AC voltage signal into an AC electric... Agent: Yamatake Corporation

20120248353 - Valve apparatus: When a valve body is rotated toward a full-close position in a valve-close mode, a control portion controls an electric motor so that the rotating speed of the valve body is lower than that in a valve-open mode. A rotating speed of the valve body around the shaft in the... Agent: Denso Corporation

20120248354 - Normally open electromagnetic valve: A normally open electromagnetic valve includes: a fixed core; a movable core which is driven when excited; a valve seat member in the fixed core and having a funnel-shaped valve seat surface; a valve member disposed so that the valve member advances or retreats together with the movable core with... Agent: Nissin Kogyo Co., Ltd.

20120248355 - Motor-operated valve: To provide a small motor-operated valve which can control a high flow, there is provided a motor-operated valve of which a body has an orifice, seat and a valve element provided opposite to the seat. The valve element is operated by a driver which is driven to rotate by an... Agent: Fujikoki Corporation

20120248358 - Magnet assembly for a solenoid valve and corresponding solenoid valve: A magnet assembly for a solenoid valve, has a housing, which comprises a housing jacket as the ferromagnetic circuit upper part, a cover disc pressed into the housing jacket as the ferromagnetic circuit lower part, and a coil body, which is arranged inside the housing and comprises a winding carrier... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120248356 - Positioner: A power supply controlling function is provided in a controlling portion. The power supply controlling function defines a first pressure sensor, a second pressure sensor, a third pressure sensor, and an oscillation detecting sensor as sensors to which power may be supplied, and turns switches that are provided in the... Agent: Yamatake Corporation

20120248357 - Solenoid valve for brake system: Disclosed is a solenoid valve for a brake system which has a simple structure, thereby being capable of achieving easy machining and assembly and reducing cost. The solenoid valve includes a sleeve fitted in a modulator block, an armature slidably disposed in the sleeve, a magnet core fitted in the... Agent: Mando Corporation

20120248359 - Valve with dual rotation valve member: A valve with a dual rotational valve member is provided. The valve includes a first valve member and a second valve member. An actuation arrangement is operably positioned between the first valve member and the second valve member to rotate the first valve member in a first direction and the... Agent: Schneider Electric Buildings, LLC

20120248360 - Differential screw assembly for varying torque for valve: An assembly for actuating a valve that is in a differential screw assembly when the valve is in a portion of its stroke that experiences high resistance. The actuating assembly is selectively changeable into a direct drive configuration when the valve is in a lower resistance portion of its stroke.... Agent: Vetco Gray Inc.

20120248361 - Connecting structure for valve element and valve stem: Valve stem holes (17) and pin holes (18) are formed on a valve element (3). A groove (23) is formed on the outer periphery of an insertion part (22) of a valve stem (4). In a state in which the insertion part (22) is inserted into the valve stem hole... Agent: Kubota Corporation

20120248362 - Low gain pressure relief valve for a fluid pump: A pressure relief valve for use in regulating discharge fluid pressure of a pump includes a casted, metal material housing including a passage therein along a longitudinal axis and inlet and outlet ports substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and each having walls that are at an angle less than... Agent: Magna Powertrain Inc.

20120248363 - Pilot relay: A poppet valve assembly is structured divided into a seat portion and a seat retaining portion. A spring is contained within an interior space between the seat portion and the seat retaining portion, where a poppet valve is held between the seat portion and the seat retaining portion in a... Agent: Yamatake Corporation

20120248364 - Membrane valve: A membrane valve comprising a first and a second valve housing part and a membrane clamped between the valve housing parts comprises a peripherally surrounding bead on the membrane and a thin, axially movable membrane portion adjacent thereto. The bead is supported by the two valve housing parts and is... Agent: Buerkert Werke Gmbh

20120248365 - Opening and closing valve for high-pressure gas: A pilot valve is provided with a conical first contact surface, and a pilot valve seat is provided with an annular second contact surface of which an initial contact portion with respect to the first contact surface has a circular-arc cross-section. The first contact surface is formed of a resin... Agent: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.