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

20120326061 - Pinch bar: A pinch bar for a pinch valve is comprised of a coil spring coupled to one end of an actuating rod. An opposite end of the rod is formed with, or is coupled to a device or surface, which applies a pinch force. The actuating rod slides through a fixed-in-place... Agent: Prince Castle LLC

20120326062 - Slide valve having a housing and a slide element guided within the housing: A slide valve having a housing and a slide element guided within the housing, at least two hydraulic connections being present on the housing, and at least one of the hydraulic connections communicating hydraulically with at least one control port in a cylindrical guide surface that guides the slide element,... Agent:

20120326063 - Water control ceramic valve with lower ceramic chip having limitation functions: A water control ceramic valve with a lower ceramic chip having limitation functions includes a shell, pedestal, lower ceramic chip, upper ceramic chip, control panel, bearing and brake rod. The lower ceramic chip is assembled directionally over the pedestal, and sealed by the water-stop ring. The top end of the... Agent: Kuching International Ltd.

20120326067 - Electromagnet valve: An electromagnetic valve with an electromagnetic circuit includes a coil wound onto a coil former, a core, a magnetic return device, a valve closure element, a guide pin, and an armature which is substantially hollow. The armature is mounted so as to be movable with an inwardly directed face on... Agent: Pierburg Gmbh

20120326065 - Electromagnetic valve: An electromagnetic valve (32) for use in controlling fluid flow between first and second passageways (P1, P2) in a hydraulic valve block (4), includes a valve body (51). The valve body (51) defines a central axis (A), has a central opening (51A) therethrough, has a lower end (54) adapted to... Agent: Kelsey-hayes Company

20120326064 - Electronic expansion valve: An electronic expansion valve (50) includes a small hole (54a) that expands a refrigerant, a valve body (55c) that opens and closes the small hole, an elastic member (70) that urges the valve body to close the small hole, and a solenoid (61) that suctions the valve body to open... Agent: Fuji Electric Retail Systems Co., Ltd.

20120326066 - Solenoid spool valve: A solenoid spool valve including a spool valve having a sleeve provided with a supply pressure port, a control pressure port, an exhaust port and a spool supported in the sleeve for axial displacement within the sleeve; and an electromagnetic actuator for providing an axial drive force to said spool... Agent: Nt Consulting International Pty Limited

20120326068 - Vehicle mountable arm for valve operating machine: A valve operating device includes a mounting for attachment to a vehicle and an elongate arm, the free end of which is only moveable across the underlying ground. The joints of the arm pivot around vertical axes and the arm is locked into a desired orientation by a brake at... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20120326069 - Step type valve: A valve 33 has a deformed circular shape such that a diameter in an axis orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to a rotation center axis X is longer than that in an axial direction that is parallel to the rotation center axis X, and a front surface of a semicircle... Agent:

20120326070 - Double action directional fluid flow valve: A double action directional fluid flow valve includes a stepped piston connected with a poppet valve and moveable by a controller between open and closed positions by applying a continuous pressure to a small diameter piston face and selectively applying and removing pressure from a large diameter piston face to... Agent:

20120319017 - Control device for valve and valve equipped with such control device: This control device for a valve comprises a head (5) designed to fit onto a corresponding control rod (T) of the valve and a handle (3) that can be operated manually by a user to angularly move the head and control rod between a first angular closed position of the... Agent: General Electric Company

20120319018 - Electromagnetic hydraulic valve: An electromagnetic hydraulic valve, having a solenoid (1) with a coil carrier (3), which receives at least one coil (4) in a completely encapsulated manner in an injection-molded encapsulation (7) and carries at least one terminal, wherein the terminal is formed of individual segments (10, 11) which are inserted into... Agent: Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. Kg

20120319019 - Leak-free reciprocating stemmed valve: A valve assembly comprising an adapter plate assembly comprising an adapter plate, a bonnet with a center and a threaded shaft extending through the center of the bonnet; an actuation assembly comprising an outer enclosure and an outer magnetic cartridge that is magnetically coupled to an inner magnetic cartridge; and... Agent: Big Horn Valve, Inc.

20120319020 - Actuating device for an exhaust gas flow control element of an exhaust gas turbocharger: Actuating device for a gas flow control element arranged in an inflow path of a turbocharger turbine and connected to a spindle traversing a turbine housing wall and fixed to an adjusting element adjoining said wall; a resilient seal pretensioned in the spindle axis direction comprises at least one annular... Agent: Elringklinger Ag

20120319021 - Valve mechanism: In the valve mechanism 60, when a valve sleeve 62 and a valve plunger 63 move in an inside of a valve holder 61 by driving of a power unit 65, to be at a predetermined position, a coupling port 63C provided in a flow path 63A of the valve... Agent: Japan Agency For Marine-earth Science And Technology

20120319022 - Flexible seals for process control valves: Flexible seals for process control valves are disclosed. An example disclosed seal includes a seal for use with a butterfly valve. The example seal includes a substantially flexible ring-shaped carrier configured to be moveably fixed within the butterfly valve and to surround a flow control aperture therein. The example seal... Agent:

20120319023 - Solids processing valve: A dome valve selectively dispenses a silicon product from a chamber of a vessel. The dome valve comprises a valve body defining a pass-through channel in communication with the chamber of the vessel to allow the silicon product to exit the vessel. The dome valve also comprising a valve seat... Agent:

20120319024 - Fluid control device: This invention provides a fluid control device which is capable of visually recognizing its opening and closing states with a simple configuration. The casing 3 is formed so as to be opened upward. The piston 8 is disposed at an upper end portion of a valve rod 7 such that... Agent: Fujikin Incorporated

20120319025 - Trunnion control gate valve for sever service: This invention relates to a novel control valve with a new gating mechanism, new flow throttling mechanisms and metal seal rings, more particularly to a trunnion control gate valve with those novel features used for on-off and flow fluid throttling under multiple extreme conditions or in sever serve; such as... Agent:

20120319026 - Valve seat: In a valve seat made of an iron-based, composite sintered alloy having hard particles and a solid lubricant dispersed therein to have high wear resistance and good machinability, which is usable in high-power fuel direct injection engines with improved fuel efficiency and low emission, relatively coarse solid lubricant particles in... Agent:

20120319027 - Valve seat apparatus for use with fluid valves: A valve seat apparatus for use with fluid valves is described. An example valve seat apparatus includes a seat ring having an outer surface that includes a first annular recess and a second annular recess adjacent the first annular recess to form a stepped profile. A seal assembly is disposed... Agent:

20120319028 - Fluid control valve assembly: Provided is a fluid control valve assembly which reduces pressure loss as much as possible in a fluid passage line including a fluid control valve, thereby mini-minimizing the pressure for a fluid to pass therethrough and thus ensuring a required amount of flow without upsizing the overall assembly. The fluid... Agent: Nippon Thermostat Co., Ltd.

20120313017 - Beverage dispensing valve: A beverage dispensing valve includes a downspout assembly having a body having walls with a slot therein. The downspout assembly has a channel, an upper and a lower opening, with the slot in the channel between the upper and lower openings. The downspout assembly includes a lateral member typically extending... Agent:

20120313018 - Control valve assembly: A control valve assembly (10) controls the flow of water to and from a treatment tank (16) and the regeneration of the treatment material therein. A housing of the valve assembly includes connections for a tank inlet and tank outlet, an inlet chamber (60), outlet chamber (34), a pressure-operated inlet... Agent:

20120313019 - Glue valve: A valve for processing glue or other media, the valve having magnets, in particular permanent magnets, that are used for actuating a closure member (16). Two individual magnets (22, 23) located opposite one another are provided, at least in a region which is in contact with the medium or glue,... Agent:

20120313020 - Valve for a magnetorheological liquid: A valve for a magnetorheological fluid is formed with a duct through which the magnetorheological fluid can flow and which can be exposed to a variable magnetic field such that the flow resistance of the duct can be set using the magnetic field in the duct. The magnetic field can... Agent: Inventus Engineering Gmbh

20120313021 - Electric valve device: a solenoid control valve (20) including a control solenoid (21) arranged coaxially with the valve seats (8, 14), for controlling an auxiliary shutter (27) which is mounted movably in the control chamber (13) and which is intended to cooperate with the auxiliary valve seat (14) for controlling the communication between... Agent: Elbi International S.p.a.

20120313022 - Solenoid valve with plunger stage for controlling a fluid: A solenoid valve for controlling a fluid includes an armature and a pole core. A working gap is provided between the armature and the pole core. The solenoid valve further includes a valve member, which is connected to the armature and can be moved together with the armature, and a... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120313023 - Gate valve: Disclosed is an expanding gate valve that expands the gate assembly by engagement of symmetrical opposing inclined cam surfaces with corresponding symmetrical opposing wedges, where at least one of the wedges is driven by the stem that moves the gate assembly, and where the gate assembly is urged back toward... Agent:

20120313024 - Compact reed valve: Replacing a single hole port, a port comprised of multiple passages of varying size control the velocity exiting the passages. The velocity gradient across the port provides further capability to orient the said streamlines to reduce said drag. In the reverse direction, where the reed obstructs flow, the ends of... Agent:

20120313025 - Fluid control valve: An actuator unit 10 and a valve unit housing 31 provided with a fluid passage 34 are formed separately, and a water cooling passage 29 is disposed therebetween; components such as a bearing 24, a return spring 28, and a gear 23 that directly couples the actuator unit 10 to... Agent:

20120313026 - In-line repairable metal seated floating ball valve: A metal seated floating ball valve for in-line repair has a valve body, a ball mounted in the valve body, a stem connected to the ball, and a bonnet connected to the valve body. The floating ball valve further has a first seat and a second seat adjacent the ball... Agent:

20120313027 - Ring seal for a closing element of a valve and seal arrangement with such a ring seal: A ring seal for a closing element of a valve, in particular of a valve of a process engineering installation, a seal arrangement including the ring seal, and a valve including the seal arrangement. The ring seal has a ring body defining a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the plane of... Agent:

20120313028 - Hand control brake valve: A vehicle hand control brake valve includes a piston, positioned based on an engagement of a vehicle parking brake, a service brake actuation valve, and a control mechanism. The control mechanism mechanically interacts with the service brake actuation valve to set a position of the service brake actuation valve. A... Agent: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC

20120313029 - Valve for controlling a fluid: A valve for controlling a fluid includes a valve seat and a closing body which has a spherical-cap-shaped end region and which is configured to open up and close off a passage at the valve seat. The closing body is rotatably mounted on a bearing and has at least one... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120313030 - Spring-capture assembly for a spring-biased mechanism and pressure relief valve including same: A spring capture assembly is provided for securing a compression spring of a spring-biased mechanism, such as a spring-biased pressure relief valve, to permit disassembly of the mechanism without risk of damage or injury associate with rapid resiling of the spring from a compressed state. The assembly includes a tool,... Agent:

20120305816 - Electromagnetically actuatable valve: An electrically actuatable valve for injecting fuel includes a magnetic actuator having multiple components, at least one component of the magnetic actuator having multiple sectors made of soft magnetic material and multiple insulating separating webs. A separating web is situated between each two neighboring sectors and entirely separates the neighboring... Agent:

20120305817 - Modular flow regulator with backlash prevention assembly: A flow regulator comprising a needle valve assembly secured in a molded valve body having offset mounting flanges to permit a variety of flow control and monitoring components to be secured thereto. The valve body has parallel inlet and outlet passageways connected by a transverse passageway, with a metal ring... Agent: Burger & Brown Engineering, Inc.

20120305818 - Active aero shutters: A shutter set includes a first vane and a first vane stop. The first vane is moveable between a first position and a second position. The first vane stop is selectively moveable between a locking position and a free position, relative to the first vane. The first vane stop is... Agent: Gm Global Technology Operations LLC

20120305820 - Coupling assembly for use with a valve assembly: A coupling assembly includes a keyed coupling configured to couple to a valve stem and a plate configured to couple to a knob. The keyed coupling includes a projection having a cross-sectional shape. The plate includes a keyed slot defined therethrough. The keyed slot is shaped to correspond to the... Agent:

20120305819 - Switch for pneumatic tool: Used in a pneumatic tool having an air intake passage and a gas control member set in the air intake passage, a switch is disclosed to include a valve seat set in the air intake passage and movable into contact with or away from the gas control member and defining... Agent:

20120305821 - Operating device: An operating device includes: an operating portion provided in a casing so as to be swingable; hydraulic pilot valves and configured to operate by causing the operating portion to swing; and damper portions configured to generate resistance force with respect to a swing operation of the operating portion when the... Agent: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

20120305822 - Electronic control valve having an integral non-contact noise mitigation device: An electronic control valve having a valve stationary portion defining a substantially central bore extending along an axis of the valve, and a valve train including a movable member of the valve. The valve train moveable member is disposed in the central bore, and the valve train is adapted for... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20120305823 - Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines: A fuel injection valve (100) for internal combustion engines, having a housing (10) in which a nozzle body (11) is at least indirectly axially clamped against a holding body (15) by means of a clamping nut (18), wherein the clamping nut (18) radially surrounds the nozzle body (11), and wherein... Agent: Robert Bosch Gmbh

20120305824 - Valve device having a valve closing member guided by means of a cardan joint: A valve device of a device of a vehicle, actuated by a pressure medium has at least one valve closing member that can be brought by a valve member into an open or a closed position with respect to a valve seat for releasing or closing a flow cross section... Agent: Knorr-bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge Gmbh

20120305825 - Engine valve for automobile made of titanium alloy excellent in heat resistance: The present invention provides an engine valve for an automobile made of titanium alloy which is excellent in heat resistance, which engine valve for an automobile made of titanium alloy comprises, by mass %, Al: 5.5% to less than 6.5%, Sn: 1.5% to less than 5.0%, Zr: 4.6% to less... Agent: