Valves and valve actuation inventions

20080169439 - Integrated two-stage low-leak control valve: The present invention is an integrated two-stage low-leak control valve which is used to control pressure or flow in a hydraulic system such as an automatic transmission valve body. The control valve formed of a single assembly. A valve portion and a solenoid portion are located in the single assembly.... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Ozga, P.C.

20080169440 - Faucet valve with safety handle: A faucet for controlling the dispensing of liquids includes a valve body having a valve chamber with an inlet and an outlet. A valve element is located in the valve chamber and is movable from a first position for blocking flow between the inlet and outlet to a second position... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080169441 - Slow close valve: A quarter turn valve includes a tubular body having a bore flow passage, a valve element having a through flow passage, the valve element being supported in the through flow passage for rotation about an axis transverse to the through flow passage. The through flow passage is aligned with the... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20080169442 - Plug valve: A plug valve includes a valve body, an actuator, and an adapter. The valve body has an actuator end, a valve body end, and a stem chamber extending through said adapter. The valve body end of the adapter provides a valve body cover that can be attached to the valve... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080169443 - Ball valve: A ball valve employing a flush inlet in the ball and a flush exhaust port in the valve body for communication with the ball valve port when the ball is oriented to allow source fluid to enter the ball valve port through the flush inlet is disclosed. The ball valve... Agent: Law Office Of Jay R. Hamilton, PLC.

20080169444 - One-way valve for medical infusion lines and the like: A check valve for medical infusion lines and the like, includes a diaphragm made of elastic material set between a first tubular connector and a second tubular connector. The diaphram includes an end wall of a cup-shaped element, having an outer peripheral edge of which is normally pressed in seal... Agent: Petra L C Templin Patent Coordinator Morgan Construction Company

20080164431 - Dual-cylinder blowout preventer operator system: A hydraulic blowout preventer operator comprises a first piston rod coupled to a closure member. The operator further comprises a first operator housing coupled to a bonnet and a head. The first piston rod extends through the bonnet into the first operator housing where is couples to a first piston... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080164432 - Floating lifter pressure relief valve: An inflatable evacuation slide has a pressure relief valve in at least one of the inflatable support tubes. The pressure relief valve has a “floating” lifter that slidingly engages the valve stem of the poppet valve portion of the pressure relief valve. Because the lifter floats on the valve stem,... Agent: Goodrich Corporation C/o The Cavanagh Law Firm

20080164433 - Valve assembly with overstroke device and associated method: A valve assembly comprises a rotatable valve, an electrically operated actuator, and an overstroke device. The actuator comprises a component configured to move in a direction to an actuator position so as to cause corresponding rotation of the valve to a valve position in response to electrical operation of the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080164434 - Solenoid control device: A case main body and an upper plate are reliably fitted together, a seal is formed between the fitting surfaces, and a magnetic circuit is prevented from malfunctioning. A solenoid-controlled valve, which connects a solenoid section (2) and a valve section (30), comprises a cylindrical case main body (3) having... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080164435 - Tank adapter: A tank adapter is disclosed that has a housing. The housing has a top, a bottom and a sidewall deposed between the top and the bottom and a cavity defined by the top, bottom, and sidewall. The outer surface of the top has a first lower surface and a second... Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080164436 - Brine valve: A brine valve includes a housing having a first port, a second port, and a piston port. The piston port is fitted with a water-sealing diaphragm. An external piston has a first end and a second end. The external piston second end pushes against the diaphragm. An apertured cap affixes... Agent: Mueller And Smith, Lpa Mueller-smith Building

20080164437 - Gate valve with tongue and groove or bridging seal to annular seat elements: A gate valve for controlling fluid flow, with a valve body forming a cylindrical flowbore and a gate cavity intersecting the flowbore to provide opposed openings. Seat pockets formed in the opposed openings may optionally include a metal carrier ring. A non-metallic bridging seal formed as a face seal is... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080164438 - Metallic ball for a ballcock: A metallic ball has a sliding sleeve, a shell, at least one magnet and a mounting bracket. The sliding sleeve has an open upper end, an open lower end and an outer surface. The shell is spherical, is mounted securely around the sliding sleeve between the open upper end and... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080157014 - Magnetically coupled safety valve with satellite outer magnets: A magnetically coupled safety valve with satellite outer magnets. A safety valve includes a housing having multiple chambers extending longitudinally in a pressure bearing wall of the housing, and multiple magnetic devices, each of the magnetic devices being reciprocably disposed in a corresponding one of the chambers. Another safety valve... Agent: Smith Ip Services, P.c.

20080157015 - Torque-limiter-equipped handle and fluid controller having the handle: An elastic body (7) has a minimum-urging force capable of developing a function desired when the handle is lowered to the lowest position. Disposed in the handle are a transmitting member (8) urged by the elastic body and a transmitted material (10) against which the lower surface of the transmitting... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080157016 - Valve with self-expanding seals: A valve device includes a valve body having a cavity, a stopper member in the cavity, and a fluid passage in fluidic communication with the cavity when the valve device is in an open state. A stem is coupled to the stopper member for driving the stopper member to open... Agent: Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20080157017 - Valve assembly: A valve assembly includes a valve collar, a rotatable valve control member, and a flexible valve member disposed therebetween. The valve control member and the valve collar are aligned to define an elongated passageway, and the flexible valve member is disposed along the passageway. The valve collar is structured such... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/indy/cook

20080157018 - Rotating valve assembly: Disclosed is a valve/seal assembly that is adapted for use in a variety of applications, such as for example, medical, consumer beverage, pharmaceutical containers, automobile, household appliance and marine. The disclosed valve includes, inter alia, a valve housing having an upper body portion and a lower body portion and a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080157019 - Oneway valve for automatically inflatable air cushion: A oneway valve for an automatically inflatable air cushion includes a valve body having an air inlet port and an air outlet port, a valve seat mounted in the valve body and formed with a plurality of conducting holes connected to the air inlet port and the air outlet port,... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080157020 - Linear sliding gate valve for a metallurgical vessel: A linear sliding gate valve (10) for a metallurgical vessel comprises a slide plate (20) with a first orifice (30) and a fixed plate (22) with a second orifice (32). A slideable tray (26) supports the slide plate (20) and is arranged to slide the slide plate (20) relative to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080149868 - Valve having a movable venturi nozzle: A valve includes a housing having an inlet (3), an outlet (1) and a movable sealing member (2) which allows the inlet (3) and the outlet (1) to be connected in fluid communication with each other, the sealing member (2) having associated therewith effective areas (4b) to which pressure can... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, Llc

20080149869 - Bi-direction rapid action electrostatically actuated microvalve: A bi-directional electrostatic microvalve includes a membrane electrode that is controlled by application of voltage to fixed electrodes disposed on either side of the membrane electrode. Dielectric insulating layers separate the electrodes. One of the fixed electrodes defines a microcavity. Microfluidic channels formed into the electrodes provide fluid to the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080149870 - Electronically controllable distributing valve: A distributing valve, in particular a hydraulic 3/2 path distributing valve is provided, having an actuating unit (1) and a valve unit (2) interacting therewith, wherein the actuating unit (1) includes at least one coil (3) and a movable armature (4), the valve unit (2) includes a valve element interacting... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20080149871 - Valve assemblies for heating devices: In certain embodiments, a valve assembly includes a housing. The housing can define a first fuel input and a second fuel input. The housing can further define a first flow path, a second flow path, a third flow path, and a fourth flow path. The assembly can include a fluid... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080149872 - Valve assemblies for heating devices: In certain embodiments, a valve assembly includes a housing. The housing can define a first fuel intake, a first fuel output, and a second fuel output. The assembly can include a valve member configured to direct fuel from the first fuel intake to either the first fuel output or the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080149873 - Valve with push-fit connection: A valve includes a housing with at least one inlet and at least one outlet with a valve member provided within the housing. The valve member is selectively positioned to control communication between the at least one inlet and the at least one outlet with the valve housing having a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080149874 - Flow amount adjusting valve: A flow amount adjusting valve includes a handle that enables an opening/closing amount of a valve plug to be adjusted. A piston connected to the valve plug is screw-engaged with a first axial portion of the handle. Additionally, along with displacement of the valve plug in the axial direction via... Agent: Paul A. Guss Paul A. Guss Attorney At Law

20080149875 - Flow adjustment apparatus and method for limiting the travel of an actuating rod of an actuator of the flow adjustment apparatus: In a valve system or method, an actuator is provided with an actuating rod. A valve is actuated by the rod and has a valve stem and a valve member secured thereto. A travel limiting device defines a travel limit of the actuating rod. A setting mechanism sets the travel... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080149876 - butterfly valve of a swirl system for an internal combustion engine: A butterfly valve of a swirl system for an internal combustion engine; the butterfly valve displays: a shaft which is rotationally mounted within an intake channel to rotate about a rotation axis; and a butterfly valve plate which is rigidly connected to the shaft and is provided with a seat,... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080149877 - Apparatus to seal a shaft to a diaphragm for use in diaphragm actuators: Apparatus to seal a shaft to a diaphragm in a diaphragm actuator are disclosed. An example apparatus for use in a diaphragm actuator has a central aperture and an integral sealing protrusion disposed about a circumference of the central aperture. The sealing protrusion is configured to sealingly engage a shaft... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, Llc