Second Valve Assembly Carried By First Valve Head Patents (Class 137/599.16)
  • Patent number: 11091215
    Abstract: An assembly for enabling continuous seat post function during extreme conditions is described and includes: a first valve at least partially, slidably disposed within a stationary piston and for controlling a first fluid pathway there through, wherein the first fluid pathway runs from a first portion and to a second portion of the oil chamber, wherein the stationary piston separates the oil chamber into the first portion and the second portion; and a second valve at least partially disposed within the stationary piston and disposed in series with the first valve and having a second fluid pathway disposed through the first valve and the second valve, being in parallel with the first fluid pathway, running from the first portion to the second portion of the oil chamber, and providing a bypass for oil to flow from the first portion to the second portion when the first fluid pathway is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Barna Madau, Jeremiah Docter
  • Patent number: 11054845
    Abstract: A flow direction restriction valve mechanism unit includes a pressure decreasing valve assembly that is located to freely advance or retract in a combination valve cassette attached to an in-outlet secondary side flow path formed on the side of an outlet with respect to an intermediate transmission member in a flow path, and retracts by a pressure of gas; a first coil spring urging the pressure decreasing valve assembly in a retracting direction; a check valve that is located to be freely advance or retract with respect to the pressure decreasing valve assembly, and retracts by a pressure of the gas; and a second coil spring urging the check valve in an advancing direction. A gas induction passage is formed in which the gas flows and acts on the pressure decreasing valve assembly such that the pressure decreasing valve assembly moves in the advancing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NERIKI VALVE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaru Takeda, Akira Oi
  • Patent number: 10941865
    Abstract: A valve includes a valve stem, a first valve body disposed on a distal end side of the valve stem and configured to be driven via the valve stem, a first valve seat on which the first valve body is seatable, an auxiliary seat surface extending along a direction transverse to an axial direction of the valve stem, an auxiliary seat portion disposed on a proximal end side of the valve stem with respect to the first valve body and configured to abut on the auxiliary seat surface when the first valve body is closed, and a biasing member capable of generating a biasing force along the axial direction of the valve stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Hata, Shoichi Okawara, Kazuhito Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10427741
    Abstract: An assembly for enabling continuous seat post function during extreme conditions is described and includes: a first valve at least partially, slidably disposed within a stationary piston and for controlling a first fluid pathway there through, wherein the first fluid pathway runs from a first portion and to a second portion of the oil chamber, wherein the stationary piston separates the oil chamber into the first portion and the second portion; and a second valve at least partially disposed within the stationary piston and disposed in series with the first valve and having a second fluid pathway disposed through the first valve and the second valve, being in parallel with the first fluid pathway, running from the first portion to the second portion of the oil chamber, and providing a bypass for oil to flow from the first portion to the second portion when the first fluid pathway is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Barna Madau, Jeremiah Docter
  • Patent number: 10287968
    Abstract: An engine cooling system includes a coolant circuit, a multi-way valve, a relief route and a relief valve. The coolant circuit includes a first route and a second route into which the coolant circuit is branched off at a branched position. The first route passes through a radiator. The multi-way valve is provided at the branched position. The relief route sets a relief source to a portion downstream of a pump and upstream of the multi-way valve in the coolant circuit, sets a relief destination to a portion downstream of the radiator in the first route, and causes coolant to flow from the relief source to the relief destination so as to bypass the multi-way valve. The relief valve interrupts circulation of coolant through the relief route when the relief valve is closed, and permits circulation of coolant through the relief route when the relief valve is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Rihito Kaneko, Noboru Takagi, Isao Takagi, Naoya Kawamoto, Kenji Kimura, Shinji Yumi
  • Patent number: 10112453
    Abstract: A hydraulic shock absorber includes: a cylinder that houses a liquid; a piston housing provided in the cylinder so as to be movable in an axial direction and partitions a space in the cylinder into a first oil chamber and a second oil chamber; a valve seat forming a channel for a liquid flowing across the first oil chamber and the second oil chamber in conjunction with movement of the piston housing; a damping valve that opens and closes a channel port of the channel in the valve seat to control a flow of the oil through the channel: a pressure chamber that houses the oil and that enables a pressure of the oil that has been housed to be changed; and a pressing portion that uses a pressure in the pressure chamber to press the damping valve in a direction in which the damping valve closes the channel port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SHOWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Tsukahara
  • Patent number: 10099844
    Abstract: The dispensing device comprises a dispensing valve comprising: a valve body (40); an actuating rod (42), defining a dispensing duct for the product (62); a return element (44) of the actuating rod (42) to its blocking position. The dispensing device comprises a non-return valve (70) arranged inside the actuating rod (42). The non-return valve (70) comprises a deformable portion (74) between a closed position, applied against a lateral face (61) of the actuating rod (42), in which the circulation of fluid in the duct (62) through an inlet orifice (64) for product entry in the rod is made impossible, and an open position, separated from the lateral face (61) of the actuating rod (42), in which the circulation of fluid through the inlet orifice (64) is possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: François Rival, Jeanne Gaudillot, Kerem Aubret, Clément Jaunet, Yann Gounon
  • Patent number: 9963181
    Abstract: An assembly for enabling continuous seat post function during extreme conditions is described and includes: a first valve at least partially, slidably disposed within a stationary piston and for controlling a first fluid pathway there through, wherein the first fluid pathway runs from a first portion and to a second portion of the oil chamber, wherein the stationary piston separates the oil chamber into the first portion and the second portion; and a second valve at least partially disposed within the stationary piston and disposed in series with the first valve and having a second fluid pathway disposed through the first valve and the second valve, being in parallel with the first fluid pathway, running from the first portion to the second portion of the oil chamber, and providing a bypass for oil to flow from the first portion to the second portion when the first fluid pathway is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Barna Madau, Jeremiah Docter
  • Patent number: 9850644
    Abstract: A plunger-type diaphragm valve is disposed in an accommodation trough of a flush device. The accommodation trough communicates with an inlet passage and an outlet passage. The valve includes a control unit. One end of the control unit is provided with a diaphragm member and an engaging member, and another end leans against the outlet passage to block the inlet passage and the outlet passage. An outer wall of the diaphragm member is fixed to the accommodation trough. The diaphragm member has a curved portion. When the valve is actuated, the curved portion is deformed by water pressure to bring the control unit to move away from the inlet passage for the inlet passage to communicate with the outlet passage. The stressed area of the diaphragm member is small and the deformation is less, so the diaphragm member won't wear. The valve is durable and has a long life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: HYDROTEK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Su Huang
  • Patent number: 9611939
    Abstract: A gate valve is comprised of a gate movable between open and closed positions within a valve body, and gate having defined through it the gate an equalizer port or passageway between opposite sides of the gate with fixed side walls. The equalizer passageway being is opened and closed by an internal gate. The internal gate is in a close fitting engagement with each of a pair of opposing valve seats mounted with the gate and is shiftable by a carrier that does not constrain movement of the internal gate as it sits between the valve seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Thunder Rose Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Palmer
  • Patent number: 9541153
    Abstract: Provided is a valve structure of a shock absorber which is capable of controlling respective damping forces according to a frequency in compression and rebound motions of a piston valve, thereby satisfying both the ride comfort and the control stability. The valve structure of the shock absorber, which has a cylinder filled with a working fluid and a piston rod having one end located inside the cylinder and the other end extending outward from the cylinder, includes: a main piston valve assembly installed at one end of the piston rod and configured to operate in a state that the inside of the cylinder is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber, and generate a damping force varying according to a moving speed; and a frequency unit configured to move together with the main piston valve assembly and generate a damping force varying according to a frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wan Sang Park
  • Patent number: 9267707
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heating power adjusting apparatus of a hot blast heater which controls pressure of air supplied to a burner by executing selectively switching between the cross-sectional areas of orifices in a flow space of air located between a pump and a burner head, and thereby variably adjusts heating power generated from the burner. The heating power adjusting apparatus adjusts includes a valve body including an air injection part, an air exhaust part, and an air flow space between the air injection part and the air exhaust part, an orifice body rotatably installed in the air flow space of the valve body and provided with a plurality of orifices having different flow cross-sectional areas to variably adjust the flow rate of air, and a rotary knob to adjust rotation of the orifice body with respect to the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: PASECO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hae Ryung Koo
  • Patent number: 9046096
    Abstract: A piston air compressor having a suction chamber and a connection chamber separated from the suction chamber. An air channel is provided from the connection chamber to the suction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Diekmeyer, Heinrich Schlossarczyk
  • Patent number: 8764436
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a valve assembly can comprise a housing, a valve body, a first burner nozzle member and a second burner nozzle member. The housing can define an oxygen depletion sensor (ODS) inlet and a burner inlet. The valve body can be positioned within the housing and configured to rotate between a first position for a first fuel type and a second position for a second fuel type different from the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Procom Heating, Inc.
    Inventor: David Deng
  • Patent number: 8496021
    Abstract: An aircraft includes an overpressure valve with a sealing member which is moveable, in response to a first pressure differential across the valve, between a closed position and an open position. The overpressure valve further has a frangible portion, for example, a carbon or sheet metal disc. The frangible portion is arranged to fail in response to a second pressure differential across the valve, the second pressure differential being more than the first pressure differential. Thus the valve is still able to relieve pressure when the sealing member is jammed (due to ice, for example). The valve may be in the surge tank of a fuel tank system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
    Inventor: J. Patrick Sandiford
  • Patent number: 8485217
    Abstract: A plug valve for a gas stove, consisting at least of a natural-gas nozzle, a propane-gas nozzle, a valve body, a cock, an adjusting rod, an O-shaped ring, a stop ring, a spring, a stop plate, a cover, a pair of screws, and a valve rod. The adjusting rod, the O-shaped ring, and the stop ring are disposed in the cock, the cock, the spring, the stop plate, the cover, and the valve rod are disposed in the valve body via the screws, the natural-gas nozzle or the propane-gas nozzle is disposed in the valve body. Switching between natural gas and propane gas, flow adjustment thereof are convenient, and no special tool is required, which make the invention suitable for a wide range of users. The plug of he invention is safe and reliable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Ningbo Wanan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng Zhang
  • Patent number: 8439064
    Abstract: A safety valve for a compressed gas reservoir has an exhaust duct that is connected to the compressed gas reservoir, and a sealing element, which is arranged to move within the exhaust duct, and selectively opens the exhaust duct to the outside depending on an operating phase. The exhaust duct has a greater cross-sectional area on the side facing away from the compressed gas reservoir than on the side facing the compressed reservoir, and a constriction on the side of the sealing element facing away from the compressed reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Daimler AG
    Inventors: Steffen Maus, David Wenger, Patrick Wilde
  • Patent number: 8302630
    Abstract: A gate valve has a gate movable between open and closed positions within a valve body, and walls in the gate defining an equalizer port between opposite sides of the gate. The equalizer port is adapted and arranged to be shiftable by actuation of the gate between closed and opened positions and between opened and closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Thunder Rose Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Palmer
  • Patent number: 8281780
    Abstract: A regulation valve having a valve body with a gas inlet. Housed within the valve body is a rotary regulatory body having a first inlet orifice corresponding to a first minimum flow of a first type of gas and a second inlet orifice corresponding to a second minimum flow of a second type of gas. The first and second inlet orifices are angularly displaced so that when the regulatory body assumes a first angular position within the regulatory body the first inlet orifice faces the gas inlet and so that when the regulatory body assumes a second angular position within the regulatory body the second inlet orifice faces the gas inlet. The regulation valve includes first and second sets of cooperating features that are capable of limiting rotation of the regulatory body to the first and second angular positions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Coprecitec, S.L.
    Inventors: Johnny Leonardo Carvalho, Kléber Luiz da Silva
  • Patent number: 7575020
    Abstract: A pressure regulator is disclosed wherein multiple valve stages are used to accommodate low flow rates and to maximize a turn-down ratio of the regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Rainer Pechtold
  • Patent number: 7455076
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling exhaust produced by a reactive chamber is provided. The apparatus for controlling exhaust may include, for example, a valve body having an exhaust hole for the exhaust to pass through, and may include a first and second valve which regulate the opening and/or the closing of the exhaust hole. A control device may control the operation of the first and second valves based on the internal pressure of the reactive chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuk-Jin Kwon, Jong-Chul Park
  • Patent number: 7383860
    Abstract: A high resolution flow valve may comprise a first stage valve for allowing a first flow through the flow valve and a second stage valve located concentrically within the first stage valve and also connected to the inlet for allowing an additional second flow through the flow valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua M. Haines
  • Patent number: 7275367
    Abstract: There is provided an exhaust pressure-adjusting valve that is brought into a closed position due to a biasing force of a resilient body and is opened against the biasing force of the resilient body due to the exhaust pressure in an exhaust channel, which is raised in response to the closing of a throttle valve, in which valve-opening area is increased or decreased according to the displacement of the resilient body, to thereby adjust the exhaust pressure. The exhaust pressure-adjusting valve has a unit for changing the growth rate of the valve-opening area, which gradually heightens the growth rate of the valve-opening area with respect to the displacement of the resilient body in a valve-opening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuki Tamura, Motoyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6962167
    Abstract: A choke valve having a coarse setting choke means and a fine setting choke means placed in parallel to it. The coarse setting choke means is able to be switched over in stages between different degrees of choking with different choke cross sections. The fine setting choke means renders possible a stepless adjustment of its choke cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Festo AG & Co.
    Inventors: Markus Rogalski, Hannes Wirtl, Herbert Frisch
  • Patent number: 6886579
    Abstract: A vent cap is provided for releasing gas from containers, while preventing spillage of the contents therein when the container is tipped from a vertical position. The vent cap has a ball bearing mounted in a ball bearing containment chamber on the top thereof which, when the container is in an upright vertical position, allows release of gases from the container but, when the container is tipped, allows a piston disposed within the vent cap to close off gas release ducts formed in the vent cap, thus effectively preventing spillage of the containers contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Swift Enterprises, Ltd.
    Inventors: William Stein, Don Bower
  • Patent number: 6843264
    Abstract: A new and improved, multi-phase pressure control valve for facilitating quick and accurate attainment and stabilization of gas pressure inside a semiconductor fabrication process chamber such as an etch chamber or CVD chamber. In one embodiment, the multi-phase pressure control valve is a butterfly-type valve which includes outer and inner vanes that independently control flow of gases from a process chamber to a vacuum pump. The larger-diameter outer vane stabilizes gas pressures within a large range, whereas the inner vane stabilizes pressure within a smaller range. In another embodiment, the multi-phase pressure control valve is a gate-type valve which may include a pivoting outer vane and an inner vane slidably disposed with respect to the outer vane for exposing a central gas flow opening in the outer vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Tien Chang, Hsueh-Chang Wu, Sunny Wu, Chien-Ling Huang, Chin-Hsin Peng, Mei-Seng Zhou
  • Patent number: 6745794
    Abstract: A valve assembly in which a primary valve is provided within a primary passageway of a valve housing to control flow rates of a fluid flow within the primary passageway. The primary valve is moved between open and closed positions relative to a valve seat defined in the primary passageway to produce higher flow rates as the primary valve is moved towards the open position and lower flow rates as the primary valve is moved towards the closed position. As the primary valve is moved towards the closed position an ever increasing flow rate occurs within a secondary passageway formed in the primary valve by at least an orifice. A secondary needle valve, projecting into the orifice, meters such ever increasing flow rate and thereby the lower flow rates of the fluid flow. The secondary needle valve can be attached to the valve housing and thus, be fixed in position or can be attached to a valve steam to control the degree to which the secondary needle valve projects into the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Edward Gajewski
  • Publication number: 20030155017
    Abstract: A choke valve having a coarse setting choke means and a fine setting choke means placed in parallel to it. The coarse setting choke means is able to be switched over in stages between different degrees of choking with different choke cross sections. The fine setting choke means renders possible a stepless adjustment of its choke cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Applicant: FESTO AG & Co.
    Inventors: Markus Rogalski, Hannes Wirtl, Herbert Frisch
  • Patent number: 6523568
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a combination air vent/probe port includes an outer body adapted to couple to a conduit, the outer body formed with a longitudinal bore defining an inner wall, the longitudinal bore having a seating surface. The combination air vent/probe port also includes an inner sleeve adapted to adjustably engage the outer body, the inner sleeve having an outer diameter and formed with an inner chamber. Furthermore, a resilient member is disposed within the inner chamber, the resilient member operable to allow a probe to be inserted therethrough when the inner sleeve is adjustably engaged with the outer body and an end of the inner sleeve is engaged with the seating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Flow Design, Inc.
    Inventor: John M. Trantham
  • Patent number: 6504699
    Abstract: A method and a device are proposed for driving a solenoid valve that has stroke ranges of a stable equilibrium of forces and stroke ranges of an unstable equilibrium of forces. For setting the predetermined differential pressure across the solenoid valve, a driving signal quantity is generated which is selected such that the stroke ranges of an unstable equilibrium of forces are avoided or the dwell time of the solenoid valve in these ranges is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Rader, Alexander Haeussler, Helmut Wiss
  • Publication number: 20020033461
    Abstract: In a vacuum valve including a main flow path and an auxiliary flow path for connecting a chamber port and a pump port in parallel, a main valve body for opening and closing a main valve seat in the main flow path, and an auxiliary valve body for opening and closing an auxiliary valve seat in the auxiliary flow path, the main valve body includes, in addition to a valve sealing member for opening and closing the main valve seat in a poppet manner, a flow rate adjusting portion in a gradually-tapered shape to be fitted in an inner hole of the main valve seat and the flow rate adjusting portion functions to gradually increase an exhaust flow rate when the main valve body opens after opening of the auxiliary valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masao Kajitani
  • Publication number: 20020027211
    Abstract: A smooth exhaust valve includes a main flow path having a large cross-sectional area and an auxiliary flow path having a small cross-sectional area for connecting a first port and a second port in parallel, a main valve body for opening and closing the main flow path, an auxiliary valve body for opening and closing the auxiliary flow path, a first piston for opening and closing the main valve body, a second piston for opening and closing the auxiliary valve body, a first spring device for repulsing the main valve body in a valve-closing direction, a second spring device for repulsing the auxiliary valve body in a valve-closing direction, and an adjusting rod mounted to a valve casing so as to be operated from outside to move forward and rearward and for changing a compressed amount of the second spring device by operation of forward and rearward movements of the adjusting rod to adjust a repulsing force of the second spring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Applicant: SMC Corporation
    Inventor: Masao Kajitani