Patents Examined by Craig J. Price
  • Patent number: 12292130
    Abstract: A capacity control valve includes a main valve that opens and closes communication between a discharge port and a control port formed in a valve housing by movement of a rod driven by a solenoid, a CS communication passage providing communication between a control fluid supply chamber formed in the valve housing and a suction port, and an on-off valve formed by a communication passage forming member having an annular valve seat in an outer periphery of the CS communication passage and an on-off valve element biased in the valve closing direction with respect to the valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ejima, Keigo Shirafuji, Kohei Fukudome
  • Patent number: 12291848
    Abstract: A main valve throttle (53) of a main valve (43) is configured by a lateral hole (53A) communicating an inlet side flow passage (25) and an outlet side flow passage (27) through the inside of the main valve (43) and a groove portion (53C) communicating the inlet side flow passage (25) and the outlet side flow passage (27) via an outer peripheral portion of the main valve (43). The groove portion (53C) is located such that a hydraulic fluid spurting from the groove portion (53C) changes the direction of a flow of a hydraulic fluid spurting from the lateral hole (53A). In this case, the direction of a flow of a hydraulic fluid F2 spurting from the lateral hole (53A) can be changed to approach the direction parallel to the center axis of the main valve (43) by a hydraulic fluid F1 spurting from the groove portion (53C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shohei Kawasumi
  • Patent number: 12292129
    Abstract: The invention relates to a diaphragm for a diaphragm valve. The diaphragm has a functional region and a fastening portion, which surrounds the functional region. In a relaxed state, the functional region includes a central portion, which protrudes on a wet side of the diaphragm; —a lateral portion, which protrudes on a dry side of the diaphragm, the lateral portion being curved, at least in parts, toward the dry side of the diaphragm; and an intermediate portion, which is arranged between the central portion and the lateral portion and is curved, at least in parts, toward the wet side of the diaphragm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau Gmbh & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
    Inventor: Harald Haidt
  • Patent number: 12292126
    Abstract: An inflator valve connector includes a housing, a holding device, an actuating lever, a limiting member and a biasing member. The housing has a containing hole, an air passage. The holding device includes at least one elastic airtight ring and a pushing member movably arranged in the containing hole. The actuating lever has a pivoting portion and a first engaging portion. The pivoting portion is configured to actuate the pushing member to directly or indirectly push the elastic airtight ring to elastically deform. The limiting member has a second engaging portion detachably engaged with the first engaging portion. The biasing member biases the limiting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Inventor: Scott Wu
  • Patent number: 12280656
    Abstract: A fuel tank vent valve includes a venting apparatus for regulating discharge of fuel vapor from a fuel tank and admission of outside air into a fuel tank. The vent valve is used to regulate pressure in a fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Stant USA Corp.
    Inventors: John C. Long, George J. Mitri
  • Patent number: 12270553
    Abstract: The invention relates to a control valve system for use with a gas grill, and more particularly to a fuel shut off device that is attached to the fuel supply to turn it off, if the integrated timing device is allowed to accrue time equal to the preset amount of time set. A multi-segment tactile dial enables a user to feel the dial and set the appropriate time increment without having to look at the dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: No Worriez International Corp.
    Inventor: Phil Chu
  • Patent number: 12264554
    Abstract: A valve arrangement for a wellhead of a hydrocarbon well comprises a valve for mounting in a port of a wellhead, and an actuator device for actuating the valve to move to an open position. The actuator device comprises a housing having a through channel extending between a first end, at which the valve is mounted, and a second end. The housing comprises at least one first port that leads into the through channel. The actuator device further comprises an actuator rod that is movably arranged in the through channel and configured to open the valve by the actuator rod being movable between at least a first position and a second position, and a control device arranged to control the movement of the actuator rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY COMPANY AS
    Inventors: Alan David Brodie, Rylan Paul D'Souza
  • Patent number: 12259061
    Abstract: An overrun-air recirculation valve includes a flow housing having a flow channel, a valve seat, an actuator, an actuating member movable via the actuator, and a control body fastened to the actuating member. The control body has a lateral outer surface having a bearing edge which is placeable onto and liftable off of the valve seat, a flow-on surface arranged on an axial side facing away from the actuating member, and a wall extending radially inwardly from the lateral outer surface. The flow-on surface has a flow-off edge offset axially to the bearing edge so that a first vector extending radially outwardly from the flow-off edge to a nearest point of the bearing edge to a plane spanned by the bearing edge encloses an angle of <15°, and the wall is offset axially to the bearing edge and to the flow-off edge in a direction of the actuating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: PIERBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Lenk, Michael Thiery, Tanner Cavdar
  • Patent number: 12258959
    Abstract: A self-energizing valve includes a valve body defining an inner chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A valve head within the inner chamber is moveable between a first position and a second position. A valve seal in fluid communication with the inlet has a sealing surface with a sealing member between the valve head and the valve seal. The sealing member is movable between a closed position where the sealing member engages with the sealing surface and an open position where the sealing member disengages from the sealing surface to allow flow through the inlet into the inner chamber. A cam is coupled to the valve head. Rotation of the cam causes movement of the valve head between the first position and the second position to move the valve head to the first position to hold the sealing member in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Jacobsen Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: John McCullough, Wayco Scroggin
  • Patent number: 12259055
    Abstract: A modular valve assembly includes a bonnetless main core, a first releasable connection, and a second releasable connection. A first inlet end connection includes a first inlet end flow passage. The first inlet end flow passage includes a curved portion that changes a direction of the first inlet end flow passage between 30 and 120 degrees. A second inlet end connection includes a second inlet end flow passage. The second inlet end connection passage is substantially straight. A first outlet end connection includes a first outlet end flow passage. The first outlet end flow passage includes an angled portion. A second outlet end connection passage includes a second outlet end flow passage. The first and second inlet end connections and the first and second outlet end connections are rapidly reconfigurable to form a variety of valve configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Shannon E. Jelken, Katherine N. Bartels, Thomas N. Gabriel, Lawrence Martin, Julian A. Mann
  • Patent number: 12253178
    Abstract: An indexing valve for a regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO). A valve housing includes a diverter assembly further comprising: a pipe shaft, the pipe shaft disposed through the valve housing; a diverter blade subassembly connected to the pipe shaft between the pipe shaft ends for rotating within the valve housing, the rotation of which is supported by a bearing assembly at the base; the diverter blade subassembly further comprising a pair of opposing diverter plates, each of the diverter plates curved, wherein a large-volume inlet plenum is defined between the diverter plates for receiving fluid flow from one of the ports. To aid in sealing, the corner section ends within the housing extend beyond a width of each corner and are chamfered to limit wear of the seal. Fluid flow is either atmospheric pressure or negative pressure relative to said valve housing to further aid in sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Process Combustion Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Hess, Jordan Lowe, Jordan Weichel, Shaun Mehr
  • Patent number: 12253100
    Abstract: An amplifier is configured for use in a control valve. These configurations provide a pneumatic signal to an actuator that regulates flow through the device. The amplifier may include a variable orifice, or bleed valve, that moves in response to changes in actuating media around steady state. This bleed valve prevents bleed of actuating media at steady state. This feature reduces energy consumption or emissions from the control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Dresser, LLC
    Inventor: Harold Randall Smart
  • Patent number: 12253199
    Abstract: A joint includes a male module and a female module capable of docking with each other. The male module includes a core rod and a sliding cylinder that is slidably sleeved on an outer periphery of the core rod. A first valve port is disposed in the sliding cylinder, and the core rod is provided with a piston head that is in hermetic fit with the first valve port. The female module includes a valve body and a piston. A first channel is disposed in the valve body, the piston is slidably disposed in the first channel, and a second valve port that is in hermetic fit with the piston is disposed in the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinhu Gong, Haofeng Chen, Gaoliang Xia
  • Patent number: 12247674
    Abstract: An eclipse valve includes at least two obturator plates captured in a sealed housing that are driven to move in opposite directions relative to each other within the sealed housing. The obturator plates fill the width of a cavity within the housing and can be moved between aligned and unaligned positions. Each of the obturator plates have an opening through the plate, and when the obturator plates are aligned, the openings through the plates are aligned with each other, and with front and rear openings in the housing, allowing flow through the valve. The plates can be moved to reduce the overlap of the openings through the plates within the housing in an eclipse manner to adjust the rate or amount of flow, and to shut off flow by completely un-aligning the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventor: Chad Heffernan
  • Patent number: 12247669
    Abstract: A valve for a well system including a valve housing including a first housing port, a second housing port, and a bore, a piston received in the bore and including a first end, a second end, and an annular flange including a first annular surface and a second annular surface both of which are in fluid communication with the second housing port, a piston seal disposed in the outer surface of the piston and in sealing engagement with an inner surface of the bore, and a cage assembly that includes a cage including a bore, a first cage port, a second cage port, and a third cage port, and a spool disposed in the cage and coupled to the piston, the spool including a throughbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: James W. Weir, Jonathan Lewis Buelow
  • Patent number: 12247675
    Abstract: The thermostat device includes a housing having a valve seat formed thereinside, a thermo-element having one end inserted inside the housing, a valve body seated on or separated from the valve seat by the extension/contraction of the thermo-element, a coil spring biasing the valve body toward the valve seat, and a frame supporting one end of the coil spring. The housing has a hollow body part opening at one end, paired legs erecting from the opening edge of the body part, on whose leading ends the frame is hooked, and ribs provided at the opening edge and contiguous to each root side of the legs. The outer surface of each leg is arc-shaped, and the outer surface of each rib is curved or inclined to extend from the outer surface of the corresponding leg toward the inner side of a circle connecting the outer surfaces of the pair of legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON THERMOSTAT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Masayuki Numata
  • Patent number: 12247379
    Abstract: A siphon includes a bypass. The siphon includes an upper section having a top coupling for connecting to a drain outlet and a side drain opening having coupling for connecting to a wastewater utility pipe. The siphon upper section is facilitates direct flow via the side drain opening, thereby to bypassing a basin of the siphon. Thus, substantial volume of accumulated water is evacuating directly into the wastewater utility pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Inventor: Avraham Amzallag
  • Patent number: 12241242
    Abstract: A combination plumbing trap and vent assembly for retrofitting existing sink installations is disclosed. The assembly includes a J-bend pipe with an inlet for attachment to a sink and an outlet, a T-pipe with an inlet arm connected to the J-bend outlet, a valve arm, and an outlet arm for connection to a drain, and an air admittance valve (AAV) attached to the valve arm. The AAV allows air to enter the system when negative pressure develops, maintaining proper drainage without extensive modifications to existing structures. This assembly provides an effective solution for slow-draining sinks and compliance with modern plumbing codes, particularly in situations where traditional venting methods are impractical or cost-prohibitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Inventor: Timothy Aller
  • Patent number: 12241562
    Abstract: A valve device includes a valve block having a valve port through which a fluid passes and an insertion hole; a moving valve body that opens or closes the valve port; a guide member that is inserted in the insertion hole, and slidably guides the valve body; a solenoid that generates a magnetic field when energized; a stationary pole that cooperates with the solenoid to move the valve body; a tubular support member that is inserted in the insertion hole to accommodate the solenoid, and supports the guide member that receives pressure from the fluid passing through the valve port; and a lid member that closes an opening of the support member, and the support member is joined with the valve block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masayoshi Okamoto, Makoto Ninomiya, Yutaka Suzuki, Ryo Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 12222039
    Abstract: Apparatuses for controlling fluid flow are important components for delivering process fluids for semiconductor fabrication. These apparatuses for controlling fluid flow frequently rely on valves which can provide flows at different rates and in a minimally turbulent manner. In one embodiment, a valve assembly is disclosed, the valve assembly having a valve body, a closure member, a seat, and a radial flow guide. The radial flow guide has a plurality of flow passages. The closure member has a needle, the needle having a plurality of grooves therein. The resulting valve assembly enables improved control of fluid and reduces turbulence in the resultant flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventor: Stephen Carson