Patents Examined by Daphne M Barry
  • Patent number: 11891025
    Abstract: An automatic tire inflator assembly includes an input hose that is fluidly attachable to an air source to receive compressed air from the air source. An output hose is fluidly attachable to an air stem of an inflatable tire. A control unit is fluidly coupled to the input hose to receive the compressed air from the air source. Additionally, the control unit is fluidly coupled to the output hose to inflate the inflatable tire. A gauge is fluidly coupled to the control unit and the gauge is settable to determine the pre-determined threshold pressure. The control unit is turned off when the gauge measures air pressure that exceeds the pre-determined threshold pressure to inflate the inflatable tire to a desired air pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Joseph Brown
  • Patent number: 11867072
    Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a fluid actuator system including a fluid actuator having a housing having an inner wall defining an interior cavity, a piston having a piston head configured for reciprocal movement within the interior cavity, the piston head contacting the inner wall and dividing the interior cavity into a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber, a first valve configured to control fluid flow between the first fluid chamber and a bypass conduit, and a second valve configured to control fluid flow between the bypass conduit and the second fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Woodward, Inc.
    Inventor: John Been
  • Patent number: 11867589
    Abstract: In an exemplary method of monitoring performance of a fluid driven actuator for a valve, pressurized fluid is supplied through an actuator supply line to an inlet port of the actuator during a first time period to operate the actuator from a normal position to an actuated position. Pressure changes corresponding to a fluid flow condition in the actuator supply line are measured during the first time period, with the measured pressure changes defining a valve cycle pressure profile including a first inflection point corresponding to movement of the actuator from the normal position to the actuated position. The valve cycle pressure profile is analyzed to identify a non-compliant condition in at least one of the valve and the actuator. An output communicating the identified non-compliant condition is then generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SWAGELOK COMPANY
    Inventor: William H. Glime, III
  • Patent number: 11867296
    Abstract: A valve assembly (1) comprising: a common housing having a first side (8a), a second side (8b), an inlet port (2) and an outlet port (3); the valve assembly (1) comprising a first pair of valve members or poppets (4a, 4c) and a second pair of valve members or poppets (4b, 4d), a first pair of valve seats (5a, 5c) for cooperation with the first pair of valve members or poppets (4a, 4c), and a second pair of valve seats (5b, 5d) for cooperation with the second pair of valve members or poppets (4b, 4d); a central flow diverter (13c) disposed in between the first pair of valve members or poppets (4a, 4c) and the second pair of valve seats (5b, 5d), the central flow diverter (13c) defining a first side (11a) of the valve assembly (1) and a second side (11b) of the valve assembly (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Martin Wetzel, Nils Cooper, Armin Wiegand
  • Patent number: 11867313
    Abstract: An adjustment device for a water delivery unit includes a valve body extending along a longitudinal axis with a water inlet and outlet, a shutter arrangement to control water flow from the inlet to the outlet, a first actuating member movable along the longitudinal axis to arrange shutter arrangement into opening and closing positions to respectively enable/disable the passage of water and a second actuating member rotatable about the longitudinal axis to vary the opening position of the shutter arrangement to adjust a flow rate of the water exiting the valve body. The device has a manual control member coupling with the first and second actuating members and configured to receive a manual action by a user for opening, closing and adjusting the flow rate of the water. The second actuating member cooperates with the shutter arrangement through a cam arrangement for varying the opening position of the shutter arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Fabrizio Nobili
  • Patent number: 11859730
    Abstract: A valve actuator assembly having an actuator housing coupled to a bonnet and a housing lid. A hydraulic cylinder is positioned within the actuator housing and directly coupled to the bonnet. A piston is positioned within the hydraulic cylinder and coupled to a spring lifter assembly and a spring is positioned within the actuator housing and having a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to a lower surface of the housing lid, and the second end being coupled to the spring lifter assembly. An operating stem is coupled to the piston and positioned in a channel extending through the bonnet to a valve body assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SRI ENERGY, INC.
    Inventor: Alagarsamy Sundararajan
  • Patent number: 11859733
    Abstract: A valve device comprising: a flow passage block in which a flow passage is formed; a diaphragm configured to open and close the flow passage; an actuator configured to push down the diaphragm via a diaphragm holder; a tubular bonnet formed with an internal thread on an inner circumferential surface, the bonnet being configured to join the flow passage block and the actuator; a tubular adjusting screw threaded to the internal thread, the adjusting screw being configured to come into contact with the diaphragm holder to adjust a valve opening position of the diaphragm; and an annular lock nut configured to lock the adjusting screw by being screwed into the internal thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Akihiro Harada, Tomohiro Nakata, Takeru Miura, Michio Yamaji, Tadayuki Yakushijin, Keisuke Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 11846157
    Abstract: The invention refers to a safety valve having a double seal system that combines a metal-metal seal and an elastomeric ring arranged on the valve body. The safety valve comprises and external casing having a hollow main body configured to receive a piston that slides axially between an upper position and a lower position, the safety valve comprises a closing element pivotally attached to an annular seat and actuated by a torsion spring, wherein said closing element has a support face on the annular seat comprising a recessed perimeter surface and sloping intermediate surface jointly forming a first seal region, said annular seat has a second seal region consisting with said first seal region on the closing element, both regions defining a metal-metal seal, and wherein said second seal region on the annular seat comprises a perimeter groove configured to house a seal element made from elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Batfer Investment S.A.
    Inventors: Adrian Oscar Bucciarelli, Mario Ariel Vanzino
  • Patent number: 11846225
    Abstract: A valve device for an internal combustion engine. The valve device includes an actuator which moves a valve rod, a housing with an inlet and an outlet, a valve closing member attached to the valve rod which is lowered onto and lifted off of a first valve seat, a non-return plate which is loaded via a spring force in a direction of a second valve seat, and a sealing lip which is formed on the second valve seat or on the non-return plate. The sealing lip extends from the second valve seat in a direction of the non-return plate or from the non-return plate in a direction of the second valve seat. The sealing lip is formed with a free end which is inclined in a direction of a side on which a higher pressure is applied when the non-return plate rests on the second valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: PIERBURG GMBH
    Inventors: Kai Sassenrath, Halim Celik, Andreas Wehnemann, Berthold Herrmann
  • Patent number: 11841078
    Abstract: A transmission hydraulic control system includes a manual valve, a default valve, and a clutch prime valve. The manual valve allows fluid flow from a pressurized line to a drive line when the manual valve is open (when a transmission is in drive or reverse). The manual valve prevents fluid flow from the pressurized line to the drive line when the manual valve is closed (when the transmission is in neutral or park). The clutch prime valve allows fluid to flow from the pressurized line to the drive line, and thereby bypass the manual valve, when the manual valve is closed and the clutch prime valve is open. The default valve allows fluid bypassing the manual valve to flow to prime a clutch of the transmission when the default valve is open. The clutch prime valve prevents fluid from bypassing the manual valve when the clutch prime valve is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Z. Jin, Steven P. Moorman, Kenneth William Lampert, Patrick Jebson Carroll, Leah Rose Bridson
  • Patent number: 11834922
    Abstract: A ram for a blowout preventer has a pressure chamber having a piston movably disposed therein, and a charge disposed at one end of the pressure chamber. A gate is coupled to the piston on a side opposed to the charge. The gate is arranged to move across a through bore in a housing disposed at an opposed end of the pressure chamber. A coupling between the piston and the gate has sufficient strength to transfer kinetic energy of the gate to the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Kinetic Pressure Control Ltd.
    Inventors: Billy J. Gallagher, Bobby J. Gallagher, Steven A. Angstmann, Robert Frith
  • Patent number: 11834941
    Abstract: A fracturing system having rams for controlling flow through a fracturing tree is provided. In one embodiment, a well intervention method includes injecting fracturing fluid into a well through a bore of a frac stack coupled to a wellhead. The frac stack includes rams that can be moved between open and closed positions to control flow through the bore. The well intervention method also includes coupling a lubricator to the frac stack without a blowout preventer between the lubricator and the frac stack and lowering an intervention tool from the lubricator through the bore of the frac stack and into the well. Additional systems, devices, and methods for fracturing and intervention are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Kirk P. Guidry
  • Patent number: 11821541
    Abstract: A valve (1) for a sanitary faucet, comprising: a liquid duct (2) having at least one inlet (3) and at least one outlet (4) for a liquid; a diaphragm valve (5) having a diaphragm (6) and a counterpressure chamber (7) connected to the at least one inlet (3); and a control rod (8) for controlling the diaphragm valve (5), wherein a push button (9) can be used to adjust the control rod (8) between a closed position, in which the diaphragm valve (5) is closed, and an open position (10), in which the diaphragm valve (5) is at least partially open, wherein a rotary handle (11) can be used to adjust the control rod (8) in the open position (10) between a minimum flow position (12), in which a minimum flow rate of the liquid flows through the at least one outlet (4), and a maximum flow position (13), in which a maximum flow rate of the liquid flows through the at least one outlet (4), and wherein the minimum flow position (12) of the control rod (8) can be variably adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: GROHE AG
    Inventors: Harry Hopfauf, Janik Buchmüller
  • Patent number: 11815176
    Abstract: A drop-in lube boost valve assembly replaces an OE lube boost valve assembly in a vehicle transmission hydraulic circuit. The OE valve assembly has a valve body with inlet, balancing and outlet ports. The drop-in valve assembly includes a sleeve having inlet and outlet ports, and a bore extending between and fluidically connecting the ports. The drop-in valve ports are spaced from each other. The sleeve includes valve and spring chambers. A valve has a valve face, a sealing portion and a spring stem and is positioned in the sleeve with the sealing portion positioned in the sleeve bore. A spring is positioned on the spring stem. The valve reciprocates in the sleeve between an open state in which the sealing portion does not overlie the sleeve outlet port and a closed state in which the sealing portion overlies and closes off the outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sonnax Transmission Company
    Inventors: John Varvayanis, Maura J. Stafford, James A. Dial
  • Patent number: 11802397
    Abstract: A dual-handle and dual-control faucet includes a faucet body and a faucet spout, a mechanical control unit, a sensor control unit, a water flow sensor and a controller that are mounted to the faucet body. The controller detects whether the mechanical control unit is operated through the water flow sensor. When the mechanical control unit acts, the sensor control unit becomes inactive. The faucet has a mechanical control mode and a sensor control mode and is convenient to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventors: Xingui Zhang, Yihui Chen, Mouyong Lin
  • Patent number: 11793723
    Abstract: The invention relates to an installation for producing a medical preparation, in particular for producing a preparation for parenteral nutrition. The installation comprises a pump with which liquids can be transferred from a plurality of source containers into a target container. The installation has a modular construction and comprises a weighing module and a main module with the pump. According to a further aspect of the invention, the pump is arranged at an inclination with respect to a vertical plane. According to a further aspect of the invention, the installation comprises cascaded valve nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Biehl, Michael Hock, Henrik Schaake, Ulla Schöbel, Holger Lenkeit, Marcel Borgward
  • Patent number: 11795999
    Abstract: Disclosed is a bearing configured to couple a faucet spout to a faucet body. The bearing includes a plurality of fingers extending parallel to a central axis of the bearing. The plurality of fingers is configured to engage with the faucet spout at an intermediate position between a first end of the bearing and a second end of the bearing. The fingers are configured to exert an outward pressure to the faucet spout. The fingers are also configured to compress in a substantially axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Kohler Co.
    Inventors: Jacob R. Frye, Gabriel M. Niederlander
  • Patent number: 11788662
    Abstract: A fluid control device has a partition body formed by a wall portion that is provided with a through hole communicating with an opening portion in a valve seat, the wall portion being mounted on the valve seat body in a sealed manner, and a lid portion which is provided continuously to the wall portion, the lid portion covering an opening side of the casing, the partition body including a seal component that seals a gap between an inner surface of a casing and the partition body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Satoshi Tamada
  • Patent number: 11788630
    Abstract: A vacuum valve including a housing, a closure unit with two valve plates, supported by a valve rod, and a carrier piece connected rigidly to the valve rod, a transmission unit, a drive unit with a base body and an actuator, a longitudinal linear guide, by which the transmission unit is guided parallel to a longitudinal adjusting direction relative to the base body, an oblique linear guide, by which the carrier piece is guided parallel to an oblique adjusting direction relative to the transmission unit, a spring acting between the transmission unit and the carrier piece, a stop device which blocks adjustment of the closure unit in the longitudinal adjusting direction in a middle position thereof, and a blocking unit, which in the locked state blocks an adjustment of the closure unit situated in the middle position counter to the longitudinal adjusting direction and, in the release state, allows adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: VAT Holding AG
    Inventors: Lukas Schaltegger, Clemens Kühne
  • Patent number: 11767661
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a switch detection assembly and a faucet having the same. The switch detection assembly is used to perform switch detection on a movement stroke of a linear continuous shape object, and includes a sleeve sliding pair, the sleeve sliding pair has a movement stroke in a first direction and a movement stroke in a second direction which deviate from each other in direction, the sleeve sliding pair is used for the linear continuous shape object to extend and receives a unidirectional force of the object to generate the movement stroke in the first direction, the movement stroke in the second direction of the sleeve sliding pair can be continuously reset, and the movement stroke is accepted and a switch signal output is generated. The present invention ensures the continuity of the water outlet pipeline, avoids water leakage, and saves production and assembly process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN IEBS HI-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Lu, Xinxing Wang