Patents Examined by Hailey K Do
  • Patent number: 11885421
    Abstract: A rotary-type valve device includes: a tubular valve having an inner passage and opening parts opened in an outer circumferential wall from the inner passage toward an outward side in a radial direction; a housing accommodating the valve and turnably supports the valve; a tubular passage member assembled in the housing such that the passage member abuts on the outer circumferential wall of the valve and defining a radial-direction passage; and a biasing spring biasing the passage member toward the outer circumferential wall The passage member includes an abutting member abutting on the outer circumferential wall, and an intervening member having an annular pressing part intervening between the abutting member and the biasing spring and partially pressurizing the abutting member. The abutting member includes an annular sealing surface aligned with the annular pressing part in a biasing direction of the biasing spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tochigi, Shoichi Ishiguchi
  • Patent number: 11878138
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an antimicrobial insert for a stopcock medical connector are provided. More specifically, the present invention relates to an antimicrobial insert that is seated within at least a portion of the annular bore of the connector's tap, wherein fluid within the annular bore contacts the antimicrobial insert, thereby preventing microbial proliferation within the stopcock medical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Huibin Liu, Bryan Fred Bihlmaier, Janice Lin
  • Patent number: 11879559
    Abstract: The vent valve (10) for venting bores of vulcanization molds, which includes the sleeve (1), with the inner cylindrical hollow (1.1), ended with the valve conical hole (1.2) and the cylindrical hole (1.4) along the sides, whereas the sleeve (1) may be inserted into the vulcanization mold hole, the pin (2), movably located on the spring (3) in the inner cylindrical hollow (1.1), whereas the pin (2) contains the lower cylindrical part (2.4), ended in its lower part with the lower conical part (2.4.1), and the upper conical part in the upper part (2.4.2), the upper conical part (2.4.2) is followed by the central cylindrical part (2.5), followed by the connecting cylindrical part (2.6), whereas the diameter of the central cylindrical part (2.5) is smaller than the connecting cylindrical part (2.6) as well as the lower cylindrical part (2.4). The lower cylindrical part (2.4) and the central cylindrical part (2.5) are divided into four flexible legs (2.7) to (2.10), forming the flexible collet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Frantisek Vitek, Michal Tomasek
  • Patent number: 11873804
    Abstract: A capacity control valve for controlling a capacity of a fluid includes: a valve housing; a main valve closing and opening a communication between a Pc port and a Pd port when a main valve portion of a main valve element driven by a drive force of a solenoid comes into contact with and separates from a main valve seat; a pressure-sensitive valve which is opened by an ambient pressure; a hollow tube member which forms a part of the pressure-sensitive valve and allows the Pc port to communicate with a Ps port through a hollow communication path formed therein when the pressure-sensitive valve is opened; and an auxiliary communication path allows the Pc port to communicate with the Ps port independently of the pressure-sensitive valve, and the auxiliary communication path is configured to be able to increase a flow path cross-sectional area after the main valve is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Daichi Kurihara, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Keigo Shirafuji, Kohei Fukudome, Masahiro Hayama, Takahiro Ejima, Wataru Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11873908
    Abstract: A butterfly valve includes a body, a gear assembly, a shaft, a Scotch yoke actuator on the shaft, and a gear box cover. The body has a fluid conduit and a gear platform supported on and over the fluid conduit. The shaft passes through the gear platform. The gear assembly is supported on the gear platform and includes a valve stem with a first threaded portion and includes a pin nut with a second threaded portion engaging the first threaded portion. The Scotch yoke actuator engages the pin nut. The gear box cover defines an internal cavity sized to house the gear assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: MCWANE, INC.
    Inventor: Paul Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11867332
    Abstract: Some fluid coupling devices described herein are configured for use in fluid systems for purposes of providing a single-use, disconnection functionality that can substantially limit fluid spillage when being disconnected. In some embodiments, the coupling portions cannot be functionally reconnected to each other after being disconnected from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Colder Products Company
    Inventor: Timothy Charles Benson
  • Patent number: 11858078
    Abstract: A disk stack repair insert includes a first replacement disk segment defining a first groove pattern comprising first grooves; and a second replacement disk segment defining a second groove pattern comprising second grooves, the first replacement disk segment coupled to the second replacement disk segment, wherein the first groove pattern and the second groove pattern define a fluid passageway therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: ASC Engineered Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Phillip Edwin Gardner, II
  • Patent number: 11859731
    Abstract: An overfill valve associated with a drop tube segment fluidly connected to a fluid reservoir is described. The overfill valve includes a valve body positioned within the drop tube segment and a non-contact valve actuator positioned exterior to the drop tube segment and operable to actuate the valve body from an open position to a closed position without requiring any physical penetration through the wall of the drop tube segment. The non-contact valve actuator has a first position in which the non-contact valve actuator does not actuate the valve body from the open position to the closed position in a second position, achieved when the liquid reservoir reaches a predetermined level approaching the capacity of the liquid reservoir, the non-contact valve actuator actuating the valve body from the open position to the closed position when the non-contact valve actuator obtains the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Franklin Fueling Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Justin Kuehn, David Laundrie, Michael O'Flahrity, Erik Backhaus, Bill Nelson
  • Patent number: 11859721
    Abstract: A mixing valve having a first inlet port (4), a second inlet port (6) extending transverse to said first inlet port (4) and an outlet port (8). The inlet ports (4, 6) open out into a valve chamber (10) and the outlet port (8) branches off this valve chamber (10), inside which a movable valve element (12) is arranged, having an obstruction (32) inside the second inlet port (6), which protrudes from an inner circumference (36) of the second port (6) into an interior thereof. The obstruction (32) extends at least along a portion of the inner circumference (36), which portion of the circumference (36) is located on an inner side of the second inlet port (6) being distant from the first inlet port (4). A heating or cooling device includes such a mixing valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S
    Inventors: Kjeld Vinther Jacobsen, Kristian Skriver Dahl
  • Patent number: 11858341
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing fuel overflow of a vehicle fuel tank includes: a valve unit including a valve body, a housing configured to cover a lower part of the valve body, a float mounted on the valve body and configured to slide up and down, a vapor line opened and closed according to a movement of the float, and a fuel inlet hole; a cover unit coupled to and enveloping the housing, the cover unit having a plurality of windows along an outer circumferential surface at a height corresponding to the fuel inlet hole, thereby being formed to allow the fuel to be introduced into the valve unit; and a shielding unit mounted on the cover unit to shield open windows, the shielding unit able to rotate along a turning direction of the vehicle to form an inflow path of the fuel flowing into the fuel inlet hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sang Dae Han
  • Patent number: 11854839
    Abstract: An isolation valve assembly including a valve body having an inlet and an outlet. The isolation valve includes a seal plate disposed within an interior cavity of the valve body. The seal plate is movable between a first position allowing gas flow from the inlet to the outlet, and a second position preventing gas flow from the inlet to the outlet. The isolation valve includes a closure element disposed within the valve body. The closure element is configured to retain the seal plate stationary in the first position or the second position. The closure element includes a first sealing element positioned adjacent to a first surface of the seal plate. A working surface of the first sealing element is substantially obscured from the gas flow when the seal plate is stationary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew B. Cowe, Gordon Hill
  • Patent number: 11852261
    Abstract: A valve includes at least one valve stem seal, such as a packing seal, that is included in a removable seal cartridge. The valve stem is connected to the actuator via a linkage, which can be removed to provide a linkage gap between the actuator and the valve stem. The seal cartridge can then be slid along the valve stem into the linkage gap and laterally removed from the valve, whereupon the seals within the seal cartridge can be refurbished. The valve can be a rotary or linear valve. In embodiments, the linkage gap can be increased by linear displacement of the actuator away from the valve stem. The seal cartridge can be re-installed in the valve after refurbishment, or a substantially identical replacement seal cartridge can be provided, and can be installed in the valve in replacement of the removed seal cartridge, thereby minimizing downtime of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Flowserve Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul Jeffrey Parish, Michael P. Nelson, Ivica Radman
  • Patent number: 11846379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a variable-flow-path air valve for water hammer prevention and a design method. The variable-flow-path air valve includes a valve body with a top provided with an air intake-exhaust port. A ball valve seat and a floating ball are arranged below the air intake-exhaust port. The valve body is provided with at least one swing check valve configured to be opened inward. The swing check valve includes: a swing valve disc connected to a valve body hinge, a variable-flow-path air inlet controlled by the swing valve disc to open and close, a device for limiting the opening degree of the swing valve disc, and a sealing device. In the present invention, the air valve takes in air through the air intake-exhaust port and the variable flow path, and discharges air only through the air intake-exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: CHINA THREE GORGES CORPORATION, CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH
    Inventors: Huichao Dai, Hao Wang, Jiazhen Li, Xinlei Guo, Yongxin Guo, Tao Wang, Hanqing Zhao, Hui Fu, Jiajia Pan
  • Patent number: 11845332
    Abstract: There is provided a valve device, including: a housing; a float valve; and a seal member. An opening portion includes a first region, and a second region. The seal member includes a first cover portion, and a second cover portion. The second cover portion includes a support portion, a wide portion, and a narrow portion. In a state where the seal member is retained and supported by the support portion with respect to the float valve, a width of the wide portion is set such that a tip end of the second region is covered, and that the second region of the opening portion is not exposed out of the seal member even in a state where the seal member is maximally displaced in a radial direction and; or a peripheral direction of the housing with respect to the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: PIOLAX, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuki Yajima, Kenta Mihara
  • Patent number: 11834247
    Abstract: The fluid container has a first and second flexible membrane forming at least one chamber, a channel configured to receive pressurized inert gas, and one or more check valve assemblies disposed therebetween. The one or more check valve assemblies is formed from a continuous third flexible membrane folded at an apex, and configured to provide the flow of pressurized fluid in one direction upon inflation, from the channel to the at least one chamber, while restricting flow in the opposite direction. The one or more check valve assemblies are characterized in that they do not require pre-printing or electronic registering, thus allowing for an inflation flow rate of at least twice that of conventional inflatable packaging systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Steven M. Stack, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11835143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a welding-free valve that controls the passages of fluids such as gas, air, water, steam and oil in combi boilers and the similar devices, that is designed to ensure the flow rate, that is manufactured from a plastic material and that is resistant to high temperatures, chemicals, and pressure. The valve comprised of nail components is characterized by becoming a single piece, such that components constituting the device itself are fitted together and nails are placed, so that the assembly is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SERDAR PLASTIK SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI
    Inventor: Serdar Mustafa Tütek
  • Patent number: 11835144
    Abstract: A valve for a bypass conduit is comprised of a rigid inner frame having an arm with a tab at one end and a hinge at an opposite end. A flexible outer seal is positioned over the inner frame, the flexible outer seal defining a peripheral edge to substantially house the tab and arm of the inner frame. The valve is pivotable from a first position to a second position on the bypass conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Francesco Fiorenza
  • Patent number: 11821533
    Abstract: An air release valve (10) includes a housing (11) fluidly connectable to a water line, a valve seat (12) secured to a portion of the housing (11) and formed with one or more air exit passageways (14), a seal (18) formed as a spring disc and including a stem (28) slidingly engaged with the valve seat (12), and a weight (20) coupled to the seal (18). In a sealed configuration the seal (18) presses against the valve seat (12) and seals the one or more air exit passageways (14) from air passing therethrough and in an open configuration the seal (18) is moved by the weight (20) so that the seal (18) is not pressed against the valve seat (12) and allows passage of air through the one or more air exit passageways (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aquestia Ltd.
    Inventor: Eitan Kalinhoff
  • Patent number: 11821532
    Abstract: A vent device for a vehicle component includes a main body and a cap. The main body includes a central tube and an outer wall. The central tube defines a main vent passage about a central axis. The outer wall is disposed about the tube and cooperates therewith to define a drain passage. The main body defines an outlet of the drain passage open to an exterior. The cap cooperates with the top of the main body to define a vent chamber. The cap and a top portion of the central tube cooperate to define an upper vent passage in fluid communication with the vent chamber, the drain passage, and an outlet of the main vent passage. A bottom portion of the cap at least partially defines a vent outlet radially outward of the drain passage and open to the vent chamber and an exterior of the vent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arturo Alberto Garcia Ramirez, Ricardo Daniel Sanchez Lugo, Luis Felipe Blas Martinez, Oscar Saavedra Zavala
  • Patent number: 11808381
    Abstract: A valve includes a valve body having first and second fluid ports extending to a valve cavity, a seat carrier subassembly installed in the valve cavity and including a seat carrier body with a first annular inner wall defining a first flow aperture aligned with the first fluid port and a valve seat disposed in an annular recess surrounding the first annular inner wall, and a second annular inner wall defining a second flow aperture aligned with the second fluid port. A valve element is disposed within the valve cavity and is movable between a closed position sealing against the valve seat and an open position permitting fluid flow across the valve seat between the first and second flow apertures. An outer periphery of an orifice restriction is seated against an interior portion of one of the first annular inner wall and the second annular inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SWAGELOK COMPANY
    Inventors: William H. Glime, III, James G. McCoy, Branden W. Keeper