Patents Examined by Hailey K Do
  • Patent number: 12072029
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a one-way valve for a flexible package which comprises a first film layer having at least one first cut line and a second film layer having at least one second cut line, wherein the lines are offset from one another. An adhesive layer is disposed between the film layers. The film layers and the adhesive layer define a valve area wherein the first film layer and the second film layer are not permanently adhered to each other. The second cut line fluidly connects the interior of the flexible package to the valve area and the first cut line fluidly connects the valve area to the ambient atmosphere surrounding the flexible package. The adhesive pattern within the valve area creates a gas flow channel from the second cut line toward the first cut line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Donald Gregory Taylor
  • Patent number: 12072034
    Abstract: A rotary valve and float assembly for controlling a flow of liquid into a container including a plug valve portion and a divider portion. The plug valve portion including a set of plugs that seal against a set of openings in the divider portion when the rotary valve is in a closed position. Movement of the rotary valve between open and closed positions is controlled by the movement of the float assembly in the container. The float assembly typically moves according to a liquid level within the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Stormwell Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Howard Neeb, Tristan Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 12060258
    Abstract: An apparatus for minimizing dead leg spaces in a container or tubing includes a first member having a flange for attaching the first member to a wall of the container or tubing, the flange having at least one aperture, and a second member rotatably coupled to the first member, the second member having an upper end having at least one aperture, and an open distal end. The second member is rotatable relative to the first member between a closed position where the at least one aperture of the second member is misaligned with the at least one aperture in the flange to prevent the passage of fluid, and an open position where the at least one aperture of the second member is aligned with the at least one aperture in the flange to allow for the passage of fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC
    Inventors: Hanna-Leena Saukkonen, Benjamin Brown, Matthew Ouellette, Shanice Jones, Eric Fäldt, Lauren Lisle, Ralph Stankowski
  • Patent number: 12060948
    Abstract: A sump cover having a receptacle and an automatic drainage device disposed in the receptacle. The drainage device includes a base platform defining a valve opening in communication with an outlet of the receptacle, a support structure attached to the base platform, a valve stem assembly, and a float assembly. The support structure includes a guide portion defining a slot in alignment with the valve opening. The valve stem assembly is slidingly disposed in the slot and includes a sealing member for selectively closing the valve opening. The valve stem assembly is moveable into a closed position, sealing the valve opening, and moveable into an open position, unsealing the valve opening. The float assembly includes a pin to selectively lock the valve stem assembly in the closed position and releases the valve stem assembly to the open position when a certain amount of liquid is present in the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Inventor: James Warren Frazier, II
  • Patent number: 12060945
    Abstract: In a flow rate control valve, a valve seat includes an annular base part and an annular seal part provided on the inner periphery thereof. A body includes a contact surface with which an end of the base part in the axial direction contacts and a press-fit surface against which the outer peripheral surface of the base part is press-fitted. The seal part includes: a seat surface at an end on an opposite side to the contact surface in the axial direction to contact a valve element to seal between the valve seat and the valve element in a valve closed state; and a valve-seat-to-body sealing portion protruding toward the contact surface more than the base part at an end on the side of the contact surface in the axial direction and contacting the contact surface to seal between the valve seat and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: AISAN KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hirofumi Hashiba, Shohei Komatsu, Shigehito Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12055961
    Abstract: A liquid level control system employs a flap gate for discharging liquid, but with a midstream headloss inducing device between the basin or tank and the flap gate. The flap gate opens when liquid level in the basin rises, and the opening of the gate is controlled by a counterweight positioned so as to decrease closing force as the gate opens farther, thus managing the outflow of liquid to efficiently return the basin to a design level. If flow from the basin is generally constant, the system will reach a point of equilibrium of gate opening and closing forces while liquid flows out from the basin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Ovivo Inc.
    Inventors: Tyson Beaman, Garret Beaman, John Vorwaller
  • Patent number: 12038772
    Abstract: A check valve, including a valve and a valve support surface, to permit a fluid to move through the check valve in a first direction and resist a fluid flow through the valve in a second direction, the valve having a valve diaphragm and an isolating bridge, with a portion of the valve engaging against valve support surface to resist deformation or stretching of the valve when a backflow of fluid into the check valve occurs. The valve support surface having a first surface portion and a second surface portion, and the valve positioned with the valve diaphragm spaced apart from the first surface portion, and the isolating bridge spaced apart from the second surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventor: Siddarth K. Shevgoor
  • Patent number: 12011745
    Abstract: A downstream ball valve purging inlet directs purging fluid intentionally onto a downstream portion of the valve ball. The Coanda effect attaches some of the fluid to the ball's surface, so that it flows around the ball to an opposite side thereof, thereby purging the downstream valve cavity more efficiently than designs that avoid impacting the ball and depend on mixing to distribute the purging fluid onto the ball. The purging inlet can be downstream of the ball and directed at an acute angle, proximate the ball and directed perpendicular to the outlet axis, or some combination thereof. A central cavity purging drain can be connected with the purging inlet, so that the same fluid purges both the valve interior and the downstream cavity. Embodiments include a plurality of downstream purging inlets, which can have equal purging angles and can be equally spaced about the outlet axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Flowserve Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: András Tomor, Péter Tóth, Aryoso Nirmolo, Christopher Brydon, Christopher R. Shages, Larry D. Ray, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12013041
    Abstract: The present application relates to a multi fluid path selector valve, including a valve body, and several fluid outlet pipes. The valve body is provided with several layers of branch channels therein, the branch channel includes a fluid inlet hole and several branch holes. The valve body is provided with communication holes therein for one-to-one communicating the branch holes with the fluid outlet pipes. The valve body is provided with a control mechanism to control the on or off state between the branch hole and communication hole, and the valve body is provided with fluid inlet pipes in communication with the fluid inlet holes respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Beijing Zhongshan Golden Bridge Biotechnology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zichang Zhao, Shiliang Zhou, Guanghao Li, Haiyang Zhang, Fei Zhao
  • Patent number: 12013044
    Abstract: A valve includes a first case member having an inflow port and a first valve seat, a second case member having an air outlet and a discharge port, a valve chamber formed by bonding the first case member and the second case member, at least one of which has a recessed shape, with a first bonding member while the recessed shape is located on an inner side, and a diaphragm formed so as to partition the valve chamber into a lower valve chamber connected to the inflow port and an upper valve chamber connecting the discharge port and the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 12013052
    Abstract: Provided is a valve assembly for a gas vessel including: a valve body mounted at an inlet of the gas vessel and connected to a gas supply source; a connection part connected to the gas supply source on a side surface of the valve body; a check valve mounted on the connection part; and a safety valve mounted on the side surface of the valve body to discharge a fuel gas in the gas vessel to the outside when a gas pressure inside the gas vessel increases above a certain pressure or higher. The valve assembly for a gas vessel is connected to the lower end of the valve body and arranged in the gas vessel to block the gas passage when the fuel gas introduced through the valve body is charged to a set value to prevent overcharging of the fuel gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: YOUNGDO IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwang Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 12000514
    Abstract: A quick disconnect system includes a housing and a first connector of a quick disconnect configured to complementarily mate with a second connector of the quick disconnect. A pre-loaded biasing element is configured to provide a biasing force between the first connector and the housing. A method for mating a quick disconnect is also described. The method includes receiving a connecting force to mate a first connector of a quick disconnect in a housing with a second connector of the quick disconnect. When the connecting force is at least equal to or greater than a mating force value, the first connector is mated with the second connector. When the connecting force is greater than a pre-load value of a biasing element in the housing, the mated quick disconnect is moved relative to the housing while maintaining the connection of the mated quick disconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chadd Nathaniel Garton, David William Mayer, Martha Geoghegan Peterson, Robert Jason Lankston, II, Xudong Tang
  • Patent number: 12000506
    Abstract: A compact manifold ball valve having a valve body, valve ball, valve stem and two piece retainer system; the valve body including a valve chamber having first and second ends, and a first flow passage intersecting the valve chamber and valve ball. The valve ball can be trunnion supported and include pair of movable seat assemblies that can be used to seal the valve ball to the valve body. A two piece retainer can be used to hold in place the valve components, the two piece retainer including a first section which moves only linearly along with a second retainer piece that is a threaded ring that rotationally locks in place the first section of the two piece retainer. The two pieces of the retainer can be symmetrically located about the centerline of the flow passage of the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: CORTEC, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Bobby Corte, Jr., Troy Callahan
  • Patent number: 11987435
    Abstract: Proposed is a gas discharge valve for a packaging material, the gas discharge valve being attached on an upper surface of a packing material in a manner that covers a through-hole formed in one side of the packing material and being configured to discharge to the outside thereof only gas within the packing material, the gas discharge valve including: a high-adhesiveness layer attached to an external surface of the packing material and adhered to a portion of the external surface in the vicinity of the through-hole; and a low-adhesiveness layer formed inside the high-adhesiveness layer and adhered to cover a top opening of the through-hole, where, when gas occurs within the packing material, the low-adhesiveness layer is inflated by pressure, a portion thereof is raised, and the gas is discharged, and when the pressure is released, the low-adhesiveness layer seals the through-hole, thereby blocking introduction of outside air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Yoon Sub Soh
  • Patent number: 11976748
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve includes a body (3) having a flow path (2), a seat (4) formed in the flow path (2), a metal diaphragm (5) for opening and closing the flow path (2), a pair of clamping parts (6) and (7) for claiming peripheral edge portions of the metal diaphragm (5) to fix the metal diaphragm (5) to the body (3), and an actuator (8) for abutting the metal diaphragm (5) to the seat (4) or separating the metal diaphragm from the seat (4), wherein a fluorine resin coating is formed on a seat side surface (5a) of the metal diaphragm (5) at least in a contact region (B-A) with the seat (4) in a region (C) surrounded by a clamping region (D-C) between the seat side surface (5a) and one of the pair of clamping portions (6, 7), excluding the clamping region (D-C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIKIN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kaoru Hirata, Masaaki Nagase, Atsushi Hidaka, Kazuyuki Morisaki, Keisuke Ideguchi, Kosuke Sugimoto, Masafumi Kitano, Kouji Nishino, Nobukazu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 11971113
    Abstract: An equalization valve includes a valve body defining an inlet body, an outlet body, and a gate slot, the inlet body defining an inlet passage and the outlet body defining an outlet passage; a gate defining an equalization chamber, a first equalization channel, and a second equalization channel, the equalization chamber and the first and second equalization channels defining an equalization pathway across the gate; and an actuation stem slidable within the equalization chamber between a first chamber position, wherein the actuation stem blocks the equalization pathway, and a second chamber position, wherein the actuation stem unblocks the equalization pathway; wherein the actuation stem is further slidable within the gate slot of the valve body between a first valve position, wherein the gate is seated with the valve body, and a second valve position, wherein the gate is unseated from the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Wayne Stern, Rock Allen Powell, Jr., Mohammad Unnus Qasim
  • Patent number: 11971116
    Abstract: A rotary-type valve device is provided, and includes: a tubular valve having an inner passage Ip and opening parts opened in an outer circumferential wall and rotating about a predetermined axial line a shaft rotating integrally with the valve, a housing accommodating the valve, supporting the shaft to be able to turn, and defining a communication port causing the inner passage to communicate with outside; a passage member assembled in the housing such that that the passage member abuts on an outer circumferential wall of the valve and defining a radial-direction passage. The valve includes a recessed part in the axial line direction and surrounding one end part of the shaft. The housing includes a tube part inserted into the recessed part and supporting the one end part and a support hole supporting the other end part of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: MIKUNI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tochigi, Shoichi Ishiguchi
  • Patent number: 11964779
    Abstract: In order to fill a reservoir while avoiding laborious manual filling operations, there is added to the existing device, including a supply duct, a pump and a measuring probe, a stop valve designed to interrupt the filling as soon as the desired level has been reached, which is detected for example by an air intake which controls the closure of the valve. Two level indicators are added and make it possible to ascertain either that optimum filling has been achieved or that a malfunction is present in the system. Application to the systems for oil filling of aircraft engine reservoirs from another reservoir arranged within the aircraft, generally common to all the engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Mathieu Jean Jacques Santin, Clément Dupays, Bellal Waissi
  • Patent number: 11959564
    Abstract: Example aspects of a seat assembly for a valve, a valve, and a method for opening a valve are disclosed. The seat assembly for a valve can comprise a diaphragm defining a first diaphragm end and a second diaphragm end, the diaphragm comprising a diaphragm end wall at the second diaphragm end, the diaphragm end wall defining an inner diaphragm end wall surface and an outer diaphragm end wall surface; and a diaphragm guide comprising a guide disc, the guide disc defining an inner guide disc surface and an outer guide disc surface, the outer guide disc surface abutting the inner diaphragm end wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Wayne Stern, Stephen Adrianus de Boer, Fairlyte Paige Eubank
  • Patent number: 11953110
    Abstract: A valve device includes: a casing including a valve chamber; a valve seat disposed in the valve chamber and including a valve hole; a float disposed in the valve chamber and movable in accordance with the amount of drain in the valve chamber to thereby open and close the valve hole; and a support supporting the float in the state of being seated on the valve seat and closing the valve hole. The support includes a base including an opening and having a frame shape, and two float seats disposed in the base, and the float in the state of being seated on the valve seat and closing the valve hole is seated on the two float seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TLV CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tadashi Oike