Patents Examined by Jessica Cahill
  • Patent number: 11773996
    Abstract: A relief valve device having a spring, a valve bonnet, a valve stem, a disc holder, a valve disc, a huddling chamber, a blowdown ring, and a nozzle. In the valve device, the valve disc is positioned above the nozzle; the spring is disposed in the valve bonnet; the spring surrounds the valve stem such that a longitudinal axis of the spring and a longitudinal axis of the valve stem are coaxial; the disc holder surrounds an outer periphery of the valve disc and is adjacent and in direct contact with a surface of the valve disc around an entire perimeter of the valve disc; the blowdown ring is disposed at a top section of the nozzle; a bottom section of the nozzle is connected to a bottom surface of a valve body and the top section of the nozzle is connected to the valve disc; and the disc holder is filled with oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
    Inventors: Esam Jassim, Abdullah Alhamdan
  • Patent number: 11773992
    Abstract: A check valve for a backflow prevention assembly includes a linkage with a platform having a proximal end and a distal end and a first coupling member supported by the platform for engaging a bias assembly. A stop protrudes from the proximal end of the platform to engage a frame of the check valve for limiting travel of the platform. A branch depends from the proximal end of the platform, the branch having a hinge pin configured to nest in a slot defined by check valve. A second coupling member depends from the distal end of the platform for engaging a valve member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Co.
    Inventors: Peter P. Bouchard, Kevin Simon
  • Patent number: 11761550
    Abstract: A relief valve device having a spring, a valve bonnet, a valve stem, a disc holder, a valve disc, a huddling chamber, a blowdown ring, and a nozzle. In the valve device, the valve disc is positioned above the nozzle; the spring is disposed in the valve bonnet; the spring surrounds the valve stem such that a longitudinal axis of the spring and a longitudinal axis of the valve stem are coaxial; the disc holder surrounds an outer periphery of the valve disc and is adjacent and in direct contact with a surface of the valve disc around an entire perimeter of the valve disc; the blowdown ring is disposed at a top section of the nozzle; a bottom section of the nozzle is connected to a bottom surface of a valve body and the top section of the nozzle is connected to the valve disc; and the disc holder is filled with oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
    Inventors: Esam Jassim, Abdullah Alhamdan
  • Patent number: 11754193
    Abstract: A two-way injection valve having a primary flow path to allow chemical injection into an annulus area surrounding production tubing and a secondary flow path to allow chemical injection into the inside of the production tubing via a tubular member of the production tubing. A method of using the two-way injection valve includes the step of injecting chemical into an annulus area via a two-way injection valve. The method also includes the step of injecting chemical inside of production tubing via the two-way injection valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Republic Oil Tool, LLC
    Inventors: Robert Hicks, Joshua Prather
  • Patent number: 11746919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a release valve (100), installable on a container intended to contain a pressurized fluid and capable of maintaining a pressure difference between a first environment (9) and a second environment (90), comprising a housing (8), a first thrust means (3), a closure element (5), and a slider (2), wherein said housing (8) contains at least said slider (2) and said first thrust means (3), wherein said slider (2) comprises a first surface (25) facing the first environment (9), and a second surface (26), facing the second environment (90), and having an area greater than said first surface (25), wherein said closure element (5) is interposed between said second environment (90) and said slider (2), and wherein said first thrust means (3) is positioned between said slider (2) and said housing (8), so as to obtain at least one closed contact profile between said closure element (5) and said second surface (26), wherein said release valve (100) is characterized in that said fluid exerts on said
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Cappeller Futura Srl
    Inventors: Alessandro Cappeller, Claudio Campagnari
  • Patent number: 11746916
    Abstract: A relief valve device having a spring, a valve bonnet, a valve stem, a disc holder, a valve disc, a huddling chamber, a blowdown ring, and a nozzle. In the valve device, the valve disc is positioned above the nozzle; the spring is disposed in the valve bonnet; the spring surrounds the valve stem such that a longitudinal axis of the spring and a longitudinal axis of the valve stem are coaxial; the disc holder surrounds an outer periphery of the valve disc and is adjacent and in direct contact with a surface of the valve disc around an entire perimeter of the valve disc; the blowdown ring is disposed at a top section of the nozzle; a bottom section of the nozzle is connected to a bottom surface of a valve body and the top section of the nozzle is connected to the valve disc; and the disc holder is filled with oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
    Inventors: Esam Jassim, Abdullah Alhamdan
  • Patent number: 11732808
    Abstract: An explosion protection valve for decoupling system parts or workpieces for the installation in a pipeline, comprising a housing, a closing body which is axially guided inside the housing on a guide rod and can be shifted from a defined open position into a sealing closed position in the event of a pressure or suction wave in the pipeline in at least one closing movement direction, a spring assembly, which is in operative connection to the closing body, on the guide rod for holding the closing body in the open position, a sealing ring on the inner side of the housing, against which the closing body can be pressed in its closed position, and a receiving pocket, which is applied to the inner side of the housing and is preferably open counter to the closing movement direction (SB) of the closing body, for holding the sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Rico Sicherheitstechnik AG
    Inventors: Loïc Zaugg, Walter Aloi, Jürgen Kern, Aleksandar Agatonovic, Daniel Zellweger
  • Patent number: 11725743
    Abstract: Balanced plug assemblies and pressure regulators having balanced plug assemblies are described herein. A pressure regulator disclosed herein includes a device body defining a fluid passageway between an inlet and an outlet. The device body defines a channel between the fluid passageway and a pressure sense chamber. The pressure regulator includes a seat in the fluid passageway, a stem having a flange, and a plug coupled to the stem. The pressure regulator also includes a stem guide disposed in the channel of the device body. The flange of the stem disposed in a balance chamber of the stem guide and divides the balance chamber into a first balance chamber portion and a second balance chamber portion. The stem guide at least partially forms a balance passage that fluidly couples the pressure sense chamber and the second balance chamber portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT REGULATOR TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Ruben Longoria, Tony Durant, Andrew Da Costa, David Plummer
  • Patent number: 11725742
    Abstract: A pool cycling valve system with a pool cycling valve, a plurality of water zones, an interface, and a microcontroller. The pool cycling valve has a valve body with an inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports. Each of the plurality of water zones is configured to fluidly couple with a respective outlet port of the plurality of outlet ports. The interface is configured to receive input from a user for a user-selected sequence for activating each water zone, a user-selected duration of activate time per water zone, and a number of water pressure cycles for a particular water zone to receive prior to activation of a subsequent water zone. The interface is configured to communicate the input to the microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to intelligently and selectively discharge water to each of the plurality of water zones based on the input received from the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: COX GOETTL VALVE LLC
    Inventors: Steven James Goettl, John M. Goettl
  • Patent number: 11719354
    Abstract: A check valve assembly for use with a liquid jet cutting system can include a check valve body a high-pressure fluid inlet on one end and a high-pressure fluid outlet on the other end along a central axis of the check valve body. The check valve body can have a first metallic seal surface on an outer surface of the check valve shaped to engage an endcap of the liquid jet cutting system to form a first seal. The assembly can include an annular low-pressure fluid chamber surrounding a portion of the check valve body and defined at least in part by an annular gasket, the check valve body, the first seal, and the endcap. The check valve body can include a low-pressure fluid channel, and a check valve positioned between the low-pressure fluid channel and a high-pressure fluid chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hypertherm, Inc.
    Inventors: David Osterhouse, Nathan Quinn
  • Patent number: 11714435
    Abstract: An integrated pressure regulator is provided with three stages configured to reduce an extreme tank pressure down to a typical working pressure. The regulator is configured to supply a steady working pressure until the tank pressure is reduced to little more than the working pressure itself. Stages of the pressure regulator are integrated into a body and arranged to minimize regulator mass and volume. A thermally-triggered pressure relief device may be included with a triggering time adapted to enhance the safety of smaller cylinders that may be used, e.g., in aerial applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: BAYOTECH, INC.
    Inventor: Stephen A. Carter
  • Patent number: 11714436
    Abstract: A regulator, e.g., a pressure regulator for supplying a high pressure fuel to an engine, is disclosed. The regulator includes at least a pair of annular bearings composed of a rigid synthetic resin interposed along a length direction of a pressure regulating valve body at a predetermined distance at a position on a valve seat side in an axial direction of a gap formed between the pressure regulating valve body and an inner wall of the passage formed in a body main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventors: Naoya Suenaga, Shutaro Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11703893
    Abstract: A device for regulating the pressure of a compressed gas, comprising a body with a gas inlet, a gas outlet and a gas passage fluidly interconnecting the inlet and outlet; a mobile element carrying a shutter cooperating with a seat in the gas passage, the shutter and the seat forming a regulating valve; a hand-wheel operatively linked to a spindle rotatably mounted on the body; wherein the spindle is hollow and houses a spigot with a cam, the spigot being linked in rotation with the spindle and cooperating with a counter-cam spigot movable in translation but not in rotation relative to the body, and acting on the mobile element or on a shut-off valve for selectively shutting-off and opening the gas passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ROTAREX S.A
    Inventors: Stephan Sellen, Philippe Schmitz
  • Patent number: 11703889
    Abstract: A flow regulator for regulating a flow rate of water within at least a section of a water system, such as an irrigation system, includes a base member and piston member. The piston member is movable relative to the base member and includes at least one notch through which water can flow when passing through the flow regulator. Movement of the piston member towards and away from the base member, respectively, decreases and increases an area of the notch through which water can flow. An orifice member detachably coupled to the piston member and having an orifice member aperture through which all water flowing through the flow regulator must pass limits the cross-sectional area of an interior water passage within the piston member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NETAFIM, LTD.
    Inventor: Lorne Moshe Belford
  • Patent number: 11692646
    Abstract: Valve and related assemblies, systems, and methods may include a self-cleaning feature that may be configured to at least partially displace material from a portion of the valve. Such valves may be utilized in a pressure exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: FLOWSERVE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Cinnamon Christian, Stephen Schappert, Andreas Dreiss, Tim Nitz, Mark O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11692672
    Abstract: In one embodiment, systems and methods include using a pressure relief shipping adapter to reduce the internal pressure of a container. A pressure relief shipping adapter comprises a body comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a first bore and a set of protrusions. The second portion comprises a second bore, wherein the second bore comprises a radial gap, wherein the radial gap comprises a uniform arc length along the length of the radial gap. A first end and a second end of the radial gap comprise a greater arc length than the radial gap. A pressure relief shipping adapter further comprises a pressure relief valve disposed at a first end of the first bore and an interlocking component comprising a first tab and a second tab, wherein the interlocking component is at least partially contained within the second bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: James Robert Moore, III, Mark S. Osborne
  • Patent number: 11686397
    Abstract: A pool cycling valve with a valve body, a ratchet assembly, and a bottom plate. The valve body has an inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports. The ratchet assembly is rotatably coupled to the valve body and has a ratchet arm extending away from the ratchet assembly. When in a closed position, the ratchet assembly is configured to interfere with a stream of water. When in a open position, the ratchet assembly is rotated from the closed position by a predetermined angle. The bottom plate has an outlet port aperture aligned with one of the outlet ports and a ratchet tooth operably aligned with the ratchet arm. When the ratchet assembly rotates from the open position to the closed position, the ratchet assembly aligns the outlet port aperture with a different outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: COX GOETTL VALVE LLC
    Inventors: Steven James Goettl, John M. Goettl
  • Patent number: 11680651
    Abstract: A method for operating a pool cycling valve includes receiving a stream of water into a valve body through an inlet port to a ratchet assembly in a closed position configured to interfere with the stream of water flowing through the inlet port. Rotating the ratchet assembly from the closed position to an open position, directing the stream of water to a bottom plate outlet port aperture aligned with an outlet port of the valve body. Discharging the stream of water through the outlet port aperture and the outlet port. Rotating the ratchet assembly from the open position to the closed position. Aligning the outlet port aperture with a different outlet port in response to a water pressure change, such as a combination of an increase and a decrease in water pressure, within the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: COX GOETTL VALVE LLC
    Inventors: Steven James Goettl, John M. Goettl
  • Patent number: 11675376
    Abstract: A temperature-controlled pressure regulator assembly includes a regulator having a regulator body, a valve seat, an inlet, an outlet, and defines a flow passage connecting the inlet and the outlet. A control element controls the device, a portion of the flow passage extends through a heat chamber, and a heater is positioned to heat the chamber thereby conveying heat to a fluid in the flow passage. A controller is electrically coupled to the heater and is coupled to a power source. A thermal cut-off fuse is coupled to a control circuit, with the thermal cut-off fuse arranged to electrically decouple the heater from the control circuit in response to a temperature exceeding a threshold, thereby deactivating the heater. The thermal cut-off fuse is disposed in a circular fuse holder and positioned adjacent the heater and adjacent a longitudinal center of the heat chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TESCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric J. Burgett, Jacob T. R. Renollett
  • Patent number: 11674609
    Abstract: A valve assembly with a spring retention assembly including an elongated cylinder portion having an open threaded end and a closed end and an elongated piston portion having a free end and a threaded tab end configured to thread through the open threaded end and, thereby, be slideably captured in the cylinder portion. A spring couples to the body portion and the piston portion to provide a force to urge the body portion and the piston away from one another, wherein the closed end and the free end are similarly shaped so that the spring retention assembly can be reversibly mounted to a valve member that can also be reversibly mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Watts Regulator Co.
    Inventors: Peter P. Bouchard, Tyler Chase, David Michaud