Patents Examined by John Bastianelli
  • Patent number: 11797031
    Abstract: A cartridge flow rate adjusting assembly for a hydraulic valve, may include a cartridge body, a stem that is slidingly disposed in the cartridge body, and a shutter to be slidingly placed against a passage opening. The cartridge flow rate adjusting assembly may further include a sleeve rotatively disposed inside the valve that may include at least one first opening to enable adjustment of a maximum flow rate of the valve within a first range of values, and according to a first scale at least one second opening made in the wall to enable adjustment of the maximum flow rate of the valve within a second range of values according to a second scale. A hydraulic control valve is also provided that comprises a cartridge flow rate adjusting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Samuele Molina, Giuliano Ruga
  • Patent number: 11788632
    Abstract: The invention relates to a valve, in particular an expansion valve, for controlling a fluid flow, having a valve housing with an accommodation space and at least two fluid ducts connected to the accommodation space, having an opening which runs perpendicularly to the fluid ducts and opens into the accommodation space, wherein a sealing ring holder with a valve means is situated in the accommodation space, wherein the sealing ring holder with the valve means held therein can be inserted into the accommodation space through the opening, and wherein the valve means is positioned rotatably in the sealing ring holder by means of at least two sealing rings. The invention also relates to a sealing ring holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Gerald Kuenzel
  • Patent number: 11781656
    Abstract: The knife gate valve is designed with at least one sealing belt mounted in the valve body and which act between the valve's seat and the gate to protect them from abrasive wear, the knife gate valve may have at least one cleaning plate to displace abrasive particles from the sealing belt and prevent abrasive particles from getting stuck between it and the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventors: Sergey Lozovoy, Viktoriya Blokhin
  • Patent number: 11773986
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for selective connection of a first fluid communication region to a further fluid communication region at a subsea location and a flexible pipe are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited
    Inventor: Fabio DeSouza Pires
  • Patent number: 11773983
    Abstract: A high-pressure self-sealing butterfly valve, which comprises a valve body and a valve shaft, wherein a flow channel and a butterfly plate are arranged in the valve body, a pure metal sealing ring and a pure metal valve seat are sequentially arranged at a portion, on the outer side of the butterfly plate, of the flow channel, a piston cavity is further formed in a flow direction end face of the pure metal valve seat, and an upper valve shaft and a lower valve shaft are arranged at the upper end and the lower end of the valve shaft respectively; an upper end cover assembly and an upper self-sealing assembly are arranged between the end part of the upper valve shaft and the valve body, a lower sealing bottom cover and a lower self-sealing assembly are arranged between the end part of the lower valve shaft and the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Dongbao Valve Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Liu, Jiawei Chu, Haizhang Zhang, Shize Gu, Jiangtao Liu, Yuanhui Luo, Yong Zhang, Weihui Zuo, Weiguang Shen
  • Patent number: 11773768
    Abstract: Valves for gas engines are disclosed, in particular for wastegates arranged upstream of a turbocharger. Accordingly, a valve for a gas engine, comprises a metal housing having an opening for providing a fluid flow out of the valve, and a metal valve member configured for adjustably restricting the fluid flow through the opening, wherein the housing is made of a first material comprising a steel and wherein the valve member is made of a second material having a thermal expansion coefficient being lower than the first material. By providing the valve member and the valve housing with materials with different thermal expansion coefficients, the expansion of the valve member may be reduced during a rapid temperature increase or heating up of the valve member e.g. when the gas engine is started or accelerated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich Schaefer
  • Patent number: 11767919
    Abstract: A method of using a pipe stopper to stop fluid flow through a pipeline includes providing the pipe stopper, the pipe stopper comprising an expandable stopper body and a pressure assembly, the expandable stopper body configurable in an expanded configuration and a contracted configuration, the pressure assembly configurable in an open configuration and a closed configuration and comprising a housing cavity; lowering the expandable stopper body of the pipe stopper into a pipe channel of the pipeline in the contracted configuration; orienting the pressure assembly in the open configuration, wherein an upper portion of the housing cavity is in fluid communication with an atmosphere external to the pipeline and a lower portion of the housing cavity is in fluid communication with the pipe channel; and biasing the expandable stopper body to the expanded configuration to block fluid flow through the pipe channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: James Webber, Mohammad Unnus Qasim
  • Patent number: 11761554
    Abstract: A motor-driven throttle valve for an exhaust duct and having: a tubular duct, which is designed so that exhaust gases can flow through it; a throttle shutter, which is arranged inside the tubular duct and is mounted so as to rotate around a rotation axis; a first shaft, which is mounted so as to rotate around the rotation axis and supports the throttle shutter; an electric actuator, which is provided with a second shaft and is designed to rotate the shaft around the rotation axis; a support bearing, which supports the shaft in a through manner and is arranged on the outside of the tubular duct; and a spring, which applies to the shaft an elastic force, which axially pushes the shaft and, at the same time, is configured to transmit a rotary motion around the rotation axis from the second shaft of the electric actuator to the first shaft supporting the throttle shutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MARELLI EUROPE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Ambrosino, Luigi Lubrano, Emanuele Milani, Marco Lasana, Riccardo Rosa
  • Patent number: 11746910
    Abstract: A fluid valve includes a valve body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. A fluid passageway connects the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. A trim assembly is located within the fluid passageway, the trim assembly controlling fluid flow through the fluid passageway. The trim assembly includes valve plug having an integrated staged pressure recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: FISHER CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Cory J. Hagen, Katherine N. Bartels
  • Patent number: 11739848
    Abstract: A valve with a valve upper plate defining an inlet, a valve body defining an outlet, and a fluid passage. A closure member is disposed in the fluid passage between the inlet and the outlet and has a convex sealing surface and is rotatable between a closed position in which the closure member extends across the fluid passage with the convex sealing surface oriented towards the inlet and an open position in which fluid is able to flow through the fluid passage from the inlet to the outlet. A resilient sealing ring, when the closure member is in the closed position, is moveable between a first configuration in which the sealing ring forms a seal around a circumference of the convex sealing surface and a second configuration in which the valve comprises a circumferential gap between the convex sealing surface and the sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Schenck Process Europe GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Newton
  • Patent number: 11732814
    Abstract: A plug valve assembly has a valve body with an inlet and an outlet each defining a fluid passageway in fluid communication with a cavity defined within the valve body. The valve body further has a collar defining a service opening extending upward from the valve body. A plug with a spindle top and a plug body is disposed within the cavity. The plug has an opening that is operable to obstruct the fluid passageway when it is in a closed position and to connect the inlet to the outlet when it is in an open position. The spindle top of the plug has a hexagonal outer profile and a through opening and adaptable to engage with a variety of actuating devices. A threaded cap is removably engaged with the collar of the valve body and is operable to retain the plug within the valve body cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
    Inventors: James D. McPhail, Peter Allan Manos, David H. Graef, Daniel Stumpo
  • Patent number: 11732806
    Abstract: A seal ring is made of resin, applied to a valve body that changes an opening degree of a fluid passage through which a fluid passes, and that seals, when the valve body fully closes the fluid passage, between an inner peripheral surface defining the fluid passage and an outer peripheral edge of the valve body. The seal ring includes a ring main body fitted in an outer peripheral groove formed on the outer peripheral edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriyuki Inagaki
  • Patent number: 11732813
    Abstract: A dielectric insulating insert arranged to be positioned between a drive shaft and a ball shaft of a motorised ball valve assembly. The insert includes a body of dielectric material to form an insulating layer and having opposing sides from each of which extends an engagement portion having a non-circular cross-section and configured to engage, respectively, with the drive shaft and the ball shaft in torque transfer engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lukasz Turek, Dariusz Sapija, Mikolaj Niewodniczanski, Piotr Zajac
  • Patent number: 11732810
    Abstract: A pipe stopper includes an expandable stopper body defining a stopper cavity and configurable in an expanded configuration and a contracted configuration; a pressure assembly comprising a pressure housing and a piston, the piston slidably engaged with a housing cavity of the pressure housing, the piston operatively connected to the expandable stopper body; and a locking assembly comprising a locking rod and a locking device, a lower end of the locking rod disposed within the housing cavity, the locking rod further comprising a rod engagement mechanism, the locking device comprising a locking engagement mechanism; wherein the locking device is configurable in a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, and wherein, in the locked configuration, the locking engagement mechanism engages the rod engagement mechanism to lock the expandable stopper body in the expanded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Mueller International LLC
    Inventors: James Webber, Mohammad Unnus Qasim
  • Patent number: 11732812
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include ball valves with an asymmetric seal and seat, to minimize seal wear. In embodiments, a seal is disposed upon a ball with a first and second section, where the first section of the seal is disposed at a different angle from the second section. A seat has a first and second section at different angles that correspond to angles of the first and second section of the seal, respectively, such that the seal fully contacts the seat when the ball is in a closed position. When the ball is rotated to an open position, the different angles of the first and second sections allow the second section of the seal to clear the first section of the seat without contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Blue Origin LLC
    Inventors: Andrew T. Ouellet, Kevin A. Westhoff, Tyler J. Baker
  • Patent number: 11732809
    Abstract: A low-profile and small-size valve to a shut off a flow of fluid in a pipeline includes a frame, a tube, a moving part, a lever, an elastic part, a latch, and a trigger. The tube is movable with the moving part. The lever is rotatable around an axis. The elastic part can push the lever to rotate after the trigger pushes the buckle away from the lever to unlatch the lever and allow rotation. During the rotation of the lever, the lever pulls on the moving part, and the moving part pulls on the tube together to disconnect the tube from the pipe. The valve improves the convenience and efficiency of shutting off a flow of fluid. A pipeline and an immersion cooling system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Tung-Ho Shih, Yao-Chih Liu, Chia-Nan Pai, Tsung-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 11732807
    Abstract: An eccentric butterfly valve that maintains high sealability when closed even when a high-pressure fluid is oriented in either direction of a forward flow or backflow. The valve includes a disk (23) axially supported at an eccentric position via a stem (22) inside a body (21). The disk is provided to a seat ring (24) fixed with a seat retainer (25) so as to be hermetically sealable. A flexible part is formed on an inner diameter side of the seat ring, and a spring member is mounted between the flexible part and the seat retainer. In the spring member, a load increases substantially in proportion to the magnitude of tilt of the flexible part when the disk is displaced to a seat retainer side. When the flexible part is elastically deformed, the spring member is elastically deformed in a state where contact with the seat retainer is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: KITZ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Miyashita, Kazuhisa Kubota, Yuri Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11725740
    Abstract: A valve having a hollow body which extends along a main axis (X), in which at least one secondary body is arranged at one end of the hollow body substantially coaxial to the main axis (X) and has an inner end portion with a collar protruding towards the inner surface of the hollow body is disclosed. The hollow body has at least one annular groove in which a ring is arranged at least partially to prevent the movement of the secondary body towards the end of the hollow body, in which the ring is divided into at least two arcs configured to be inserted individually inside the groove of the hollow body to form the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: PETROLVALVES S.P.A.
    Inventor: Sebastiano Fresu
  • Patent number: 11725739
    Abstract: A sealing ring made of an elastomer material is fitted on the front side of an essentially rectangular valve plate for sealing a vacuum valve opening. On the rear side, the valve plate has a recess with an undercut boundary wall which forms a sloping surface which, for fastening the valve plate on a carrier, is braced with a sloping surface of the carrier. The valve plate has a lug which protrudes beyond the rear side thereof and has a through-passage bore through which a clamping screw is screwable into a threaded bore of the carrier, for bracing the valve plate sloping surface with the carrier sloping surface. In a side view of the valve plate, seen parallel to the longitudinal sides, the straight-line extension of the longitudinal center axis of the through-passage bore runs past the sloping surface at a distance from the rear side of the valve plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: VAT Holding AG
    Inventor: Lukas Schaltegger
  • Patent number: 11703129
    Abstract: A valve disk of a double eccentric butterfly valve having boss sections (3, 4) for accommodating a stem (8) and rib sections (6, 7) each extending toward outer edge portions of the valve disk in a direction intersecting a stem (8) from the boss sections are provided on a surface on one side of a disc (2), and each of the ribs respectively excluding the boss sections is provided such that a height from a surface (2a) of the disc on the side on which a distance to an end on the edge portion side of the valve disk is longer than that on the side on which a distance to an end on the edge portion side of the valve disk is short when the heights are respectively compared at positions spaced an equal distance apart from a stem center axis (20), and the butterfly valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KITZ CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori Muneyoshi