Patents Examined by Matthew W Jellett
  • Patent number: 12379011
    Abstract: An electronic modal base valve is disclosed. The electronic modal base valve includes a motive component, a controller communicatively coupled with the motive component, and a control valve coupled with the motive component. The controller is configured to control an operation of the motive component, wherein a movement of the motive component is configured to cause the control valve to adjust a flow rate for a flow path through the electronic modal base valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: Connor Randall
  • Patent number: 12379043
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electric valve, including: a valve seat, the valve seat having an end surface and a slot; a valve body, a portion of the valve body penetrating in the valve seat, and another portion of the valve body protruding from the end surface; a coil portion sleeved over the valve body, the coil portion and the slot being respectively located on two sides of the end surface; and a connection portion, the connection portion including a connection member and a support member and a clamping member arranged on the connection member. The connection member is fixedly connected to the coil portion, the support member abuts against the end surface, and the clamping member is clamped with the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhongbo Feng, Ju Jin, Fugang Wang, Haijian Sha
  • Patent number: 12372163
    Abstract: A process component having a longitudinal axis is provided. The process component includes a housing that surrounds an interior space and includes a first connector and a second connector, a tappet located in the interior space, a first magnet arrangement located on the tappet, and a second magnet arrangement that is magnetically coupled to the first magnet arrangement and is rotatable on the housing about the longitudinal axis. In order to create a process component that is easily scalable in size and can be easily cleaned, the tappet cooperates with a guide provided in the interior space, displacing the first magnet arrangement towards the second magnet arrangement to convert a rotary movement of the second magnet arrangement into an axial movement of the tappet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Arnold
  • Patent number: 12372165
    Abstract: A valve actuator system includes a gearbox assembly including an output gear for coupling to a valve stem, an input gear operably coupled to the output gear to drive rotation of the output gear and an input shaft operably coupled to the input gear to drive rotation of the input gear, a torque-limiter coupling having a solid body defining a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end including a recessed interior accepting the input shaft of the gearbox assembly, a retainer extending between the torque-limiter coupling and the input shaft to transmit torque therebetween, the retainer operable to disengage the torque-limiter coupling from the input shaft in response to a torque applied to the torque limiter-coupling exceeding a critical torque predetermined to prevent damage to the gearbox assembly, and an actuator operatively coupled to the proximal end of the torque-limiter coupling to provide torque to the torque-limiter coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mahdi Y. Dobaisi, Hamzah M. Moqdad
  • Patent number: 12372166
    Abstract: A valve trim that is configured to abate noise in a control valve. These configurations may include a cage with a flow path that has interior and exterior openings. The cage may also have a bore to receive a closure member or “plug.” This plug can travel longitudinally to change parameters of flow through the control valve. In one implementation, the exhausts of flow paths with adjacent inlets are offset or spaced from another. In one implementation, the exterior openings vertically offset. However, other designs may adopt combinations of radial, helical, or angular offsets as well. This feature can prevent mixing of flow from jets that are in the same inlet plane. This feature, in turn, can reduce jet-to-jet interactions that may abate noise. Use of additive manufacturing may be useful (or even necessary) to create these parts within certain design envelopes because these techniques can create the unique flow geometry within a unitary or monolithic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Dresser, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Eric Yates, Donald Stroman Sanders, Stephen Randall Farmer, Jeremy Asher Glaun, Rohan N. Buntval
  • Patent number: 12366332
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shut-off valve comprising: a housing which has an inlet opening, an outlet opening and a control opening, wherein the housing defines an inner space extending along a longitudinal axis and has a partition which divides the inner space into an outlet chamber and a control chamber and has a guide hole which extends between the outlet chamber and the control chamber; an electrical coil which is accommodated in the partition and surrounds the guide hole; a servo valve needle which is arranged in the control chamber, is preloaded along the longitudinal axis into a closed position in which it seals the control opening, and can be moved, by means of a magnetic field which can be generated by the coil, into an open position in which it exposes the control opening and abuts the partition, wherein the servo valve needle has a connecting channel which connects the control chamber to the guide hole in the open position of the servo valve needle; and a main valve needle which is movably guided i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Rau, Joachim Soubari, Udo Schaich
  • Patent number: 12366304
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes: a valve body; a sleeve which the valve body is accommodated; a solenoid casing connected to the sleeve on a first end side in an axial direction of the solenoid valve, and is closed on a second end side opposed to the first end side in the axial direction; a solenoid molded body in the solenoid casing; a yoke including a tubular portion inside the solenoid molded body, a flange portion projecting radially outward from an end portion of the tubular portion on the second end side; a movable iron core, which moves in the axial direction inside the yoke. The valve body is moved with the iron core by energizing a coil of the solenoid molded body, and the flange portion has an annular outer peripheral surface that is continuous, and is disposed on the second end side of the solenoid molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadanobu Kawato, Hiroyuki Iwanaga, Masaki Hoshi
  • Patent number: 12366307
    Abstract: A fluid control mechanism includes a chamber, a chamber wall, a piston provided within the chamber, and at least one fluid channel. A bottom portion of the chamber is configured to be in communication with the fluid channel. An opening connecting the fluid channel and the chamber is arranged at the bottom portion of the chamber. A piston mechanism has a chamber and a chamber wall, and a piston and a piston motion control member provided within the chamber. The piston motion control member is provided with external threads forming a screw thread pair with internal threads on the chamber wall, and is configured to rotate along the threads to move within the chamber for driving the piston to move in the chamber. The piston mechanism and the fluid control device can accurately control liquid in a micro or small fluid channel system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: EVERLAST HEALTHCARE LIMITED
    Inventor: Haifeng Zhao
  • Patent number: 12352262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a linear compressor discharge valve. The valve comprises a valve body having a first layer of composite material, wherein the composite material of the first layer comprises polyaryletherketone and reinforcement filaments that are aligned with an axis of the first layer. The valve further comprises a second layer of composite material overlying the first layer of composite material. The composite material of the second layer comprises polyaryletherketone and reinforcement filaments that are aligned with an axis of the second layer. The axis of the second layer forms an angle of greater than 0 to less than 180° with the axis of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: VICTREX MANUFACTURING LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Anderson, Steven Lamoriniere, Siren Tan
  • Patent number: 12345350
    Abstract: A solenoid valve has a valve plunger which is guided in a passage bore of a valve housing. The valve plunger with its valve closing element is held in a basic position by a restoring spring. The basic position opens up a valve passage in a valve seat. The valve plunger is arranged between an inlet and an outlet channel in the valve housing. A magnet armature provides actuation of the valve plunger. An inlet chamber is connected to the inlet channel between the passage bore and the valve seat. The valve plunger protrudes into the inlet chamber by way of a step section. As a result of being hydraulically impinged on by the pressure medium of the inlet channel an axial force is generated on the valve plunger that acts oppositely to the closing direction of the valve plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Lenz, Daniel Cvetanovic, Christian Courth, Heiko Gensert, Holger Kollmann
  • Patent number: 12345343
    Abstract: A regulating valve having anti-seize characteristics provides a linear drive system intermediate a drive shaft connected to a motor and a lifter connected to the regulator spring. The linear drive system translates the rotational motion of the drive shaft into preferably, linear only motion of the lifter, thereby preventing binding internal to the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Robertshaw Controls Company
    Inventors: Ian Rodgers, Moises Contreras Hernandez
  • Patent number: 12343578
    Abstract: A system and method for maintaining the integrity of a dry pipe sprinkler system. The system includes an auxiliary drain including a main collection pipe, a heater having a bracket configured to attach the heater to the main collection pipe of the auxiliary drain, the bracket including a deflector configured to direct heat from the heater onto the main collection pipe, and a self-draining apparatus configured to receive excess water from the auxiliary drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: AGF MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Bentley F. Gleeson, Michael B. Ferrucci, George J. Mchugh, IV, James P. Mchugh
  • Patent number: 12320370
    Abstract: A solenoid valve control device includes a control module that outputs control signals to control solenoid valves, and a plurality of solenoid valve modules having control lines connected to the control module and that transmit the control signals to the solenoid valves, wherein the solenoid valve modules are connected to the control module or another of the solenoid valve modules, and each of the solenoid valve modules includes a data line that transmits to the control module pressure information detected by a pressure sensor that detects the pressure of air supplied to a pneumatic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yui Okada
  • Patent number: 12320430
    Abstract: An electric valve includes a valve seat component, and a valve core component. The valve seat component includes a valve seat and a sealing ring. The valve core component includes a valve core. The valve core includes a lower section, and the lower section is annular. The valve seat component further includes an inner bushing and a pressure block. The valve seat includes an axial through hole, and at least part of the inner bushing is arranged in the axial through hole. The sealing ring is arranged between an outer side of the inner bushing and the valve seat. The valve seat includes a first stepped portion, and a lower end surface of the pressure block is abutted against the first stepped portion and/or the sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Lv, Baijiang Qian
  • Patent number: 12320435
    Abstract: In the field of automobile steering gear manufacturing, an automatic air-discharge valve is provided having a valve body, a valve seat, a steel ball and a pressure regulation spring. The valve body is externally connected to a piston. The valve body is internally provided with an air-discharge channel having various diameters which is capable of accommodating the valve seat, the pressure regulation spring and the steel ball. The steel ball may be accommodated in the middle of the air-discharge channel of the valve body. A pressure regulation spring is arranged on left and right sides of the steel ball. The pressure regulation spring comprises a left spring and a right spring, one end of the left spring being supported by the valve body and the other end thereof being supported by the steel ball, and one end of the right spring being supported by the valve seat, and the other end thereof being supported by the steel ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Knorr-Bremse Braking Systems for Commercial Vehicles (Dalian) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yansong Yang, Yijun Shi
  • Patent number: 12320443
    Abstract: The adjustable handle device for use with a valve stem is for use in rotating a valve stem of a valve. The adjustable handle device for use with a valve stem incorporates a handle structure and a capture structure. The capture structure attaches to the handle structure. The capture structure forms the working element of the tool formed by the adjustable handle device for use with a valve stem. The handle structure forms the handle of the tool formed by the adjustable handle device for use with a valve stem. The capture structure is a chuck that captures the valve stem. The handle structure rotates the capture structure to: a) tighten and loosen the capture structure to the valve stem; and, b) rotate the valve stem between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventor: Donzino Pankey
  • Patent number: 12313179
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a valve core transmission member, a valve controller, and a valve control method. The valve core transmission member includes a drive gear and a spindle, wherein the drive gear is configured to drive the spindle to rotate around a spindle axis and the drive gear is an incomplete gear with an effective engagement angle. The drive gear is capable of rotating around the spindle axis relative to the spindle and have a free rotation angle relative to the spindle; and the effective engagement angle of the drive gear is greater than a free rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zehua Shao
  • Patent number: 12313183
    Abstract: A controller for an electromagnetic valve includes a control circuit, a hysteresis circuit, and a driver circuit. An output end of the control circuit is configured to output a first wave signal of a first frequency. An input end of the hysteresis circuit is connected to the output end of the control circuit. The hysteresis circuit is configured to process the first wave signal to obtain a drive signal including a second wave signal of the first frequency and a third wave signal of a second frequency. An input end of the driver circuit is connected to an output end of the hysteresis circuit, and an output end of the driver circuit is connected to the electromagnetic valve. The driver circuit is configured to drive the electromagnetic valve to operate based on the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: WUHU MIDEA SMART KITCHEN APPLIANCE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shanyu Zhang, Guanghua Li, Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 12302519
    Abstract: A cassette system includes a base assembly and a cassette assembly configured to secure one or more batteries. The cassette assembly includes a battery case and a first electrical connector configured to couple to the one or more batteries. The base assembly is configured to include a wireless communication deice configured to control actuation of one or more sprinkler valves and a second electrical connector configured to electrically couple to the wireless communication device. The first electrical connector and the second electrical connector are configured to electrically couple responsive to the cassette assembly being removably attached to the base assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Thrive Smart Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Skyler Rowley, Gregory T Parker, Charles A. Woringer, Seth Paulo Bangerter, James Ventress
  • Patent number: 12295356
    Abstract: A water faucet detects proximity of a nearby pet and/or other tame animals via motion, heat, light, or the like, and triggers or otherwise activates a powered valve which controls the flow of water through the faucet. Water through the valve is set to low flow. A training/on/off switch is provided to facilitate training of the nearby pet and/or other tame animals. The valve can include an adjustable timer for variable, timed water flow. Also included in the valve can be a T-type union with service shut off for access to an already existing water supply line. For hydration, the faucet dispenses water to the nearby pet and/or other tame animals for a finite time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Inventor: James Dykstra