Patents by Inventor Carl D. Burton

Carl D. Burton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Thermal valve
    Patent number: 8708243
    Abstract: A valve includes a housing and a valve seat and a structure fixedly disposed remote from the valve seat, a valve head to open and close the valve seat, fluid being permitted to flow when the valve seat is open and an elastic system anchored on the structure and coupled to the valve head, the elastic system including a biasing element and an elastic element formed of memory metal alloy disposed to contact fluid permitted to flow, the biasing element and the elastic element being configured to cooperatively move the valve head toward a valve seat open position when a fluid temperature is below a lower limit, and the biasing element and the elastic element being further configured to cooperatively move the valve head toward a valve seat closed position in opposition to the biasing element when the fluid temperature is above an upper limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: HS Marston Aerospace Ltd.
    Inventors: Sean L. Cameron, Carl D. Burton
  • THERMAL VALVE
    Publication number: 20120090815
    Abstract: A valve includes a housing and a valve seat and a structure fixedly disposed remote from the valve seat, a valve head to open and close the valve seat, fluid being permitted to flow when the valve seat is open and an elastic system anchored on the structure and coupled to the valve head, the elastic system including a biasing element and an elastic element formed of memory metal alloy disposed to contact fluid permitted to flow, the biasing element and the elastic element being configured to cooperatively move the valve head toward a valve seat open position when a fluid temperature is below a lower limit, and the biasing element and the elastic element being further configured to cooperatively move the valve head toward a valve seat closed position in opposition to the biasing element when the fluid temperature is above an upper limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean L. Cameron, Carl D. Burton