Patents by Inventor Charles A. Sumner

Charles A. Sumner 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).

  • Patent number: 4206686
    Abstract: A pneumatic valve actuator having a rotatable output shaft is provided with a valve positioner comprising an axially displaceable spool valve and a pneumatic transducer responsive to applied signal air pressure for displacing the spool valve away from a neutral position to effect rotation of the actuator output shaft. The actuator output shaft is gear-connected to an element which rotates with the output shaft, and an elongated cantilever beam spring attached at one end to the rotatable element extends in a direction transverse to the axis of rotation of said element to the transducer for providing a feedback force which balances the control signal responsive transducer force when the actuator output shaft has rotated to a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Assignee: Worcester Controls Corporation
    Inventors: Ricardo Gonzalez, Charles A. Sumner, Robert E. Sanctuary