Patents by Inventor Simone Vegetti

Simone Vegetti 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).

  • Valve operator including a fugitive emissions detector, and a method of detecting fugitive emissions from an industrial valve
    Patent number: 10962440
    Abstract: A valve operator for a valve includes a valve operator housing defining at least one cavity and positioned to be at least partially contiguous with a valve stem passage of the valve. The cavity has a fixed volume and is sealed from the exterior environment. The valve operator includes a fugitive emissions detector having at least one sensor for measuring the pressure and temperature of the fluid within the interior of the cavity. The detector also includes a processor having an input for receiving data from the at least one sensor, a processing unit connected to the input to receive the data from the input and monitor changes in the amount of substance within the cavity by comparison of changes in temperature and pressure within the cavity and an output for providing an indication of fugitive emissions when the processor indicates an increase in substance within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Rotork UK Limited
    Inventor: Simone Vegetti
  • FUGITIVE EMISSION DETECTION
    Publication number: 20190078965
    Abstract: A valve operator for a valve includes a valve operator housing defining at least one cavity and positioned to be at least partially contiguous with a valve stem passage of the valve. The cavity has a fixed volume and is sealed from the exterior environment. The valve operator includes a fugitive emissions detector having at least one sensor for measuring the pressure and temperature of the fluid within the interior of the cavity. The detector also includes a processor having an input for receiving data from the at least one sensor, a processing unit connected to the input to receive the data from the input and monitor changes in the amount of substance within the cavity by comparison of changes in temperature and pressure within the cavity and an output for providing an indication of fugitive emissions when the processor indicates an increase in substance within the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventor: Simone Vegetti