Patents by Inventor Stephen Mealy

Stephen Mealy 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: 5605317
    Abstract: An electro-magnetically operated valve for control of pressurized fluid including a coil bobbin disposed within a housing, having a plunger subassembly moveably mounted in said housing having a fixed valve seat at one end and a magnet mounted at the opposite end and including a flow passage extending there between, whereby the plunger is moveable responsive to an electronic coil mounted in the coil bobbin between an open position wherein the valve body member is in spaced relationship with the valve seat permitting flow of pressurized fluid, and a closed position whereby the valve body member is seated against the valve seat, said valve being connected to sensor apparatus for sensing phase relations of a piston of a pump operationally connected to a switch apparatus for forming a magnetic circuit including the electro-magnetic coil such that the valve is operated by positively controlling the opening the opening and closing of the valve by passing a current through the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Sapphire Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Mealy, Keith D. Besse