Piston Type Expansible Chamber Reciprocating Valve Actuator Patents (Class 251/62)
  • Patent number: 11873918
    Abstract: An interval control valve actuator includes an electrohydraulic pressure generator and an actuation pressure line extending between the generator and a valve. A hydraulic junction disposed in the actuation pressure line is selectively hydraulically joins the actuation pressure line to a backup pressure line. An interval control valve including a housing, a valve disposed in the housing, an electrohydraulic actuator hydraulically connected to the valve by an actuation pressure line. A hydraulic junction disposed between the electrohydraulic actuator and the valve and a backup pressure line hydraulically connected to the hydraulic junction, the backup pressure line being selectively hydraulically connectable to the actuation pressure line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Thomas McClain Scott, Marc Samuelson, David Schneider
  • Patent number: 11788994
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve for gas analysis applications is provided. The valve includes a valve cap provided with a plurality of process conduits extending therethrough, a valve body engageable with the valve cap and having a body interface provided with a recess, a diaphragm positioned between the valve cap and valve body and having a process groove for circulating fluid therein, the process groove engaging the recess, a plunger assembly provided within the valve body, the plunger assembly comprising a plurality of plungers movable between a closed position wherein the plunger engages the diaphragm, and an open position wherein the plunger is spaced from the diaphragm, and an actuating assembly comprising a gas inlet to allow the injection of actuating gas therein, the actuating assembly comprising a purging system for purging a region located between the diaphragm and the body interface, whereby the actuating gas is used for purging the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Mécanique Analytique Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Gamache, André Lamontagne, André Cliche
  • Patent number: 11333254
    Abstract: An example control valve includes a split valve body. The split valve body includes a first body portion, a second body portion, a flow path, an inlet port, and an outlet port. The flow path passes through the first body portion and the second body portion. The first body portion is coupled to the second body portion. The control valve also includes a valve seat. The valve seat is disposed between the first body portion and the second body portion. The control valve also includes a valve plug. The valve plug is movable relative to the valve seat to control fluid flow through the control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: TESCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jacob T. R. Renollett, William J. Neubauer, Keith Duwayne Monson
  • Patent number: 11300212
    Abstract: A device (1) is represented and described for regulating the pressure of fluids, comprising: a valve housing (6) with an inlet (16) and with an outlet (15), a closure element (2), which is arranged inside the valve housing (6), and a valve seat (3), which is arranged inside the valve housing (6), wherein the closure element (2) is mounted so as to be movable and wherein the closure element (2) and the valve seat (3) are arranged such that the connection between the inlet (16) and the outlet (15) can be opened and partially or fully closed. In order to prevent the closure element (2) and the valve seat (3) becoming stuck in the case of an abrupt fall in pressure, it is proposed that the valve seat (3) is mounted so as to be movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: KAMAT GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Mohammed Chengour
  • Patent number: 11225003
    Abstract: A hot runner system having a nozzle received in a well in a mold plate. The nozzle has a melt channel, a nozzle body through which the melt channel extends, and a collar connected to and spaced apart from the nozzle body. A manifold is seated against the nozzle. The manifold has a melt channel in fluid communication between a source of moldable material and the nozzle channel. A bearing member against which a seating surface of the collar is supported is received in the well, and a biasing member is seated between a step in the well and the bearing member. The biasing member has plate loading surface and a nozzle loading surface. The nozzle loading surface and the plate loading surface are concentric with the seating surface of the collar and are circumferentially offset from the seating surface of the collar in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mold-Masters (2007) Limited
    Inventors: Gurvinder Bajwa, Douglas Ursu, Denis Babin
  • Patent number: 10816105
    Abstract: A valve drive system for a pneumatic or hydraulic valve is provided, comprising a drive unit and at least two cup-shaped upper casing parts having different geometries, wherein the drive unit comprises a sleeve, a piston being movable in the sleeve in a linear way, a drive spindle mounted on the piston, and a mounting portion, wherein each of the cup-shaped upper casing parts is couplable by means of the mounting portion to the drive unit, to close the valve drive system to the upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: BUERKERT WERKE GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jan Westermann
  • Patent number: 10261001
    Abstract: Various techniques are provided to implement a desorber of a sensor detector device that permits manual operation and is completely detachable from a main body of the sensor detector device. In one example, a device includes a desorber. The desorber includes an inlet comprising a fluid path configured to receive samples vaporized from sample media. The desorber also includes a cap configured to slide toward the inlet in response to a manual actuation of the cap performed by a user to transition the desorber from an open position to a closed position. The desorber further includes a heater configured to slide with the cap toward the inlet in response to the user actuation and vaporize the samples while the desorber is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: FLIR DETECTION, INC.
    Inventors: Chris Willis, Matthew Szabo, Craig Aker
  • Patent number: 9964006
    Abstract: An actuator for axial displacement of an object, includes an actuator piston and an actuator piston rod, wherein the piston is displaceable in the axial direction, and a hydraulic circuit including a liquid filled chamber, a first end of the actuator piston rod being displaceable in the axial direction within the liquid filled chamber, wherein an axially extending recess mouth in the liquid filled chamber is arranged to receive the first end. The actuator piston rod in the area of the first end presents a cylindrical envelope surface, and the recess presents a cylindrical inner surface having a matching shape, wherein the actuator includes a passage extending between the recess and liquid filled chamber when the cylindrical envelope surface and the cylindrical inner surface are located in overlapping configuration, wherein the passage presents at a braking overlap section a cross section area that decreases as a function of increasing overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: FREEVALVE AB
    Inventor: Anders Hoglund
  • Patent number: 9765895
    Abstract: A switching valve having a valve seat with a longitudinal axis (L) and having a valve plate with a valve plate surface which can be placed into a pass-through position, in which the switching valve is open, and into a closed position, in which the switching valve is closed and the valve plate bears with the valve plate surface, in a contact region, against the valve seat, wherein the valve plate has a modulus of elasticity of at least 1000 N/mm2, which switching valve is characterized in that the valve plate, in the closed position, is deformed by a closing force acting thereon, in such a way that the contact region of the valve plate surface in the closed position forms an angle ?, which differs from 0°, with the contact region of the valve plate surface in the pass-through position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: PROTEGO (USA), INC.
    Inventors: Ralf Kosmehl, Uwe Klaue
  • Patent number: 9574678
    Abstract: A valve (61) for enabling release of pressurized steam from a pressure vessel has a displaceable closure member (67) which is maintained in its closed disposition by exposure to the pressure of the steam within the pressure vessel. The closure member (67) is displaced between its closed disposition and an open disposition by a double-acting actuator (69), suitably an air-driven piston/cylinder device, the closure member (67) being preferably mounted at one axial end of a spindle (68) extending between the closure member (67) and the actuator (69). The closure member (67) is suitably mounted for substantially metal-to-metal contact with a valve seat portion (63), without interposition of any sealing element, preferably for substantially vertical displacement between its closed and dispositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: ODENBERG ENGINEERING LIMITED
    Inventor: Michael Broderick
  • Patent number: 9416628
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an activator for a blowout preventer of a wellsite. The blowout preventer includes rams sealingly positionable about a tubular of a wellbore at the wellsite and driven by a circuit. The activator includes a cylinder, a trigger valve operatively connectable between the cylinder and the circuit, a piston, and a timing adjuster. The trigger valve includes a trigger to selectively pilot the circuit. The piston has a piston stroke extending between a retracted position and an extended position. The timing adjuster is engagable by the piston and adjustably positionable about the cylinder to define the retracted position of the piston stroke whereby a length of the piston stroke is adjustably defined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: James Ray Landrith, II, Matthew Christopher Quattrone
  • Patent number: 9341271
    Abstract: A device for driving a regulation valve for casting liquid metal contains a main rod controlling the opening and closing of the valve, and a coupler linking the main rod and the valve. The device also contains a coupler controller able to activate and deactivate the coupler, enabling linkage and detachment of the main rod and the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Vesuvius Group S.A.
    Inventors: Vincent Boisdequin, Jeffrey Butts, Jason Quinn
  • Patent number: 9278814
    Abstract: A gate comprising a frame and a blade. The frame defines an opening that is adapted to be opened and closed, and the blade is associated with the frame such that the blade is adapted to open and close the opening. For such purpose, the blade is adapted to move along a path defined by the frame between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventors: Mark E. Koenig, Larry E. Koenig
  • Patent number: 9249890
    Abstract: A pneumatic multiport selector valve and analytic instrument employing said valve are provided. The valve includes a base having a mounting surface configured to mount to the analytic instrument. The mounting surface has a plurality of apertures therein for coupling to flow conduits of the analytic instrument. At least one piston plate has a number of apertures therethrough. The apertures are configured to slidably receive respective pistons. Pistons are disposed in respective apertures of the at least one piston plate. A cushion layer is disposed between the at least one piston plate and the base. The cushion layer has a plurality of apertures to allow actuation gas therethrough. A plate clamps the at least one piston plate to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Rosemount Analytical Inc.
    Inventors: Jason P. Pratt, Shane Hale, Willis Watkins
  • Patent number: 9038985
    Abstract: A valve, in particular a vacuum valve, in which, in order to close a passage opening, in particular of the valve, at least one closure member can be moved by a valve drive, starting from a maximum open position, in which the closure member opens the passage opening at least partially, first on a first partial path into an intermediate position, and the closure member can be moved, starting from the intermediate position, on at least one second partial path which is angled away from the first partial path into a closed position, in which the closure member closes the passage opening, the valve drive having at least two cylinder spaces which are loadable in each case with a pressure medium, at least one piston being mounted displaceably in each of the cylinder spaces, and the pistons being supported on one another by way of at least one prestressing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: VAT Holding AG
    Inventors: Hanspeter Frehner, Claudio Zanetti
  • Patent number: 9004444
    Abstract: Valve control device includes a body with a longitudinal axis, a control member housed at least partially in the body in a bottom portion along the longitudinal axis, a piston movable along the longitudinal axis and housed in a portion of the body forming with the piston a control chamber of the piston, an element movable in rotation with respect to the longitudinal axis on a top portion of the body, and sealing means between the movable element and the control chamber in the area of the connection port and/or of the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Luxembourg Patent Company S.A.
    Inventor: Paul Muzzo
  • Patent number: 8991782
    Abstract: A device for automatic closure of control valves in separable connection units for flexible pipes is described. The device comprises, for every sector of the control valve, a slidable body operating on the valve sector to cause closing and opening rotation thereof, elastic means housed within a first chamber to activate the sliding body to cause the closing rotation of said valve sector, a braking fluid housed in a second chamber to brake the movement of said sliding body in the closing direction and fluid dynamic communication means between said chambers to permit the controlled transfer of the braking fluid from the second chamber to the first chamber during the movement of the sliding body in the closing direction. The fluid dynamic communication means comprise a passage duct with an enlarged part and a cartridge with external grooves of variable length inserted in said enlarged part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: MIB Italiana S.p.A.
    Inventor: Lorenzo Bormioli
  • Patent number: 8991420
    Abstract: An apparatus for actuating a valve includes a housing having an axis, a valve end, a cap end, and a cylindrical sidewall defining an inner diameter surface of the housing. A cap is connected to the cap end of the housing. An inlet is located in one of the cap and the housing. A plate is positioned within the housing, the plate having an outer diameter that slidingly engages the inner diameter surface of the housing. The plate moves between an extended position and a retracted position in response to pressure media from the inlet. A down stop is in contact with the plate. A seal nut has a first end in engagement with the down stop. The seal nut has a second end with an end surface, the end surface being spaced apart from the cap when the plate is in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Keith M. Adams, Lloyd R. Cheatham
  • Publication number: 20150076377
    Abstract: An apparatus for assisting an actuator to close a valve has a cylindrical booster housing with a central axis. The booster housing includes an upward facing piston cavity and a downward facing lower cavity with internal threads for selectively coupling with external threads of a piston head of a valve actuator. A bulkhead is formed between the piston cavity and the lower cavity. The bulkhead has an opening for selectively accepting an actuator stem of the valve actuator therethrough. A booster piston is located within the piston cavity. The booster piston has a piston mounting means located on its bottom side for selectively securing a top end of the actuator stem of the valve actuator to the booster piston. The booster piston is moveable upwards in an axial direction to move the valve from a lower open position to an upper closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Keith Adams, David Daniel Comeaux, Ben Calvin Holgate
  • Patent number: 8978687
    Abstract: An actuating device or displacing a control device, such as a valve, gate valve or other control mechanism, in particular for use in oil or gas production systems, comprises a motor-gear unit (21) and a thread drive (22) which is operable by said motor-gear unit (21) and which comprises at least a threaded spindle (23) and a screw nut (24). The threaded spindle (23) is displaceable in an essentially axial direction so as to displace the control device (2) between a use position (7) and a non-use position (8, 9, 19, 20). To ensure a safe displacement into the non-use position in a simple way and independently of the pressure conditions prevailing between conveying medium and inner medium, the threaded spindle (23) is substantially axially displaceable beyond the use position (7) into a second non-use position (9). The invention also refers to a corresponding method for displacing the actuating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Norbert Lenz
  • Publication number: 20150060709
    Abstract: A sprung gate for a valve having an endless elastic band sandwiched between first and second gate members that each define an opening therethrough in an open position portion thereof, which collectively form a passage through the sprung gate. The first gate member includes a fastener connected to a fastener receiving member of the second gate member thereby securing the first and second gate members together as a unit. This sprung gate unit is operatively connected to an actuator for linear translation within a pocket of a conduit to control fluid flow through the conduit. This assembled device may be manufactured using spin welding to sealingly mate the conduit to a housing enclosing the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: DAYCO IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Fletcher, Brian M. Graichen, Matt Gilmer, James H. Miller
  • Publication number: 20150060708
    Abstract: A valve having a valve body with a valve cavity that receives an axially extensible member, for example, a bellows. An adapter has a diameter that is less than the diameter of the valve cavity and greater than the diameter of the extensible member, so that the adapter is disposed between the valve body and the extensible member. The adapter forms a valve body compression seal and a compression seal for the extensible member. Use of the adapter allows a common valve body to be used with different sized bellows of different lengths and diameters as needed, as well as facilitates easy installation and replacement of the bellows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: William H. Glime, III
  • Publication number: 20150008348
    Abstract: A valve (10) for selectively diverting flow from a source to another path for use in vehicles. The valve includes a valve plunger (20) axially movable in a housing (12) between a closed position in which an annulus (28) of the valve plunger blocks the inner diameter of an inlet pipe (14) and serves as a hydrodynamic surface to move the fluid entering the inlet pipe smoothly over the valve elements, including a control chamber (40) that contacts with a fixed base of the valve member. The control chamber is connected by an inlet orifice (32) to the inlet pressure and to an external control orifice (52) connection having a low-pressure side such that the control pressure in the control chamber is variable between 100% and 0% of the inlet pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Darrell F. Greene
  • Publication number: 20140346379
    Abstract: A valve assembly includes an outer housing having a first opening in fluid communication with a first fluid, a second opening in fluid communication with a second fluid, a third opening in fluid communication with a third fluid and a fourth opening in fluid communication with a fourth fluid. The valve assembly includes a piston configured to slide within the outer housing into a first position at which the third opening is blocked from fluid communication with the fourth opening based on a fluid pressure of the first fluid being greater than a fluid pressure of the fourth fluid. The piston is further configured to slide within the outer housing into a second position at which the third opening is in fluid communication with the fourth opening based on the fluid pressure of the second fluid being greater than the fluid pressure of the fourth fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: Scott W. Simpson
  • Publication number: 20140299801
    Abstract: A system, including a flow control system, including a valve, a first cylinder including a piston coupled to the valve, wherein the piston moves axially within the first cylinder to transition the valve between open and closed positions, a magnetorheological (MR) fluid within the first cylinder configured to axially move the piston, and an MR fluid device configured to magnetize the MR fluid to control axial movement of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
    Inventors: John M. Alred, Amnah Kudia, Javier Villarreal, Hilario Torres, Gangbing Song, Devendra Patil
  • Publication number: 20140291559
    Abstract: A slide valve having a valve slide which can be acted on by an actuator in a first direction, and by an impingement device in a second direction which is opposite the first direction, and which may hydraulically connect a first working connection to an inlet connection or to an outlet connection, and a second working connection to the inlet connection or to the outlet connection, with the aid of control sections. A control section associated with the first working connection has a diameter stage and/or an axially extending groove and/or an axially extending flattened portion, so that when the actuator does not act on the valve slide, the first working connection is hydraulically connected to the outlet connection with the aid of the diameter stage and/or the groove and/or the flattened portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Andrezej Pilawski
  • Publication number: 20140231682
    Abstract: A flow regulating device 1 is provided which includes: a valve element 19 which is movable into contact with or away from a valve seat 18; a spring 21 for exerting an urging force on the valve element 19; a diaphragm 20 fixed to an end of the valve element 19, the diaphragm having a fluid contact surface 20a and a back surface 20b; a pressure chamber 24 into which compressed air is externally introduced; and a piston 25 for transmitting the pressure of the compressed air that is introduced into the pressure chamber 24 to the back surface 20b of the diaphragm 20, wherein a portion of the piston 25 which portion receives the pressure of the compressed air has an area equal to or more than twice the area of the fluid contact surface 20a of the diaphragm 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Kazuki Hirai
  • Patent number: 8807527
    Abstract: An up and down operating actuator unit which manages upward and downward motions of an opening and closing member, and a forward and backward actuator unit which manages forward and backward motions of the opening and closing member are configured so that the opening and closing member, which opens and closes a wafer movement path, can be accurately operated in an “L”-shaped motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Presys Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bae-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 8783647
    Abstract: Methods for controlling flow are described herein that include a valve assembly provided and operated to control the flow from a first conduit to a second conduit. The valve assembly includes an actuator housing enclosing an actuator piston and defining a counter-biasing chamber and a first control chamber on the same side of the actuator piston, and a first pressure control port in fluid communication with the first control chamber. A valve is connected to the actuator piston and a bore passes through both the actuator piston and the valve thereby placing a face of the valve in fluid communication with the counter-biasing chamber. The actuator piston includes a first substrate area that defines a portion of the counter-biasing chamber and a second substrate area that defines a portion of the first control chamber where the surface area of the first substrate area is less than the surface area of the valve face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Synapse Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Johann Medina
  • Patent number: 8770225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a four-way reversing valve for refrigerating cycle system, in particular to an end cover for fitting with a valve body of a main valve of a four-way reversing valve, a four-way reversing valve using the same and an assembling method thereof. The end cover has a larger diameter section and a smaller diameter section sequentially provided in an axial direction, wherein an outer periphery of the larger diameter section of the end cover is adapted to be tightly connected with the valve body, and an end portion of the smaller diameter section of the end cover is adapted to be fitted with a piston of the main valve, so as to define an operating position of the piston, characterized in that the larger diameter section of the end cover has a frustum shape with a larger outer end and smaller inner end, or an end portion of the larger diameter section of the end cover has radially projected flange for abutting against and fitting with an end surface of the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Climate and Appliance Controls Group Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Guodong Zhang, Songyan Huang
  • Publication number: 20140137960
    Abstract: An apparatus for actuating a valve includes a housing having an axis, a valve end, a cap end, and a cylindrical sidewall defining an inner diameter surface of the housing. A cap is connected to the cap end of the housing. An inlet is located in one of the cap and the housing. A plate is positioned within the housing, the plate having an outer diameter that slidingly engages the inner diameter surface of the housing. The plate moves between an extended position and a retracted position in response to pressure media from the inlet. A down stop is in contact with the plate. A seal nut has a first end in engagement with the down stop. The seal nut has a second end with an end surface, the end surface being spaced apart from the cap when the plate is in the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: GE Oil & Gas Pressure Control LP
    Inventors: Keith M. Adams, Lloyd R. Cheatham
  • Patent number: 8727305
    Abstract: A diaphragm valve is used to perform opening/closing operations to switch between a state where two flow paths 14a and 15a communicate with each other and a state where the flow paths 14a and 14b are blocked from communicating with each other. A diaphragm unit 31 which is disposed in a valve housing 13 has a hollow valve body 32 capable of being reciprocated in the axial direction, the diaphragm unit 31 is formed with a communication flow path 32a through which two flow paths 14a and 14b are communicated with each other. A first diaphragm 34 is provided to one end portion of a hollow valve body 32, and a second diaphragm 36 is provided to the other end of the hollow valve body 32, when the hollow valve body 32 is moved in its axial direction and abuts on a valve seat portion 42, the communication flow path 32a is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Koganei Corporation
    Inventor: Ryoji Kanai
  • Publication number: 20140131597
    Abstract: A valve mechanism, which constitutes a solenoid valve as one example of a valve, includes a valve plug that is displaced in an axial direction under an excitation action of a solenoid unit, and is equipped with a flexible diaphragm disposed between a valve body and an annular groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of the valve plug. The diaphragm is flexible accompanying displacement of the valve plug and includes first through third projections on an inner edge portion thereof. In addition, the first through third projections are capable of coming into abutment, respectively, against an inner circumferential surface, a first wall surface, and a second wall surface of the annular groove. Further, the inner edge portion is inserted in the interior of the annular groove while being movable slightly in the direction of displacement of the valve plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihiro FUKANO, Yasunori SHIRAGA
  • Publication number: 20140099398
    Abstract: An injection molding arrangement including a mold top clamp plate having a means for receiving a plasticizer unit, a manifold retainer plate supporting a melt distribution manifold having a melt distribution channel into which melt from the plasticizer unit is received, a mold cavity plate provided such that the manifold retainer plate is positioned between the mold top clamp plate and the mold cavity plate; the mold cavity plate receiving an injection nozzle in fluid communication with the melt distribution channel for receiving melt to be injected into a mold, a valve gate stem extending into the injection nozzle and axially movable between an open position permitting melt flow and a closed position blocking melt flow, and an actuator for moving the valve gate stem between the open position and the closed position. The actuator includes a cylinder chamber receiving a piston therein, with the valve gate stem coupled to the piston. The piston has an elongate cylindrical sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: MOLD HOTRUNNER SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Harald SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20140034856
    Abstract: To provide a pneumatic control valve including: a valve body 10; a valve opening/closing mechanism section 20; a pneumatic control section 60 for the valve opening/closing mechanism 20 that is coupled to the valve element 21 via a piston stem 62; a diaphragm 30 that defines a partition between a fluid and the pneumatic control section 60; a cylindrical lower stopper 40 that is fixed to the valve body 10 as anti-falling off for the valve element 21 and the diaphragm 30 inserted into a valve chamber 13, and supports movement of the piston stem 62; and a cylindrical upper stopper 50 that is fixed to the valve body 10 as anti-falling off for the piston stem 62 inserted into a piston chamber 15, and supports movement of the piston stem 62.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Surpass Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi IMAI, Hiroki Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20140034337
    Abstract: The invention discloses a system and method for controlling a wellbore. The method comprises the steps of: providing a capping stack comprising a number of releasable modules, each module having a size and weight within predetermined limits, wherein said modules include at least one ram type blow out preventer module, and wherein said modules include a connector module for connecting the capping stack to an attachment point of the wellbore; transporting said modules by cargo airplane to a location near the wellbore; interconnecting the modules to provide the capping stack; and connecting the capping stack to the attachment point of the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: Johannes Van Wijk
  • Patent number: 8632049
    Abstract: A plug for closing off a bore of a hydraulic spool type valve is provided. The plug includes a polymeric body having a plurality of integral projecting studs which have a snap fit engagement with an inward radial protrusion of the bore within the hydraulic valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventor: Brian K. Stefina
  • Patent number: 8622366
    Abstract: A valve drive system has a valve drive device and a hand-operated apparatus to trigger control actions in the valve drive device. The hand-operated apparatus includes a magnet arrangement, and the valve drive device includes a magnetic field sensor arrangement adjusted to the magnet arrangement of the hand-operated apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Buerkert Werke GmbH
    Inventors: Rene Bachmann, Ulrike Brinkmann, Kersten Grosse
  • Patent number: 8590501
    Abstract: An intake manifold assembly is disclosed that utilizes a barrel valve apparatus comprised of segments and connectors. The barrel valve apparatus and its housing component can be tapered and flexible. A protrusion such as a draft can be used to seal the performance of the barrel valve apparatus without a seal. Openings in the barrel valve apparatus can possess an integrated bellmouth shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Managed Programs LLC
    Inventors: Taehwan Kim, Seunghyun Jang
  • Patent number: 8590570
    Abstract: A valve is provided including a first valve member and a second valve member. The first valve member includes a first step and a first orifice adjacent the first step. The second valve member includes a second step and a second orifice adjacent the second step. The second valve member is movable relative to the first valve member between an open position, in which the first orifice is fluidly connected the second orifice, and a closed position, in which the first orifice is substantially fluidly disconnected from the second orifice. The first and second steps are fluidly connected to the second orifice and substantially fluidly disconnected from the first orifice when the second valve member is in the closed position, and the first and second steps are fluidly connected to the first and second orifices when the second valve member is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Dale A. Stretch, Jeffrey C. Thompson
  • Patent number: 8573245
    Abstract: A fuel manifold for turbine engines, such as the large turbines used for generating electrical power, has a housing with straight internal porting for routing fuel and purge media streams to the combustion area of the turbine. A pressure balanced fuel valve regulates fuel using a poppet actuator. A piston section of the actuator dynamically seals off actuation pressure from the fuel. A valve section of the actuator dynamically seals off a vented area from the fuel and regulates fuel flow through the valve. The piston section has internal porting to a collector tube within the vented area for directing media leaked past the piston seal(s) to a vent port, and thereby prevent mixing of the fuel and actuation media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Jansen's Aircraft Systems Controls, Inc.
    Inventor: Harvey B. Jansen
  • Publication number: 20130255802
    Abstract: A valve and a hydraulic controller are provider. The valve may combine a rotary-to-linear converter with the hydraulic controller to provide for at least two mechanisms for actuating the valve. Additionally, the valve may include a mechanical lock mechanism suitable for securing the valve at a desired flow position. The mechanical lock mechanism may also provide overload protection. That is, the mechanical lock mechanism may “slip” or disengage if torque forces reach undesired levels. The hydraulic controller may enable a “stepping” mode of control and “fast actuation” mode of control. The “stepping” mode may deliver a discrete quantity of a fluid, while the “fast actuation” mode may deliver a continuous quantity of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kevin Peter Minnock
  • Patent number: 8545188
    Abstract: A hydraulic controller having at least one input for a hydraulic fluid for controlling the speed of a hydraulic pump driven by an internal combustion engine is characterized in that the controller has at least two inputs, that at least two pressure chambers each connected to one of the inputs are provided, that each of the same has a piston displaceable under pressure from a rest position against the force of a spring into a switched position and that the piston rod thereof engages at the end of a rod or a pull in the switched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Weber Hydraulik GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Infanger
  • Publication number: 20130248741
    Abstract: A control valve includes particle and moisture accumulation inhibiting features. The control valve includes a piston that provides for pressure communication to a back cavity through a tortuous path that settles out particle matter carried within the airflow. Moreover, the piston includes drainage openings that direct moisture out of piston and away from the sealing surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher McAuliffe, Donald E. Army, JR., Jason Labrie, Kevin Arthur Roberg
  • Publication number: 20130240765
    Abstract: A frequency unit valve is provided. In the frequency valve, a free piston reciprocates within a housing where a sub-valve is mounted in a lower portion. Variable frequency units installed above and under the free piston provide a damping characteristic by selectively opening or closing a passage when a frequency of a piston rod is in a high-frequency region and a low-frequency region. Accordingly, the vehicle ride comfort is maximally improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Mando Corporation
    Inventor: Wan Sang PARK
  • Publication number: 20130233396
    Abstract: A hydraulic valve for a vehicle transmission includes a housing, a valve piston, an actuating piston, and a bi-stable spring. The housing is connectable with an inlet passage and an outlet passage for the transmission. The valve piston is sealed to the housing and selectively blocks a fluid flow between the inlet passage and the outlet passage. The actuating piston is sealed to the housing and is arranged to be displaceable by a hydraulic pressure in the inlet passage. The bi-stable spring is engaged with the valve piston and the actuating piston. In some example embodiments, the bi-stable spring is axially fixed with regards to the valve piston and displaceable by the actuating piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Brian Lee, Vural Ari
  • Publication number: 20130233389
    Abstract: Hydraulic valve apparatuses employing the use of multiple pistons for opening and closing gate valves are disclosed. Additionally, hydraulic valve apparatuses with a low profile and without a top shaft are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: ARRAY HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Terry Glenn Young
  • Publication number: 20130234055
    Abstract: Dual piston pneumatic actuators used in opening and closing gate valves are disclosed. The actuators allow for pressure to vary based on opening or closing a gate valve versus keeping the gate valve open or closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: ARRAY HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Terry Glenn Young
  • Publication number: 20130214185
    Abstract: The present application relates to valve and actuator assemblies. The valve actuator assemblies may include a capless valve actuating arrangement, include a replaceable passage defining member that includes seal members, include a valve member that is assembled in a valve chamber from an end of the valve body that is opposite an end that a piston is assembled in, and/or include a valve member that may be rotated in a valve body without affecting the ability of the valve member to perform its sealing functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: Swagelok Company
    Inventor: Swagelok Company
  • Publication number: 20130207011
    Abstract: A driving and adjusting device of a passive shuttle-type shut-off valve is provided. The problems of a big valve body structure size, a non-random angle installment, a single drive mode, low stability and reliability, a high temperature and poisonous material entering into the driving and adjusting device and unadjustable on-off speed and low volume in the prior device are solved. A main body (33) is connected with an upstream pipe (1) and a downstream pipe (3). A pressure port (2) on the upstream pipe (1) is connected with the driving device. A double acting cylinder (34) is provided in a valve sleeve (21). The left and right chambers of the double acting cylinder are connected with the valve clack (24). The driving device is composed of a regulating valve, a directional valve, a check valve, a boost-insulation valve and an accumulator (18). It can select the drive mode and adjust the on-off speed and the flow volume of the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: WINJET HIGH-TECH INVESTMENT CO., LTD. (BEIJING)
    Inventor: Xiangwei Zeng