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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7661193 | Method for manufacturing float valve apparatus In a method for manufacturing a float valve apparatus including a valve case, an upper lid incorporated into this valve case to form a valve chamber, and a float valve liftably arranged inside the valve chamber, the upper lid being provided with a lead-out pipe conn... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7357792 | Positive push medical valve with internal seal A medical valve having an open mode to permit fluid flow and a closed mode to prevent fluid flow has a body and a valving element within the interior of the body. The body also has a valving element within its interior, and a proximal port and a distal port. The val... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7320457 | Electroactive polymer devices for controlling fluid flow The invention describes devices for controlling fluid flow, such as valves. The devices may include one or more electroactive polymer transducers with an electroactive polymer that deflects in response to an application of an electric field. The electroactive polyme... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7150418 | Nozzle plate member for supplying fluids in dispersed manner and manufacturing method of the same The present invention is directed to a gas supply nozzle plate constructed by laminating a plurality of metal members each having a fluid path and branch. A fluid nozzle plate member provided by the invention has high sealing at a joined part, and high reliability e... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146729 | Fuel vapor vent valve and method of attaching same to a tank A float operated fuel vapor vent valve has body structure with an annular mounting flange formed of material weldable to a fuel tank and the flange is spin welded to the tank. The float has surfaces thereon which slidably engage corresponding surfaces in the float c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7131179 | Mounting structure and method of mounting a component in a structure A main body 110 of a component comprises a projection 120 protruding from an axis thereof in the direction of a normal, a fitting shaft portion 111 to be fitted into an opening 811 of a structure 810, and a mounting plate portion | 11/07/2006 |
| 7100890 | Swabbable luer-activated valve A normally closed valve that may be opened upon insertion of a nozzle permits two-way flow when opened by a luer-taper nozzle. The valve also is able to resist large back pressures. The valve includes a substantially rigid housing that defines a passageway having an... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7063272 | Fuel injection nozzle and method of manufacture An injection nozzle (10), for use in a fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, has an inner valve needle (26) which is engageable with an inner valve seating (24, 58) to control fuel delivery through one or more first nozzle outlets ( | 06/20/2006 |
| 7037302 | Positive flow needleless connector The positive flow needleless connector has a cannula slideably mounted within a tubular housing. A sleeve-like septum seals the cannula from an outside environment while also sealing an internal chamber of the cannula from a flow path in a male luer housing. Movemen... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7014169 | Anti-drawback medical valve A medical valve has a translating member that enlarges the volume of the interior of the valve when the valve is in an open mode (permitting fluid flow), and decreases the volume of the interior when the valve is in a closed mode (preventing fluid flow). This varyin... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007371 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic strip magnet speed ring A method of manufacturing a speed ring in a continuous process using a magnetizing fixture and a trimming fixture. An unmagnetized magnetic strip is fed into the trolley of a magnetizing fixture, clamped stretched, and magnetized by a coil. The newly magnetized stri... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6971172 | Piezoelectric control valve adjustment method A method for adjusting piezoelectric valve components to create a precise interface between a piezoelectric actuator and a movable valve plunger is provided which includes the steps of conducting a coarse adjustment prior to assembly followed by a fine adjustment af... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6926989 | Interconnect apparatus for fuel cells A fuel delivery system for a fuel cell (400) includes a substrate (404) having a cavity (402) formed therein, an o-ring (408) embedded within the cavity, and a detachable tube (410) inserted though and retained within the o-ring. T... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6908459 | Needleless luer access connector A needleless luer access connector is disclosed having a septum disposed in a housing. The septum has a proximal portion with a cross section, a medial portion with a cross section smaller than the cross section of the proximal portion, and a distal portion. A longi... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6799735 | Nozzle plate member for supplying fluids in dispersed manner and manufacturing method of the same The present invention is directed to a gas supply nozzle plate constructed by laminating a plurality of metal members each having a fluid path and branch. A fluid nozzle plate member provided by the invention has high sealing at a joined part, and high reliability e... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6678954 | Methods to set a hollow device into and to retrieve said hollow device from a flow pipe A method to set a hollow device into an undersea flow pipe uses a flexible pig 5 driven by a flow flowing into the flow pipe to displace a hollow device to a point where a stop halts a displacement of hollow device, thereby setting hollow device into posi... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6675477 | Method for manufacturing spool valve A spool valve is provided which has a plurality of small-diameter portions formed at predetermined spacings on a peripheral surface of a shaft, and pairs of annular ridges on peripheral surfaces of the small-diameter portions to have a larger diameter tha... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6543133 | Method of manufacturing armature/needle assembly for a fuel injection A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine is provided. The fuel injector includes a housing and an armature/needle assembly reciprocally mounted in the housing. The armature/needle assembly includes an armature having an armature end and a longitu... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6385848 | Method of setting armature/needle lift in a fuel injector A method of setting a distance between a first body and a second body in a fuel injector is disclosed. The method includes providing an intermediate body having a first end, a second end and a longitudinal axis, the first end being fixedly connected to th... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6322050 | Method of manufacture of element having ceramic insert and high-strength element-to-shaft connection for use in a valve An element for controlling the fluid flow rate through a fluid valve. The element may include a generally spherical metal housing encasing a cylindrical ceramic insert. The element may also include a cone-shaped metal housing encasing a cylindrical cerami... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6317975 | Method of manufacturing common rails A method is provided for manufacturing common rails, such as a high-pressure fluid manifold or a block rail that may be use in an accumulator fluid injection system. The method includes providing a main tubular rail with a flow passage extending in an axi... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6223435 | One-piece tipless valve housing An improved design and process for manufacturing a valve housing for an existing filling machine. The improved design is an annular lip protruding downwardly at the outlet end and flaring outwardly for directing liquid into the container being filled, and... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6178638 | Fabrication method for a flange-type ball valve A fabrication method for an improved structure practical forged one-piece flange-type ball valve that consists of the forging the initial two blanks of the water inlet seat and the ball valve seat for a one-piece flange-type ball valve, based on the bluep... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6088916 | Method of making a pump having relief valve seat free of direct structural restraint A pump includes a coaxially integrated pump bypass/relief valve element of high density polymer material seats against a hard metallic sleeve that is pressed into a first counterbore around the bypass flow channel with an interference fit. That axial end ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085771 | Two-stage fuel tank vapor recovery vent valve and method of making same A two-stage venting on-board refueling vapor recovery (ORVR) valve for controlling fuel tank venting to a storage canister during tank filling. A float actuated poppet has a small second stage venting hole therethrough. The poppet is mounted for relative ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6061906 | Process for manufacturing a spool valve A process for manufacturing a spool valve whereby a plurality of quenching processed collars are fitted to a shaft material so that the collars are arranged at predetermined positions on the shaft material. The collars have respective substantially centra... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6026721 | Method for manufacturing valve discs of fluid displacement apparatus A method for manufacturing a first valve disc and a second valve disc for use in a compressor having a longitudinal axis and several cylinder chambers surrounding the axis is described. The method includes the steps of: providing a sheet of resilient valv... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6006431 | Process for producing a substantially tubular housing substantially closed on all sides To produce a two-part valve housing inexpensively it is proposed to produce from a sleeve-shaped blank (20) by internal high-pressure forming an intermediate product (10) which corresponds to the first housing part in a section lying on one side of a sepa... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5979052 | Engine injector structure and hard thread milling method and apparatus for forming same Hard thread milling methods and equipment provide more precise alignment for a threadably retained component A fuel injector body with a cavity for a solenoid valve is processed by steps including heat treatment before milling threads and also milling a p... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5979053 | Method of assembling a butterfly damper capable of fully stopping the flow of air and/or gases A butterfly damper for installation in duct work through which air and/or gases will be flowing either under a positive or negative pressure has: an outer cylindrical surface structure made of a strong material; an inner cylindrical surface structure made... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5894663 | Method for forming a ball value assembly A method for assembling a rotary ball valve assembly utilizes an axially directed compressive force to urge an annular seal into sealing engagement with a rotatable ball and, while the compressive force is applied, inwardly deforming a tubular member atta... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5694686 | Method for assembling a medical valve A closed system, needleless valve device includes a generally tubular body defining an internal cavity. On the proximal end of the body there is an opening which is preferably sufficiently large to receive an ANSI standard tip of a medical implement. The ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5680703 | Method of manufacturing pressure regulator There is disclosed a method of manufacturing, in which a diaphragm not provided with an annular rib is fastened to a housing through a spring casing. The method of manufacturing comprises: a process, in which supports of a supporting slider rested on a fl... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5595218 | Valve construction A solid valve spool is split in two, by cutting through its center land diameter. A drill rod spacer is machined to length and inserted between the spool pieces to establish a spool assembly having a precise land width. The spool pieces and spacer are bia... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5542338 | Rotary slide valve for power-assisted steering systems of motor vehicles A rotary slide valve (1) for power-assisted steering systems of motor vehicles contains a rotary slide (2) that is guided in a limited rotary fashion in a control box (3). Control box (3) is connected with a valve exit member (7) in a nonrotating manner. ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5539980 | Process for forming valve guide insert A thin-walled valve guide insert for lining and relining a valve guide of an internal combustion engine includes opposing ends each having a tapered insertion section thereon. The tapered insertion section defines a reduced outer diameter to facilitate in... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5448818 | Method of assembly of a collapsible ink reservoir structure A method of assembling a collapsible ink reservoir for a liquid ink printer cartridge comprising the steps of attaching a first sidewall to a frame member along a sealable junction to form an open assembly; assembling a pressure regulator; inserting the p... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5430932 | Apparatus for installing a valve on or into an existing pipe An apparatus for installing and/or replacing a valve on an existing pipe which may be under fluid pressure. A first version of the apparatus includes a main housing having a pair of separable housing members together defining a first bore extending along ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5353501 | Method of manufacturing variable orifice devices A variable orifice device for passing fluent material under pressure includes a piece of resilient material bent out of its normal shape so that one surface is in tensile stressed condition and the other surface is in compressive stressed condition. A sli... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5271153 | Apparatus for assembling a thin film beam spring vent valve A method and apparatus for assembling a thin film beam spring vent valve is provided. The thin film beam spring vent valve is provided in a squeeze pump package. The package includes an outer resilient bottle and a flexible bag with a relatively rigid fit... | 12/21/1993 |
