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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162004 | Valve with operating means between two outlet passages A valve has a body, a fluid inlet duct delimited by the body, two fluid outlet ducts into which the fluid inlet duct opens, an intersection formed by the two fluid outlet ducts, a butterfly valve disposed in the intersection, and a motor, to which the butterfly valv... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8104510 | Device for regulating the flow of a liquid or gaseous medium The invention relates to a device for regulating the flow of a liquid or gaseous medium, having a valve housing (11), which has at least one valve inlet (15, 16) and a valve outlet (17) as well as at least one valve opening (18, 19), loca... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7938142 | Firing valve A valve for generating a flow of pressurized fluid in response to a command, including: a discharge conduit for discharging the pressurized fluid; a valve body surrounding the discharge conduit; a chamber that connects the discharge conduit to the valve body; a cove... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7322376 | Piezoelectric valve A piezoelectric valve has a flexural transducer accommodated in a valve housing and having a free ending cantilever operational section able to be deflected by electrical control. The operational section extends over two controlled valve openings lying on the same s... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309056 | Dual pedestal shut-off valve Integrated micro-valve is formed to control fluid flow and pressure. The valve converts supplied energy to mechanical energy through a means for energy conversion resident above a flexible wall or membrane. In one embodiment a sealed cavity contains a fluid that exp... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7252114 | Electromagnetic fluid flow control valve An electromagnetic actuator status defines two pairs of poles between which an elongate magnetisable armature can see-saw through a mid position between two home positions defined by two of the poles. A closed low reluctance path in each home position includes a per... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7213547 | Valve A valve is constructed to strike a balance between providing relatively high sealing yet low friction as components of the valve move. The valve includes a port and an actuator movable relative to the port. A member is disposed between the port and the actuator. The... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209337 | Electrical thermal overstress protection device An electrical current overstress protection device for use with a power source and an overload protection switch comprising a main conductor member receiving current from the power source; a parallel conductor member connected to the main conductor member; and an ar... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195035 | In-tank hydrogen distribution valve A hydrogen distribution valve for alternately distributing gaseous and liquid hydrogen from a tank is disclosed. The hydrogen distribution valve includes a valve housing having a gaseous hydrogen inlet, a liquid hydrogen inlet, a hydrogen outlet and a reference pres... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190893 | Fluid heater with low porosity thermal mass A fluid heater apparatus and method of making same includes a low porosity material, thermally conductive mass. A heat source is disposed in the thermally conductive mass for imparting heat to the mass. Fluid in a flow path through the mass absorbs heat from the mas... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7147006 | Pilot operated valve A valve assembly having a fluid switch and a main valve for controlling fluid pressure in a working volume in three control states wherein the main valve has three ports for fluid, flow of fluid through a first port and a second port being controlled by the fluid sw... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143995 | Motorized cam actuator A motorized cam actuator for linear actuation of an apparatus. An actuating motor shaft is fitted with a bushing having first and second opposed flats and a threaded portion at an outer end thereof. With the motor mounted to a pedestal, the bushing is rotated on the... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140393 | Non-contact shuttle valve for flow diversion in high pressure systems A valve for redirecting flow in a supercritical fluid or other high pressure processing system is disclosed. In high pressure supercritical carbon dioxide (SCCO2) equipment for semiconductor wafer processing, a major hurtle in providing clean equipment and clean waf... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7097150 | Electromechanical valve control actuator for internal combustion engines and internal combustion engine equipped with such an actuator An electromechanical valve control actuator for internal combustion engines, includes an electromagnet with a magnet and a mobile magnetic plate moving into the vicinity of the electromagnet. The magnet is located on a surface of the electromagnet opposite the plate... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086416 | Valve assembly having a compensating gate Methods and apparatus for selectively blocking or redirecting flow with a valve that compensates for misalignment between a seat and a gate are disclosed. In one aspect, a valve includes a gate having two discs spaced from one another, first and second seats within ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7017883 | Piezoelectrically actuated fluid valve In a piezoelectrically actuated fluid valve the bending transducer includes another bearing point at its second end remote from the immovable bearing and the valve closure member points to the valve seat in a defined partial span width between the two ends of the be... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7000890 | Pressure compensated shear seal solenoid valve A pressure compensated shear seal solenoid valve for use in subsea control systems is disclosed utilizing an arcuate cross section fluid passageway to improve flow rates, ease of serviceability and reduce size. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997433 | Electronic valve actuator having vibration cancellation An electronically controlled valve actuator having an armature, a valve, and a coupler for coupling the actuator to the valve with motion of the armature in a first direction moving the second piston in a second direction. The actuator includes an electromagnet, an ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6994115 | Thermally actuated microvalve device A microvalve having a generally planar plate valve body defining a chamber and a plate valve member movable in the chamber about a pivot axis that is perpendicular to the valve body to control the flow of a fluid through the valve body. The plate valve member define... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979259 | Air conditioner The air conditioning case (11) includes: a right and a left case body (112, 111) made of resin; and a partitioning plate (113) made of metal, and the partitioning plate (113) is a partitioning portion for partitioning the face blowout ope... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966172 | Gas turbine exhaust passage and damper system for same A gas turbine exhaust passage is realized which may suppress the radiation of strong ultra low frequency noise to the outside without amplifying the turbulence of an high speed exhaust gas flow rate or a pressure pulsation generated in a gas turbine. At least a port... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6965715 | Lens and method for producing a lens A rod lens with one or more optically active surfaces and one or more inactive surfaces, in which one part of the optically inactive surface or surfaces, especially a lens facet and/or radial peripheral surface of a lens, is smooth, and a method for smoothing one pa... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962323 | Apparatus comprising a rotary-acting pilot valve A rotary-acting valve is disclosed. In some embodiments, the rotary-acting valve is the pilot or first stage of a two-stage control valve and can be used to create an improved propulsion system for a missile. In the illustrative embodiment, the rotary-acting pilot v... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6955188 | Switch valve for the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a switch valve for the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The switch valve includes a housing part in which an inlet and a first outlet and a second outlet are formed. A directional control member in the form of a swinging flap ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6952524 | Fluid heater temperature balancing apparatus A fluid heater apparatus supplies heat to wash fluid via a flow path in a thermally conductive body. A heat source is disposed in the thermally conductive body for imparting heat to the body. Fluid flowing through the thermally conductive body in a flow path envelop... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6946011 | Intermittent mixer with low pressure drop A thermal mixer reduces the temperature of flue gas supplied to a fabric filter. Two spray dry absorbers are operable to cool flue gas. A housing of the mixer has first and second inlet passages for gas from the absorbers, an outlet passage for gas to the fabric fil... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6945276 | Valve with unilaterally constrained piezoelectric bending element as actuating device Valve with a displaceable actuating device that controls the movements of at least one actual sealing element for opening and closing, and the actuating device is loaded with an elastic element essentially in a perpendicular direction relative to the direction of di... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935373 | Electro-magnetically operable device An electro-magnetically operated device is described in which a magnetisable armature, typically a length of thin naturally resilient mild steel, is sandwiched between, and extends from, two parts of a magentic circuit which contains an air gap into which the armatu... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929019 | Method for the production of a valve A method for the manufacture of a valve having at least one valve opening surrounded by at least one valve seat and an elongated valve member able to be brought into different positions by pivoting. In order to adjust the switching stroke of the valve member the val... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6912357 | Fluid heater A fluid heater apparatus supplies heat to wash fluid via a continuous, labyrinthian flow path in a thermally conductive body. A heat source is disposed in the thermally conductive body for imparting heat to the body. Fluid flowing through the thermally conductive bo... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6848667 | Electromagnetically operated valve A valve for controlling fluid flow having a chamber of non magnetizable material having an inlet opening and at least one outlet opening, a magnetizable armature having a valve closure member, an electromagnetic drive for moving the closure member from one end to th... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6786238 | Solenoid valve A solenoid valve has an electromagnet with a clapper armature. The clapper armature is installed in a valve chamber, which is provided with an installation opening for the installation of the clapper armature. The electromagnet is provided with a yoke means, which d... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6705347 | Piezoelectric based valve A piezoelectric valve is characterized by a unique mounting arrangement for the piezoelectric element in the valve housing. The element is elongated and has one end arranged between pressurized inlet and exhaust outlet openings in the housing. The other end of the e... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6679162 | Working cylinder, switch valve and pressure-actuated working unit A working cylinder (A) having at least one working chamber (6, 7) defined by the cylinder barrel (1), at least one of the end sections (2, 3) and a piston (4), at least one supply port (9a, 9b) and a exhaust port (12a, 12b) for the working medium. The exh... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6644352 | Valve The invention relates to a valve, in particular for the fluid circulation in a motor vehicle, having a housing (12) with at least one inlet (14) and at least one outlet (16, 18) that communicate with one another via a passage (20), and having a valve memb... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6536474 | Air conditioner unit for vehicle A casing unit of an air conditioner for a vehicle includes a casing, a partition plate, a bearing portion and a door unit. The casing has a first casing member and a second casing member. The partition plate is installed in the casing. The bearing portion... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6499509 | Valve means A valve means which comprises a control chamber in a valve housing and into which several fluid duct open. In the control chamber there is at least one pivoting control rocker member serving for the control of at least one of the fluid duct openings and a... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6484754 | Pivoting valve device, especially an amplifier A valve means (1) containing a switching element in the form of a switching rocker member (13). The rocking arms (18 and 18') placed on either side of the pivotal portion (15) of the switching rocker member (13) are respectively engaged by a respective ac... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6435960 | Inside/outside air switching device with rotary door In an inside/outside air switching device, a seal member is provided at a position around a rotation center axial line of a rotary door, for sealing an inside/outside air switching box in an axial direction. The rotary door is disposed to be elastically d... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6394136 | Fluidic control element A fluid control element comprises a housing, a control chamber (12) which is formed in the housing and into which at least two flow channels (16, 16') open, at least one sealing seat (14, 14') located in the control chamber (12) and associated with the fl... | 05/28/2002 |
