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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8118060 | Valve part of a hydraulic control valve for controlling flows of pressurized medium A valve part of a hydraulic control valve for controlling flows of pressurized medium is provided, wherein the valve part includes a cylindrical valve housing with a first cylinder casing section extending in the axial direction and a first cylinder base section ext... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118059 | Control valve for a camshaft adjuster A control valve for a hydraulic adjuster for the camshaft of an internal combustion engine is provided, wherein an actuator acts on a pressure part (12) embedded in a control piston (5). In order to prevent the piston (5) from being blocked in t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8091584 | Actuator position control device using a fail freeze servo-valve The actuator (50) comprises a slide (52) carrying at least two stages (54, 56) and being capable of sliding in a cylinder and two control chambers (62, 64) connected to respective use holes (U1, U2) of an electrically contro... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8006719 | Electrohydraulic valve having a solenoid actuator plunger with an armature and a bearing A solenoid operated valve has a valve body with a plurality of ports and a spool slideable within the valve body to interconnect the ports in different combinations. An actuator drives the spool into several operating positions. The actuator has a solenoid assembly ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7938143 | Fluid pressure control apparatus In an electromagnetic hydraulic pressure control valve of an N/L type, an electromagnetic actuator provides a force to a spool, which is slidably received in a valve housing, in a valve opening direction for opening an input port of the valve housing. A return sprin... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7926513 | Spool valve A spool valve includes a valve housing, a spool and radial damper device. The valve housing has a shaft bore. The spool is slidably supported within the shaft bore in a longitudinal direction, and the spool has a first diameter portion and a second diameter portion.... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921879 | Control valve for a hydraulic motor A pilot valve (3) is designed as a directional control valve in which a control slide (20) is movably disposed in a longitudinal bore (22) of the valve body (21) so as to control the flow of hydraulic oil between two working connecting bo... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921878 | Control valve with load sense signal conditioning A control valve comprises a valve body having a fluid inlet and at least one work fluid outlet for supplying pressurized fluid to the fluid operated device. A valve member is movable in the valve body in a first direction from a null position to a full flow or open ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7841360 | Valve, especially proportional pressure control valve A proportional pressure control valve includes a valve housing (38) with at least three fluid connections (1, 2, 3). The valve can be connected to a hydraulic drive system with a pre-determinable consumer pressure. The valve can perform reliable valve ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7775241 | Slide valve control device and a drive device for use with it A valve control device. In some embodiments, the valve control device includes a housing with bore sections and a slide movable relative to the bore sections, first and second flow holes for connection of a feed line from a fluid pressure hose with one actuator, or ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7743789 | Valve for hydraulic braking of work machines or the like A valve for the hydraulic braking of work machines comprises an outer casing provided with a longitudinal seat and with at least one-to-third connection port, a slider slideable along the seat and provided with a contoured portion to control passage of the fluid thr... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7581562 | Hydraulic distributor with torque slits The invention relates to a hydraulic distributor comprising a casing, a pressurized fluid inlet, a fluid return port, at least two working ports, a slide which is housed in the casing, a passage which is provided in the casing in order to connect the inlet with the ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7533695 | Control valve for a device changing the control times of an internal combustion engine A control valve for a device for changing the control times of an internal combustion engine, having a substantially hollow-cylindrical valve housing, a control piston which is arranged within the valve housing and can be displaced axially, a pressure medium connect... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7503348 | Low-flow valve A low-flow diaphragm valve has a flexible diaphragm that cooperates with a portion of a valve body to open and close the valve. The diaphragm may have a dome for seating in a passage between the inlet and outlet of the valve. The diaphragm may have one or more ribs ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7422033 | Position feedback pilot valve actuator for a spool control valve A spool type control valve is operated by an electrically driven pilot valve. A pilot piston is attached to the control spool. As an electrical actuator moves the pilot spool, a greater pressure is applied to one side of the pilot piston than the other side, which c... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7389795 | Valve assembly A valve assembly comprising a valve body, a first movable pressure responsive element, and a second pressure responsive movable element, wherein the valve assembly further comprises a resilient biasing element and a movable third pressure responsive element, the res... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380570 | Three-way valve for use with paintball markers A novel three-way valve comprising a valve body, a valve sleeve for adjustable position mounting within the body, and a valve stem movable so as to selectively form a pathway between line recesses in the valve sleeve. Three line recesses are used to form a three way... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367352 | Multiway valve arrangement The valve device consists, according to the invention, of (at least) two part valves which are symmetrical in circuit terms with respect to the existing connections and which are designed, in particular, as four-way, two position valves of any desired type of constr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7320337 | Fluid distribution and control valve and use thereof to supply enriched air to the occupants of an aircraft An apparatus and a method for fluid distribution and control. A valve body defines at least two pairs of chambers which are each connectable to an external fluid circuit. A mobile structure, which moves according to a controlling unit, forms an internal penetrating ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7258672 | System and method for automatic taking of specimens A method and a system for automatic taking of specimen from a static or living test object, comprising the steps and functional elements of guiding a specimen collector (10) by means of a guiding device (20) to a specimen terminal (22) attached ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255132 | Control valve for controlling flow of hydraulic fluid The present invention relates to a control valve for controlling flow of hydraulic fluid. The control valve comprises: a valve housing (10); a sleeve (11) slidable in a valve chamber in the valve housing (10); a first fluid conduit (12) f... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7191799 | Annular port construction for valve applications A body element for a spool valve is provided that includes a body having an inner surface that defines an internal valving chamber having a longitudinal axis, and at least one transverse surface to the longitudinal axis. The transverse surface has at least one port ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7159615 | Flow control valve A flow rate control valve comprising a valve body having an input port, an output port and an exhaust port, a valve means that is arranged in the valve body and controls the communication of the ports, and an electromagnetic operation means for driving the valve mea... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7073533 | Pressure regulating valve, in particular proportional pressure regulating valve A pressure regulating valve, in particular a proportional pressure regulating valve, includes a valve body (1) with at least a pump connection (P), a use connection (A) and a tank connection (T). A piston (19), capable of being displaced by a controlla... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069951 | Proportional solenoid valve for a camshaft adjusting device of motor vehicles A proportional solenoid valve or a camshaft adjusting device of motor vehicles has a valve housing and a piston movably arranged in the valve housing and provided with at least one pressure medium passage. A solenoid part is connected to the valve housing and acts o... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7048004 | Valve system The invention relates to a valve system (1) with at least one valve body (2) and a longitudinal slide (3) slidably dispsoed therein which establishes or disrupts a connection between a feed line (4) and at least one inlet (5, 6) or... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6969042 | Blowout preventer and ram actuator A blowout preventer with a main body; a base releasably connected to the main body, the base having a base space therein, the base having a ram shaft opening; a primary piston movably disposed within the base space; a ram shaft to which the primary piston is connect... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6953055 | Pneumatic gate valve with an injection-molded valve housing A pneumatic gate valve includes a valve housing made of injection-molded plastic material and having a plurality of external ports. Received in the valve housing are a plurality of valve bushings disposed in axial-spaced relationship as to define a valve bore and a ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6935437 | Air drill An air drill includes a body having a grip portion having an air supply passage and an air exhaust passage formed therein, a trigger portion formed above the grip portion and supporting a trigger, and a cylinder portion formed above the trigger portion and accommoda... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6901960 | Double diaphragm pump including spool valve air motor A double diaphragm pump including a pump housing, first and second pump diaphragms, an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold, and an air motor. The air motor includes a spool valve having a valve housing, an insert surrounded by the valve housing, and a spool. The valv... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6886593 | Safety valve with pressure indicator A fluid control valve includes an adjustable soft start capability and pressure indicator device. The fluid control valve isolates an input port and connects an outlet port to an exhaust port when the fluid control valve is in its closed position. A system is provid... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6860291 | Directional control valve comprising an internal pressure regulator A directional control valve includes a pressure regulator piston configured as a hollow slide with a radial passage positioned in such a way that a connection from the internal chamber of the pressure regulator piston to a pump pressure annular channel (P) can be re... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6681806 | Solenoid valve A feed position of oil from an oil pump is changed to improve the machinability of an engine cylinder block. A plunger guide is obtained which attains improvement in pump pressure resistance and retention of magnetic efficiency. An oil feed port connected... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6648248 | Solenoid valve and fuel injector using same A solenoid valve is provided which may be used to inject fuel into an internal combustion engine for automotive vehicles. The solenoid valve includes an armature and stator attracting the armature to open a fluid passage. The solenoid valve also includes ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6644351 | Booster pilot valve A booster pilot valve operable at ultra low power levels is provided. The booster valve includes a moveable spool capable of directing a fluid flow to at least two different paths. The booster valve may be coupled to a piezotronic three-way valve, which c... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6598622 | Directional valve A directional control valve which has a movable control piston (5) which separates two pressure chambers (6, 8) from each other in the valve housing interior, which pressure chambers can be subjected to control pressure in order to move the control piston... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6578606 | Solenoid valve, in particular, a pressure control valve A solenoid valve has a housing having work, pressure, and tank connectors. An armature is movably arranged in the housing and cooperates with a coil. A slide is moveably arranged in the housing and has a hydraulic chamber connected to the work connector a... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6554014 | Proportional pilot operated directional valve A proportional, pilot-operated directional valve has a sleeve with at least four sets of radial holes, and a spool disposed within the sleeve, with a channel being defined between the spool and the sleeve. The spool has at least two sets of radial holes, ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6408883 | Electromagnetic valve Since an output port is formed at a front end portion of a sleeve, an electromagnetic valve is arranged in series with a control valve. Thus, a system becomes small, and it becomes easy to attain a mounting space. Further, since a feedback chamber is form... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6327959 | Directional control valve device A recovery check valve 26 and a piston valve 27 are axially slidably disposed within a spool 2 in coaxial relation. An axial fluid passage 32 is formed within a cylindrical portion 27a of the piston valve 27, and a seat portion 33 for the recovery check v... | 12/11/2001 |
