Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balanced pressure two-zone fluidic valve with shape memory alloy control element
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Application No.: US17615245Application Date: 2020-07-21
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Publication No.: US11754057B2Publication Date: 2023-09-12
- Inventor: Marco Citro , Stefano Alacqua , Stefano Franceschinis
- Applicant: SAES GETTERS S.P.A.
- Applicant Address: IT Lainate
- Assignee: SAES GETTERS S.P.A.
- Current Assignee: SAES GETTERS S.P.A.
- Current Assignee Address: IT Lainate MI
- Agency: Element IP, PLC
- Priority: IT 2019000012552 2019.07.22
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/070559 2020.07.21
- International Announcement: WO2021/013836A 2021.01.28
- Date entered country: 2021-11-30
- Main IPC: F03G7/06
- IPC: F03G7/06 ; F16K37/00 ; F16K31/00 ; F16K31/126

Abstract:
A fluidic valve having a first zone and a second zone separated by an aperture that is sealed by a deformable element, where: in the first zone, there is a shape memory alloy (SMA) wire secured to a stationary surface and the SMA acts on a first surface of the deformable element either directly or through a piston; in the second zone, there are at least two ports and a plunger connected to a second surface of the deformable element, opposite to the first surface, and suitable to close one of the ports; and there is a bypass channel that permanently connects the first zone to the second zone through a first end aperture positioned in the first zone and a second end aperture positioned in the second zone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220205434A1 BALANCED PRESSURE TWO-ZONE FLUIDIC VALVE WITH SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY CONTROL ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2022-06-30
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