公开(公告)号：US10287156B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-14

申请号：US14287478

申请日：2014-05-27

Applicant: Dresser, Inc.

Inventor： Artemus A. Shelton ,  Randal S. Kretzler ,  Jeffrey Reiter ,  Daniel Holmes ,  Bengt I. Larsson

IPC: B67D7/42 ,  B67D7/82 ,  B67D7/84 ,  F16L53/38

Abstract: Various exemplary devices and methods for heating fuel hoses and nozzles are provided. In general, the devices and methods for heating fuel hoses and nozzles can be configured to heat fluid dispensable by a user into a fuel tank or other type of container. In some embodiments, a fuel dispensing device can include a first passageway configured to pass fluid therethrough and can include a second passageway configured to pass heated air therethrough. The heated air passing through the second passageway can be configured to heat the fluid passing through the first passageway. In some embodiments, a fuel dispensing device can include a single hose configured to pass fluid and heated air through separate passageways therein, and the device can include a manifold configured to facilitate passage of the fluid and the heated air from separate sources into the single hose.

公开(公告)号：US20180262129A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-13

申请号：US15452823

申请日：2017-03-08

Applicant: Dresser, Inc.

Inventor： Richard Jin Yao

IPC: H02N2/18 ,  H02J7/00 ,  G05D16/06 ,  G01F1/56

CPC classification number: H02N2/186 ,  G01F15/002 ,  G05D16/0655 ,  H02J7/0052 ,  H02J7/32

Abstract: An energy harvester for use to provide power to metrology hardware like gas meters and flow measuring devices. The energy harvester may include an actuator that mounts to a substrate found in the gas meter or in an adjacent, collateral device like a pressure regulator. The substrate may embody a diaphragm or membrane, possibly a thin, flexible or semi-rigid member. The actuator may include piezoelectric transducers that mount to this member. In operation, the piezoelectric transducers can generate an electrical signal in response to mechanical activity (or energy) from the thin member. The electrical signal can be directed to the flow device to replace, supplement, or recharge a power source that powers electronics necessary to expand functions on the flow meter.

公开(公告)号：US10036486B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-31

申请号：US15353823

申请日：2016-11-17

Applicant: Dresser, Inc.

Inventor： Jeremy Asher Glaun

IPC: F16K47/04 ,  B23K26/342 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  F16K47/08

CPC classification number: F16K47/04 ,  B23K26/342 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B33Y80/00 ,  F16K47/08

Abstract: A valve component and method for controlling fluid flow comprises a body having a first surface and a second surface. At least one tortuous flow channel extends between the first surface and the second surface. The flow channel is at least partially defined by a floor portion and a ceiling portion. The body is formed as one-piece by additive manufacturing to concurrently define the flow channel as a void space. At least one of the floor portion and ceiling portion is disposed at an acute angle relative to a plane containing a layer of material forming the body.

公开(公告)号：US20180149282A1

公开(公告)日：2018-05-31

申请号：US15361429

申请日：2016-11-27

Applicant: Dresser, Inc.

Inventor： Robert Erling Fowler ,  Kurt Douglas Regenbrecht

IPC: F16K31/05 ,  F16H19/00

CPC classification number: F16K31/05 ,  F16H19/001 ,  F16K31/043

Abstract: An actuator with an override device to avoid damage to components during transition to and from manual operation and during manual operation. In one embodiment, the actuator comprises an output shaft, a drive assembly coupled with the output shaft, the drive assembly comprising a motor and a brake, an override device coupled with the output shaft, the override device comprising a gear assembly and a switch actuator, and a housing forming an enclosure about at least the gear assembly and the switch actuator. The switch actuator can be configured to modify an external input to the drive assembly in response to relocation of the gear assembly relative to the output shaft between a first position and a second position so as to disconnect the motor from the external input at the first position, disconnect both the motor and the brake from the external input at the second position, and apply the external input to the brake during transition between the first position and the second position.

公开(公告)号：US09803777B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-31

申请号：US14469683

申请日：2014-08-27

Applicant: Dresser, Inc.

Inventor： Kevin James Mackie ,  Harold Randall Smart

IPC: F16K37/00

CPC classification number: F16K37/0008

Abstract: An attenuating device that is configured to replace motion converters in conventional control valve assemblies. The attenuating device can generate an output displacement in response to a position of a plug relative to a seat in the valve assembly. In one embodiment, the attenuating device comprises a spring assembly with a pair of spring members, disposed in series, and configured to assume a deflection that reduces the displacement of the plug to a smaller displacement that is useful to position a target member of a sensor. This embodiment, however, forgoes the mechanisms of conventional devices in lieu of components that are amenable to compact design. In this way, the attenuating device can substantially fit within the existing structure of the valve assembly, and, in one construction, the attenuating device is disposed in the actuator of the valve assembly.

公开(公告)号：US09797811B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US14140012

申请日：2013-12-24

Applicant: Dresser, Inc.

Inventor： Larry Gene Schoonover ,  Robert Claude Prescott

IPC: G01B5/28 ,  G01M99/00 ,  G05B23/02 ,  F16K37/00

CPC classification number: G01M99/00 ,  F16K37/0041 ,  G05B23/0221

Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods that can facilitate data collection for valve diagnostics. The systems can include a valve assembly with a valve and a sampling device that is configured to access a repository with a first buffer and a second buffer. During operation, the valve assembly is configured to read data representing operating variables for the valve into the first buffer. The valve assembly is also configure to determine a quality measure for a first sample set of data from the first buffer, the quality measure indicating the usefulness of the first sample set of data for predicting performance of the valve relative to a second sample set of data from the second buffer. In one embodiment, the valve assembly is further configured to read data from the first buffer into the second buffer in response to the quality measure indicating that the first sample set of data is relatively more useful than the second sample set of data.

公开(公告)号：US20170292630A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-12

申请号：US15634182

申请日：2017-06-27

Applicant: Dresser, Inc.

Inventor： Robert Claude Prescott ,  Justin Scott Shriver ,  Frederick Wilson Wheeler

IPC: F16K37/00

CPC classification number: F16K37/0083 ,  F16K37/0041 ,  Y10T137/8225

Abstract: A method to detect cycling of components that result from use of a tight shut-off mode on a valve assembly. Embodiments of the method use operating data from the valve assembly. This operating data includes data that reflects a position for the closure member relative to the seat. This position often corresponds with a measured position of one or more components (e.g., the valve stem) on the valve assembly. In one embodiment, the method includes steps for comparing the measured position to a boundary criteria that defines one or more boundary values proximate, and often equal to, the threshold levels of the tight shut-off mode. The method can also includes steps for identifying patterns in the data that indicate that the closure member is cycling from its closed position to a second position due to tight shut-off mode.

公开(公告)号：US20170285611A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-05

申请号：US15085501

申请日：2016-03-30

Applicant: Dresser, Inc.

Inventor： Anatoly Podpaly ,  Xianren Kong ,  Yanli Liu ,  Justin Scott Shriver ,  Ryan Zhu

IPC: G05B19/406 ,  G05B19/416

CPC classification number: G05B19/406 ,  G05B19/416 ,  G05B19/4184 ,  G05B2219/32226 ,  G05B2219/41306 ,  G05B2219/45006 ,  Y02P90/14

Abstract: A method for replacing a controller on a process device that avoids downtime on a process line. The method may include retrieving data from a first controller on a valve assembly, the data comprising information that defines values for operating parameters on the first controller, removing the first controller from the valve assembly, coupling a second controller to the valve assembly, and storing data on the second controller, the data comprising information that defines the values for operating parameters corresponding with the first controller.

公开(公告)号：US20170213335A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-27

申请号：US15483238

申请日：2017-04-10

Applicant: Dresser, Inc.

Inventor： Jagadish Gattu ,  Anatoly Podpaly

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  G05B19/048 ,  G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06T7/0004 ,  G05B19/048 ,  G05B2219/24015 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F17/30247 ,  G06K9/4671 ,  G06K9/78 ,  G06T2200/24 ,  G06T2207/30108

Abstract: A system and method for conveying an identity of a valve assembly found on a process line. The method can configure the system for receiving a first image of a subject valve assembly at a first computing device. The method can also configure the system for using the first image, selecting an entry in an asset database, the entry associating valve identifying data that relates to the subject valve assembly with a second image of the subject valve assembly that is stored in the asset database, the valve identifying data configured to define an identity for the subject valve assembly. The method can further configure the system for retrieving data from the selected entry and for generating an output for display on a second computing device, wherein the output is configured to convey the valve identifying data that relates to the subject valve assembly in the first image.

公开(公告)号：US09695956B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-04

申请号：US13952748

申请日：2013-07-29

Applicant: Dresser, Inc.

Inventor： Jagadish Gattu ,  Justin Shriver

IPC: G06F19/00 ,  F16K37/00 ,  F15B19/00

CPC classification number: F16K37/0083 ,  F15B19/005 ,  F15B2211/6303 ,  F15B2211/6313 ,  F15B2211/6336

Abstract: Systems and methods for diagnosing components of a control system are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the spectral content of various signals originating from a control valve is used to detect periodic patterns that can correspond to valve problems.