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公开(公告)号:US20220349429A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-03
申请号:US17866787
申请日:2022-07-18
发明人: Jim Schmidt , Brindesh Dhruva , Michael Kitchens , Stan Allen , Craig Brown
摘要: The embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus for monitoring a valve having a control element, wherein the control element is actuated by an actuator, having: a valve stem, wherein the valve stem is connected to the control element; a cavity defined within the valve stem; an electronics module embedded within the cavity of the valve stem, wherein the electronics module further has one or more sensors within the valve stem; and wherein the electronic module further has a microprocessor within the valve stem; and a conductor connecting the electronics module to the actuator.
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公开(公告)号:US12018772B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-25
申请号:US17139284
申请日:2020-12-31
CPC分类号: F16K41/02 , F16J15/185 , F16K51/00
摘要: The embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus for monitoring a valve having: a body of the valve containing a control element; a neck extending from the body of the valve and connected to a mounting support, wherein the neck partially houses a valve stem connected to the control element and further wherein the valve stem extends through the mounting support; a gland ring mounted around the valve stem, wherein the gland ring is partially within the mounting support; a gland retainer mounted above the gland ring within the mounting support; one or more fasteners connecting the gland retainer to the body of the valve; and one or more load cells mounted around the fasteners and located above the gland retainer, wherein each load cell is configured to sense a clamping force between a top surface and a bottom surface of the load cell.
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公开(公告)号:US11624453B2
公开(公告)日:2023-04-11
申请号:US16706229
申请日:2019-12-06
发明人: Craig Brown , Jim Schmidt , Brindesh Dhruva , Michael Kitchens , Stan Allen
摘要: The embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus for monitoring a valve having a control element, wherein the control element is actuated by an actuator, having: an adaptor between the control element and the actuator, wherein the adaptor couples a valve stem of the control element to the actuator; and an electronics module contained within the adaptor, wherein the electronics module further comprises one or more sensors.
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公开(公告)号:US11408451B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-09
申请号:US16600864
申请日:2019-10-14
发明人: Jim Schmidt , Brindesh Dhruva , Michael Kitchens , Stan Allen , Craig Brown
摘要: The embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus for monitoring a valve having a control element, wherein the control element is actuated by an actuator, including a valve stem having a bore therethrough, wherein the bore is defined by a wall of the valve stem, and further wherein the valve stem is connected at a first end to the actuator and at a second end to the control element; and an electronics module within the bore of the valve stem, wherein the electronics module further includes one or more sensors within the valve stem.
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公开(公告)号:US20180335149A1
公开(公告)日:2018-11-22
申请号:US15982288
申请日:2018-05-17
IPC分类号: F16K1/226
CPC分类号: F16K1/222 , F02D9/101 , F02D9/1015
摘要: The disclosure relates to a unitary disc-stem apparatus for a valve, which has a disc defining a circumference around the disc; a first hub integral to the disc; a second hub integral to the disc; a first stem portion joining the disc at the first hub and a second stem portion joining to the disc at the second hub; a curved extended edge which is transposed on opposite sides of the disc, wherein the curved extended edge is progressively longer moving circumferentially away from the first hub and the second hub along the circumference of the disc, and longest at a position where the opposite curved extended edges of the disc are along an axis perpendicular to the first stem portion and the second stem portion.
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