MAGNETICALLY COUPLED VALVE
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230101874A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-30

    申请号:US17949538

    申请日:2022-09-21

    摘要: Valve assemblies are described that provide magnetic coupling between a valve actuator and a valve body housing the valve rotor and stator. A valve assembly embodiment, includes, but is not limited to, a valve body, the valve body including at least one magnet, and a rotor and a stator configured to define a plurality of fluid flow passageways; a valve actuator configured to drive the rotor via a drive shaft; and an actuator mount coupled to the valve actuator and configured to magnetically couple with the at least one magnet of the valve body to magnetically couple the valve body and the valve actuator.

    Magnetic Latching Valve and Method of Control

    公开(公告)号:US20230090383A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US17994598

    申请日:2022-11-28

    IPC分类号: F16K31/06 F16K31/08

    摘要: An example system includes a valve assembly having: (i) a plurality of ports including an inlet port, an outlet port, and a vent port, (ii) a solenoid coil having a cavity therein, (iii) an armature slidably accommodated in the cavity of the solenoid coil, (iv) a magnet fixedly disposed within the solenoid coil, wherein the magnet applies a magnetic force on the armature in a distal direction, and (v) a spring applying a biasing force on the armature in a proximal direction; and a controller sending a signal having a particular polarity to the solenoid coil such that the signal is applied to the solenoid coil for a particular period of time, and resending the signal periodically every particular time interval.

    Vasoconstriction-like pinch valve for localized flow control

    公开(公告)号:US11592113B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-28

    申请号:US16807490

    申请日:2020-03-03

    发明人: Yang Zhang Long Zhou

    IPC分类号: F16K7/04 F16K31/08

    摘要: The present disclosure describes one or more embodiments of a device for localized flow control. The device includes a plunger configured to slide along a longitudinal axis; a gate connecting to a proximal end of the plunger and configured to slide with the plunger; a spacer disposed along the longitudinal axis and on a same side with the gate relative to the plunger; a soft tube disposed in a gap between the spacer and a proximal end of the gate; and a plunger controller configured to slide the plunger between a closed position and an open position. In response to the plunger at the open position, the device is at an open state configured to allow a flow in the soft tube, and in response to the plunger at the closed position, the device is at a closed state configured to cut off the flow in the soft tube.

    Control system for a fire-extinguishing installation, and safety device

    公开(公告)号:US11376455B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US16324082

    申请日:2017-08-08

    申请人: Minimax GmbH

    摘要: The invention relates to a control system (10) of a fire-extinguishing installation, having at least one control line (11) for controlling a controlling procedure of the fire-extinguishing installation, wherein the control line (11) in a passive operation is unpressurized and the control line (11) in a control operation is impinged with a control pressure, and a safety device (12), fluidically connected to the control line (11), having a pressure equalization chamber (13) in which a holding element (3) and a movable closure element (2) are disposed.
    It is proposed that the closure element (2) is disposed in the pressure equalization chamber (13) so as to be displaceable between a first terminal position and a second terminal position, and the holding element (3) is configured for exerting on the closure element (2) a restoring force in the direction of the first terminal position, wherein the restoring force on the closure element (2) in the second terminal position of the closure element (2) is higher than the weight force of the closure element (2), and in the first terminal position of the closure element (2) is lower than a pressure force that in the control operation acts as a function of the control pressure on the closure element (2).

    Valve drive and valve
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11359741B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US17170049

    申请日:2021-02-08

    发明人: Micah Hodgins

    IPC分类号: F16K31/06 F16K31/08

    摘要: A valve drive includes a housing in which a valve actuator with a dielectric elastomer transducer is arranged. A first end of the valve actuator is coupled to an actuating part for actuating a valve element and a second end of the valve actuator is coupled to a holding part, which is mounted in the housing via an adjusting device for adjusting a mechanical pretension of the dielectric elastomer transducer. The adjusting device comprises a single adjusting screw.

    Magnetic locking or opening device, method and system

    公开(公告)号:US11339893B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US17129768

    申请日:2020-12-21

    IPC分类号: F16K31/08 F16K17/36 F16K3/02

    摘要: An emergency shut-off device comprises an activation means configured to generate an activation force in response to detecting a seismic event, and a magnetic driver having a hollow guide tube with two magnets affixed at a selected position on opposite sides along a length of the guide tube with like poles facing each other and a drive piston movable inside the guide tube. The driver piston is coupled to a third magnet and has a first end for receiving an activation force to move the third magnet crossing a magnetic repulse shift line formed by the two magnets, and a second end for applying the drive force to an output system to effectuate a shut-off of a fluid line.