Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Arrangements and methods for controlled flow rate of pneumatic actuated valves
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Application No.: US18073718Application Date: 2022-12-02
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Publication No.: US11946494B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: William H. Glime, III , Branden W. Keeper
- Applicant: Swagelok Company
- Applicant Address: US OH Solon
- Assignee: SWAGELOK COMPANY
- Current Assignee: SWAGELOK COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Solon
- Agency: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
- Main IPC: F15B15/22
- IPC: F15B15/22 ; F16K31/122 ; F16K47/00

Abstract:
An actuator includes a housing defining an inlet port, a piston and a return spring disposed within the housing, and an elastically deformable element. The return spring is configured to apply a biasing force to the piston to move the piston to a spring return position. A first fluid pressure applied to the inlet port moves the piston against the biasing force of the return spring to a first actuated position in which the piston indirectly engages a stop portion of the actuator housing. A second fluid pressure, greater than the first fluid pressure, applied to the inlet port moves the piston against the elastically deformable element to compress the elastically deformable element to move the piston to a second actuated position beyond the first actuated position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230112308A1 ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLED FLOW RATE OF PNEUMATIC ACTUATED VALVES Public/Granted day:2023-04-13
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