Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pneumatic valve
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Application No.: US17655942Application Date: 2022-03-22
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Publication No.: US11946560B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Damiano Pasini , Lu Liu , Chuan Qiao
- Applicant: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: CA Montréal
- Assignee: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: CA Montreal
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: F16K31/00
- IPC: F16K31/00 ; F04B45/053 ; F16K31/126 ; F16K31/12

Abstract:
A valve for a pneumatic system, has: a first enclosure defining a first chamber and a first connection port; a second enclosure defining a second chamber and a second connection port; a first shell subjected to a first pressure differential and movable from a default position to a reversed position via snap-through buckling upon the first pressure differential reaching a threshold; and a second shell having a shape different than a shape of the first shell, the second shell resiliently movable from an initial position to a deformed position when subjected to a second pressure differential, wherein a first flow rate of a fluid via the first connection port induces deformation of the second shell followed by a snapping of the first shell thereby generating a second flow rate greater than the first flow rate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220299129A1 PNEUMATIC VALVE Public/Granted day:2022-09-22
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