Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Valve device and fluid coupling comprised thereof
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Application No.: US15004897Application Date: 2016-01-23
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Publication No.: US09671041B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Matthew Charles Lively , Lamar Edward May , Kenneth Marcell Graff
- Applicant: Dresser, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Addison
- Assignee: Dresser, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Dresser, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Addison
- Agency: Paul Frank + Collins P.C.
- Main IPC: F16K5/00
- IPC: F16K5/00 ; F16K47/04 ; F16L29/00 ; F16K47/00 ; F16K1/46 ; F16K1/54 ; G05D16/02 ; G05D16/10 ; F16K1/34

Abstract:
Embodiments of a valve device that reduces noise and vibration that may occur during low flow conditions in fluid couplings (e.g., valves and flow regulators). These embodiments utilize a plug and seat arrangement with geometry to prevent pressure differentials that cause the plug element to open and close in a cyclic pattern. In one embodiment, the valve device includes a seat element with an aperture and a plug element with a boss that extends into the aperture when the plug element contacts the seat element. The boss has an outer surface that forms a gap, which defines an annular area proximate the point of contact between the seat element and the plug element that is sized to reduce Venturi flow effects that cause the cyclic pattern to occur.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160138732A1 VALVE DEVICE AND FLUID COUPLING COMPRISED THEREOF Public/Granted day:2016-05-19
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