| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 236101000 | Expanding solid | 26 |
| 20100276501 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD USING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MAGNETIC SUBSTANCE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD - A temperature measuring method using a temperature probe in which a temperature-sensitive magnetic substance having an arbitrary Curie point is arranged in a portion to be measured. A magnetic field is generated from a magnetic field generation source disposed at a position away from the portion to be measured. A change of the magnetic flux vector of the magnetic field depending on the temperature of the temperature-sensitive magnetic substance is detected by a magnetic sensor to measure the temperature of the portion to be measured, thereby the temperature of the portion to be measured can be wirelessly measured from the position away from the portion to be measured and the reduction in size can be easy. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110073668 | Temperature controller for direct mounting to the object to be controlled - An integrated solid-state temperature controller that is mountable to an object the temperature of which is controlled by the solid-state temperature controller, or is mountable in a space in which the temperature is controlled by the solid-state temperature controller. The solid-state temperature controller able to withstand and continue to operate in extremes of temperatures at which the object or space is controlled, and able to withstand and continue to operate in extremes of temperatures of the object or space when the temperature is not being controlled. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20130112763 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE HAVING A SLEEVE - A valve includes a housing which defines openings for the inlet and outlet of a fluid. The valve also includes a sleeve for controlling the circulation of the fluid through the housing. The movement of the sleeve along its axis is controlled by a thermostatic element. In order to improve the maximum flow of fluid that the valve can take in, the valve further includes a seat part, which is fixedly mounted in the housing and which includes a fluid-tight wall. One of the two opposite surfaces of the wall extends transversally to the axis of the sleeve and defines a seat bearing the sleeve. The other one of these two opposite surfaces defines, between it and a wall of the housing according to the direction of the axis of the sleeve, a free volume wherein exists one of the openings and via which the fluid flows, being distributed over the entire periphery of the sleeve when this sleeve is in its open position. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130264392 | THERMO-ELEMENT AND THERMOSTAT - A thermo-element having an excellent response and durability is provided. The thermo-element comprises a casing having a bottom, a thermally expandable material filled in the casing and capable of expanding and contracting due to temperature changes, a piston movable in an axial direction thereof, a guide member for slidably holding the piston, and a liquid chamber defined between the thermally expandable material and the piston to receive therein a deformable, incompressible fluid. A check valve is provided between the liquid chamber and an outside of the thermo-element, and operable to permit a flow of the fluid in a direction from the outside of the thermo-element to the liquid chamber, and inhibit a flow of the fluid in a direction from the liquid chamber to the outside of the thermo-element. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130277439 | HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC/ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS USING SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL - Disclosed is a housing for electronic/electrical that includes an inner panel and an outer panel, a strip of metal plate, and a strip of shape memory material. The inner panel and the outer panel are disposed parallel to each other at regular intervals to define an internal space. The strip of metal plate extends from an inner surface of the outer panel. The strip of shape memory material extends from an inner surface of the inner panel and is attached or detached to/from the metal plate on the outer panel while changing into an original straight shape or a bent shape according to a temperature variation. Here, when the temperature increase beyond a first transition temperature, the shape memory material straightens to form a heat transfer path. At a low temperature environment, the shape memory material bends and is separated from the metal plate to interrupt the heat transfer path. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140021266 | SERVOMECHANISM CONTROL FOR NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS - Controlling a temperature with a servomechanism. A temperature is monitored at the servomechanism for a period of time. A difference is determined between the temperature and a target temperature at the servomechanism. A target power gain is determined at the servomechanism to produce the target temperature such that the target power gain is determined based on a non-linear determination. A power gain is adjusted at the servomechanism to the target power gain based on a result of the determination such that the temperature is the target temperature. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140263680 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY VALVE - A valve apparatus employs a shape memory alloy. In another aspect, a shape memory member acts as a lock or trigger in combination with a separate actuator or spring to move a valve. Still another aspect uses an externally mounted shape memory member to rotate a valve if an unsafe condition causes movement of the member. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150041552 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE WITH A SLEEVE - A thermostatic valve is for a fluid circulation circuit. The valve includes a housing through which a fluid circulates and a sleeve for regulating the circulation of the fluid. The valve also includes a thermostatic element containing a heat-expandable material and a stationary part, which are fixedly connected to the housing. The valve also includes a moving part, which commands the movement of the sleeve between its closed and open positions. A compression spring and a yoke for bearing of the compression spring are also included. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150083814 | THERMOSTATIC ELEMENT - An element comprising a cup containing a thermally expanding material, a piston capable of translational movement along its axis, a rigid guide for guiding the translational movement of the piston, a seal for sealing in the thermally expanding material having an annular overall shape, centered on the axis and through which the piston passes axially right through, and which includes first and second opposite axial parts against which the guide and the cup press respectively in a substantially antagonistic manner so as to compress the seal around the piston, and an anti-extrusion washer mounted coaxially around the piston and axially interposed between the guide and the first part of the seal. The invention provides for including in this thermostatic element means for supercompressing the first part of the seal around the piston, which means are designed to make the degree of compression of the first part of the seal equal to a value strictly higher than that associated with an operational thermostatic element formed by the cup, the piston, the guide, the seal and the anti-extrusion washer assembled with one another without these supercompression means. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150108231 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE - A thermostatic valve with a valve housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, with an actuator which is accommodated in the valve housing and has a housing, and with a switching element which is operatively connected to the actuator in order to control a fluid connection between fluid inlet and fluid outlet, wherein a plunger protrudes out of the housing, the plunger being connected in an axially fixed manner to the valve housing, and the housing being accommodated in an axially shiftable manner in the valve housing, wherein the housing is mounted in the region of its opposite end regions in the valve housing by plain bearings, wherein the switching element is arranged in an axially displaceable manner relative to the housing of the actuator. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150108232 | RESETTABLE THERMAL PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICE - A resettable thermal pressure relief device (TPRD) is disclosed. The TPRD includes a piston, a housing adapted to receive the piston and allow movement between an open and a closed position. The housing includes an actuator having a temperature sensitive material disposed therein. The temperature sensitive material volumetrically expands, increasing a length of the actuator and forcing a lever from a first position to a second position. The piston is held in the closed position by the lever in the first position. When the lever moves to the second position, the piston is allowed to move to the open position, allowing a fluid to flow through the TPRD from a high pressure vessel in communication therewith. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150316939 | Four Way Valve With Oil Filled Actuator - A thermally actuated flow control valve comprises a wax filled actuator assembly including a guide, a piston, a cup and a diaphragm. The cup is disposed at the guide first end and defines a cavity that receives a thermally activated pellet. The thermally activated pellet, diaphragm and piston act in concert to exert a variable actuating force as a temperature of a fluid increases between a first temperature T | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150355648 | SANITARY INSTALLATION PART AND SANITARY FITTING WITH SUCH AN INSTALLATION PART - In a sanitary installation part ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160103456 | VALVE - A valve may include a housing forming one inlet and at least one outlet, an operating unit mounted in the housing, and performing expansion or contraction in accordance with a temperature of a flowing working fluid to selectively connect the at least outlet with the one inlet for exhausting the flowing working fluid outside of the housing, wherein the operating unit includes a sliding member slidably inserted into the interior of the housing, a flange member forming a penetration hole and fixedly mounted inside of the sliding member, a rod movably inserted into the penetration hole of the flange member, and a deformable member fixed at the penetration hole of the flange member and expanded or contracted in accordance with a temperature of the flowing working fluid. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160139616 | Valve Actuation Using Shape Memory Alloy - An actuator device includes a shape memory alloy (SMA) device comprising an two way SMA element transformable from a deformed shape to a pre-deformed shape at a temperature of the SMA element that is above a transition temperature of the SMA element. The actuator device further includes a valve having an opening therethrough. The valve is moveable between an open position and a closed position. The actuator device also includes a biasing element. The valve is positioned between the SMA device and the biasing element. The SMA element is substantially cone-shaped, and a wall of the SMA element is slanted down at an angle that is between approximately 40 degrees and approximately 90 degrees relative to a vertical axis extending through the wall. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20110284645 | ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS INCORPORATING SAME AND RELATED METHODS - Adaptive structures, systems incorporating such adaptive structures and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an adaptive structure is provided that includes a first structure and at least one microstructure associated with the first structure. The at least one microstructure may include a microscale beam configured to be displaced relative to the first structure upon the adaptive structure being exposed to a specified temperature. The beam may be formed for example, of a metallic material, of multiple different metallic materials, or of a shape memory alloy. In one embodiment, a plurality of the adaptive structures may be associated with micropores of a skin panel. The adaptive structures may be utilized to control the flow rate of a coolant or other fluid through the micropores responsive to a sensed environmental parameter such as, for example, temperature. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20080265044 | FUEL CELL COOLANT TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION METHOD - A method of determining a temperature of a coolant in a coolant circulation system is disclosed. The coolant circulation system includes a coolant flow valve having a valve housing and an expansion element provided in the valve housing for controlling flow of the coolant through the valve housing. According to the method, an ohmic resistance of the expansion element is measured. The temperature of the coolant is determined by correlating the ohmic resistance of the expansion element with the temperature of the coolant. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110062247 | FLOW REGULATING ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A flow regulating article is provided. The flow regulating article, in an exemplary embodiment, includes a patterned structure. The patterned structure includes a shape memory alloy capable of changing shape at predetermined temperatures. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20140054387 | VALVE AND VALVE SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO FLUID TEMPERATURE - A valve is provided and includes a bypass block defining a bypass flowpath fluidly communicable with main flowpaths, a member disposable within the bypass block to occupy and move between first and second positions, the member being configured to permit fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the first position and to block a portion of the bypass flowpath to thereby prevent fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the second position and an elastic element. The elastic element is coupled to the member and configured to bias the member in a biasing direction toward the second position responsive to a temperature of fluid flowing along the main flowpaths. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140103126 | THERMOSTAT THAT THE REACTIVITY THEREOF IS IMPROVED - A thermostat having improved reactivity may include a thermostat case having side connected to first and second passages, and a third passage formed between the first and second passages in a side direction, a valve body where first and second valves are formed to open/close the first and second passages, and a mounting space is formed in the valve body, an elastic member elastically pushing the valve body in a direction of the first valve such that the first valve closes the first passage, and a drive portion moving the valve body in response to contraction or expansion of a wax disposed in the mounting space. A flowing turn wall may be formed to correspond to the third passage such that a liquid flowing in through the second passage moves in a direction opposite to the third passage. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20160154412 | CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR A FLUID HEATING SYSTEM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20100012738 | Thermostat Apparatus - An apparatus comprising a movable temperature sensing member ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110204151 | THERMOSTAT VALVE ARRANGEMENT AND A COOLING SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTION ENGINE DRIVEN VEHICLES - A thermostatic valve aggregate for a motor vehicle cooling system, comprising a valve housing fitted with a valve seat, further a thermally expansible element in said valve housing and coupled to a valve element and fitted with a spring biasing the valve element toward the valve seat, one coolant hookup on each side of the valve seat, a bypass valve element prestressed by a bypass spring toward a bypass valve seat to selectively link one bypass hookup at the valve housing to one of the other hookups, an electromagnet being mounted on the valve housing and comprising a core extending as far as the bypass valve seat, where the bypass valve element comprises a magnetically effective armature portion resting against the core or being near it when the bypass valve rests against the bypass valve seat. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20140097258 | Thermostat - A thermostat apparatus may include a thermostat case where a first passage may be formed, a first valve that may be disposed in the thermostat case to open or close the first passage, wherein a mounting protrusion may be formed along an inner circumference of the first valve, a drive portion that may be disposed to penetrate the first valve and moves the first valve depending on temperature to open or close the first passage, and a rubber cap that a first side interior circumference thereof contacts an exterior circumference of the mounting protrusion of the first valve and a second side interior circumference thereof slidably contacts an exterior circumference of the drive portion. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140097259 | THERMOSTAT - A thermostat apparatus may include a valve body including a first valve, a second valve, wherein the first valve may be integrally connected with the second valve , and a drive portion the drive portion includes a wax case that wax may be charged therein, a piston guide connected to a front end portion of the wax case, a piston that may be slidably inserted into the piston guide and movable in accordance with expansion or contraction of the wax, a semi-fluid that may be charged between the wax and the piston, and a rubber layer that may be formed on an upper end portion surface of the piston to seal a space the piston and an interior circumference of the piston guide. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140332599 | THERMOSTAT - A thermostat having a hollow body, wherein the hollow body is at least partly filled with a thermosensitive medium. A heating element is provided for heating the thermosensitive medium. The heating element is located outside of the hollow body and is at least partially insulated electrically from the hollow body. The element is connected to the hollow body in a thermally conductive manner. | 11-13-2014 |
| 236101000 | Plural inlets or outlets | 5 |
| 20100276501 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD USING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MAGNETIC SUBSTANCE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD - A temperature measuring method using a temperature probe in which a temperature-sensitive magnetic substance having an arbitrary Curie point is arranged in a portion to be measured. A magnetic field is generated from a magnetic field generation source disposed at a position away from the portion to be measured. A change of the magnetic flux vector of the magnetic field depending on the temperature of the temperature-sensitive magnetic substance is detected by a magnetic sensor to measure the temperature of the portion to be measured, thereby the temperature of the portion to be measured can be wirelessly measured from the position away from the portion to be measured and the reduction in size can be easy. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110073668 | Temperature controller for direct mounting to the object to be controlled - An integrated solid-state temperature controller that is mountable to an object the temperature of which is controlled by the solid-state temperature controller, or is mountable in a space in which the temperature is controlled by the solid-state temperature controller. The solid-state temperature controller able to withstand and continue to operate in extremes of temperatures at which the object or space is controlled, and able to withstand and continue to operate in extremes of temperatures of the object or space when the temperature is not being controlled. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20130112763 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE HAVING A SLEEVE - A valve includes a housing which defines openings for the inlet and outlet of a fluid. The valve also includes a sleeve for controlling the circulation of the fluid through the housing. The movement of the sleeve along its axis is controlled by a thermostatic element. In order to improve the maximum flow of fluid that the valve can take in, the valve further includes a seat part, which is fixedly mounted in the housing and which includes a fluid-tight wall. One of the two opposite surfaces of the wall extends transversally to the axis of the sleeve and defines a seat bearing the sleeve. The other one of these two opposite surfaces defines, between it and a wall of the housing according to the direction of the axis of the sleeve, a free volume wherein exists one of the openings and via which the fluid flows, being distributed over the entire periphery of the sleeve when this sleeve is in its open position. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130264392 | THERMO-ELEMENT AND THERMOSTAT - A thermo-element having an excellent response and durability is provided. The thermo-element comprises a casing having a bottom, a thermally expandable material filled in the casing and capable of expanding and contracting due to temperature changes, a piston movable in an axial direction thereof, a guide member for slidably holding the piston, and a liquid chamber defined between the thermally expandable material and the piston to receive therein a deformable, incompressible fluid. A check valve is provided between the liquid chamber and an outside of the thermo-element, and operable to permit a flow of the fluid in a direction from the outside of the thermo-element to the liquid chamber, and inhibit a flow of the fluid in a direction from the liquid chamber to the outside of the thermo-element. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130277439 | HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC/ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS USING SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL - Disclosed is a housing for electronic/electrical that includes an inner panel and an outer panel, a strip of metal plate, and a strip of shape memory material. The inner panel and the outer panel are disposed parallel to each other at regular intervals to define an internal space. The strip of metal plate extends from an inner surface of the outer panel. The strip of shape memory material extends from an inner surface of the inner panel and is attached or detached to/from the metal plate on the outer panel while changing into an original straight shape or a bent shape according to a temperature variation. Here, when the temperature increase beyond a first transition temperature, the shape memory material straightens to form a heat transfer path. At a low temperature environment, the shape memory material bends and is separated from the metal plate to interrupt the heat transfer path. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140021266 | SERVOMECHANISM CONTROL FOR NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS - Controlling a temperature with a servomechanism. A temperature is monitored at the servomechanism for a period of time. A difference is determined between the temperature and a target temperature at the servomechanism. A target power gain is determined at the servomechanism to produce the target temperature such that the target power gain is determined based on a non-linear determination. A power gain is adjusted at the servomechanism to the target power gain based on a result of the determination such that the temperature is the target temperature. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140263680 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY VALVE - A valve apparatus employs a shape memory alloy. In another aspect, a shape memory member acts as a lock or trigger in combination with a separate actuator or spring to move a valve. Still another aspect uses an externally mounted shape memory member to rotate a valve if an unsafe condition causes movement of the member. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150041552 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE WITH A SLEEVE - A thermostatic valve is for a fluid circulation circuit. The valve includes a housing through which a fluid circulates and a sleeve for regulating the circulation of the fluid. The valve also includes a thermostatic element containing a heat-expandable material and a stationary part, which are fixedly connected to the housing. The valve also includes a moving part, which commands the movement of the sleeve between its closed and open positions. A compression spring and a yoke for bearing of the compression spring are also included. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150083814 | THERMOSTATIC ELEMENT - An element comprising a cup containing a thermally expanding material, a piston capable of translational movement along its axis, a rigid guide for guiding the translational movement of the piston, a seal for sealing in the thermally expanding material having an annular overall shape, centered on the axis and through which the piston passes axially right through, and which includes first and second opposite axial parts against which the guide and the cup press respectively in a substantially antagonistic manner so as to compress the seal around the piston, and an anti-extrusion washer mounted coaxially around the piston and axially interposed between the guide and the first part of the seal. The invention provides for including in this thermostatic element means for supercompressing the first part of the seal around the piston, which means are designed to make the degree of compression of the first part of the seal equal to a value strictly higher than that associated with an operational thermostatic element formed by the cup, the piston, the guide, the seal and the anti-extrusion washer assembled with one another without these supercompression means. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150108231 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE - A thermostatic valve with a valve housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, with an actuator which is accommodated in the valve housing and has a housing, and with a switching element which is operatively connected to the actuator in order to control a fluid connection between fluid inlet and fluid outlet, wherein a plunger protrudes out of the housing, the plunger being connected in an axially fixed manner to the valve housing, and the housing being accommodated in an axially shiftable manner in the valve housing, wherein the housing is mounted in the region of its opposite end regions in the valve housing by plain bearings, wherein the switching element is arranged in an axially displaceable manner relative to the housing of the actuator. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150108232 | RESETTABLE THERMAL PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICE - A resettable thermal pressure relief device (TPRD) is disclosed. The TPRD includes a piston, a housing adapted to receive the piston and allow movement between an open and a closed position. The housing includes an actuator having a temperature sensitive material disposed therein. The temperature sensitive material volumetrically expands, increasing a length of the actuator and forcing a lever from a first position to a second position. The piston is held in the closed position by the lever in the first position. When the lever moves to the second position, the piston is allowed to move to the open position, allowing a fluid to flow through the TPRD from a high pressure vessel in communication therewith. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150316939 | Four Way Valve With Oil Filled Actuator - A thermally actuated flow control valve comprises a wax filled actuator assembly including a guide, a piston, a cup and a diaphragm. The cup is disposed at the guide first end and defines a cavity that receives a thermally activated pellet. The thermally activated pellet, diaphragm and piston act in concert to exert a variable actuating force as a temperature of a fluid increases between a first temperature T | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150355648 | SANITARY INSTALLATION PART AND SANITARY FITTING WITH SUCH AN INSTALLATION PART - In a sanitary installation part ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160103456 | VALVE - A valve may include a housing forming one inlet and at least one outlet, an operating unit mounted in the housing, and performing expansion or contraction in accordance with a temperature of a flowing working fluid to selectively connect the at least outlet with the one inlet for exhausting the flowing working fluid outside of the housing, wherein the operating unit includes a sliding member slidably inserted into the interior of the housing, a flange member forming a penetration hole and fixedly mounted inside of the sliding member, a rod movably inserted into the penetration hole of the flange member, and a deformable member fixed at the penetration hole of the flange member and expanded or contracted in accordance with a temperature of the flowing working fluid. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160139616 | Valve Actuation Using Shape Memory Alloy - An actuator device includes a shape memory alloy (SMA) device comprising an two way SMA element transformable from a deformed shape to a pre-deformed shape at a temperature of the SMA element that is above a transition temperature of the SMA element. The actuator device further includes a valve having an opening therethrough. The valve is moveable between an open position and a closed position. The actuator device also includes a biasing element. The valve is positioned between the SMA device and the biasing element. The SMA element is substantially cone-shaped, and a wall of the SMA element is slanted down at an angle that is between approximately 40 degrees and approximately 90 degrees relative to a vertical axis extending through the wall. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20110284645 | ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS INCORPORATING SAME AND RELATED METHODS - Adaptive structures, systems incorporating such adaptive structures and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an adaptive structure is provided that includes a first structure and at least one microstructure associated with the first structure. The at least one microstructure may include a microscale beam configured to be displaced relative to the first structure upon the adaptive structure being exposed to a specified temperature. The beam may be formed for example, of a metallic material, of multiple different metallic materials, or of a shape memory alloy. In one embodiment, a plurality of the adaptive structures may be associated with micropores of a skin panel. The adaptive structures may be utilized to control the flow rate of a coolant or other fluid through the micropores responsive to a sensed environmental parameter such as, for example, temperature. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20080265044 | FUEL CELL COOLANT TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION METHOD - A method of determining a temperature of a coolant in a coolant circulation system is disclosed. The coolant circulation system includes a coolant flow valve having a valve housing and an expansion element provided in the valve housing for controlling flow of the coolant through the valve housing. According to the method, an ohmic resistance of the expansion element is measured. The temperature of the coolant is determined by correlating the ohmic resistance of the expansion element with the temperature of the coolant. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110062247 | FLOW REGULATING ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A flow regulating article is provided. The flow regulating article, in an exemplary embodiment, includes a patterned structure. The patterned structure includes a shape memory alloy capable of changing shape at predetermined temperatures. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20140054387 | VALVE AND VALVE SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO FLUID TEMPERATURE - A valve is provided and includes a bypass block defining a bypass flowpath fluidly communicable with main flowpaths, a member disposable within the bypass block to occupy and move between first and second positions, the member being configured to permit fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the first position and to block a portion of the bypass flowpath to thereby prevent fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the second position and an elastic element. The elastic element is coupled to the member and configured to bias the member in a biasing direction toward the second position responsive to a temperature of fluid flowing along the main flowpaths. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140103126 | THERMOSTAT THAT THE REACTIVITY THEREOF IS IMPROVED - A thermostat having improved reactivity may include a thermostat case having side connected to first and second passages, and a third passage formed between the first and second passages in a side direction, a valve body where first and second valves are formed to open/close the first and second passages, and a mounting space is formed in the valve body, an elastic member elastically pushing the valve body in a direction of the first valve such that the first valve closes the first passage, and a drive portion moving the valve body in response to contraction or expansion of a wax disposed in the mounting space. A flowing turn wall may be formed to correspond to the third passage such that a liquid flowing in through the second passage moves in a direction opposite to the third passage. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20160154412 | CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR A FLUID HEATING SYSTEM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20100012738 | Thermostat Apparatus - An apparatus comprising a movable temperature sensing member ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110204151 | THERMOSTAT VALVE ARRANGEMENT AND A COOLING SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTION ENGINE DRIVEN VEHICLES - A thermostatic valve aggregate for a motor vehicle cooling system, comprising a valve housing fitted with a valve seat, further a thermally expansible element in said valve housing and coupled to a valve element and fitted with a spring biasing the valve element toward the valve seat, one coolant hookup on each side of the valve seat, a bypass valve element prestressed by a bypass spring toward a bypass valve seat to selectively link one bypass hookup at the valve housing to one of the other hookups, an electromagnet being mounted on the valve housing and comprising a core extending as far as the bypass valve seat, where the bypass valve element comprises a magnetically effective armature portion resting against the core or being near it when the bypass valve rests against the bypass valve seat. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20140097258 | Thermostat - A thermostat apparatus may include a thermostat case where a first passage may be formed, a first valve that may be disposed in the thermostat case to open or close the first passage, wherein a mounting protrusion may be formed along an inner circumference of the first valve, a drive portion that may be disposed to penetrate the first valve and moves the first valve depending on temperature to open or close the first passage, and a rubber cap that a first side interior circumference thereof contacts an exterior circumference of the mounting protrusion of the first valve and a second side interior circumference thereof slidably contacts an exterior circumference of the drive portion. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140097259 | THERMOSTAT - A thermostat apparatus may include a valve body including a first valve, a second valve, wherein the first valve may be integrally connected with the second valve , and a drive portion the drive portion includes a wax case that wax may be charged therein, a piston guide connected to a front end portion of the wax case, a piston that may be slidably inserted into the piston guide and movable in accordance with expansion or contraction of the wax, a semi-fluid that may be charged between the wax and the piston, and a rubber layer that may be formed on an upper end portion surface of the piston to seal a space the piston and an interior circumference of the piston guide. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140332599 | THERMOSTAT - A thermostat having a hollow body, wherein the hollow body is at least partly filled with a thermosensitive medium. A heating element is provided for heating the thermosensitive medium. The heating element is located outside of the hollow body and is at least partially insulated electrically from the hollow body. The element is connected to the hollow body in a thermally conductive manner. | 11-13-2014 |
| 236101000 | Thermostat with I.C.E. | 5 |
| 20100276501 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD USING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MAGNETIC SUBSTANCE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD - A temperature measuring method using a temperature probe in which a temperature-sensitive magnetic substance having an arbitrary Curie point is arranged in a portion to be measured. A magnetic field is generated from a magnetic field generation source disposed at a position away from the portion to be measured. A change of the magnetic flux vector of the magnetic field depending on the temperature of the temperature-sensitive magnetic substance is detected by a magnetic sensor to measure the temperature of the portion to be measured, thereby the temperature of the portion to be measured can be wirelessly measured from the position away from the portion to be measured and the reduction in size can be easy. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110073668 | Temperature controller for direct mounting to the object to be controlled - An integrated solid-state temperature controller that is mountable to an object the temperature of which is controlled by the solid-state temperature controller, or is mountable in a space in which the temperature is controlled by the solid-state temperature controller. The solid-state temperature controller able to withstand and continue to operate in extremes of temperatures at which the object or space is controlled, and able to withstand and continue to operate in extremes of temperatures of the object or space when the temperature is not being controlled. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20130112763 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE HAVING A SLEEVE - A valve includes a housing which defines openings for the inlet and outlet of a fluid. The valve also includes a sleeve for controlling the circulation of the fluid through the housing. The movement of the sleeve along its axis is controlled by a thermostatic element. In order to improve the maximum flow of fluid that the valve can take in, the valve further includes a seat part, which is fixedly mounted in the housing and which includes a fluid-tight wall. One of the two opposite surfaces of the wall extends transversally to the axis of the sleeve and defines a seat bearing the sleeve. The other one of these two opposite surfaces defines, between it and a wall of the housing according to the direction of the axis of the sleeve, a free volume wherein exists one of the openings and via which the fluid flows, being distributed over the entire periphery of the sleeve when this sleeve is in its open position. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130264392 | THERMO-ELEMENT AND THERMOSTAT - A thermo-element having an excellent response and durability is provided. The thermo-element comprises a casing having a bottom, a thermally expandable material filled in the casing and capable of expanding and contracting due to temperature changes, a piston movable in an axial direction thereof, a guide member for slidably holding the piston, and a liquid chamber defined between the thermally expandable material and the piston to receive therein a deformable, incompressible fluid. A check valve is provided between the liquid chamber and an outside of the thermo-element, and operable to permit a flow of the fluid in a direction from the outside of the thermo-element to the liquid chamber, and inhibit a flow of the fluid in a direction from the liquid chamber to the outside of the thermo-element. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130277439 | HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC/ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS USING SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL - Disclosed is a housing for electronic/electrical that includes an inner panel and an outer panel, a strip of metal plate, and a strip of shape memory material. The inner panel and the outer panel are disposed parallel to each other at regular intervals to define an internal space. The strip of metal plate extends from an inner surface of the outer panel. The strip of shape memory material extends from an inner surface of the inner panel and is attached or detached to/from the metal plate on the outer panel while changing into an original straight shape or a bent shape according to a temperature variation. Here, when the temperature increase beyond a first transition temperature, the shape memory material straightens to form a heat transfer path. At a low temperature environment, the shape memory material bends and is separated from the metal plate to interrupt the heat transfer path. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140021266 | SERVOMECHANISM CONTROL FOR NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS - Controlling a temperature with a servomechanism. A temperature is monitored at the servomechanism for a period of time. A difference is determined between the temperature and a target temperature at the servomechanism. A target power gain is determined at the servomechanism to produce the target temperature such that the target power gain is determined based on a non-linear determination. A power gain is adjusted at the servomechanism to the target power gain based on a result of the determination such that the temperature is the target temperature. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140263680 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY VALVE - A valve apparatus employs a shape memory alloy. In another aspect, a shape memory member acts as a lock or trigger in combination with a separate actuator or spring to move a valve. Still another aspect uses an externally mounted shape memory member to rotate a valve if an unsafe condition causes movement of the member. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150041552 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE WITH A SLEEVE - A thermostatic valve is for a fluid circulation circuit. The valve includes a housing through which a fluid circulates and a sleeve for regulating the circulation of the fluid. The valve also includes a thermostatic element containing a heat-expandable material and a stationary part, which are fixedly connected to the housing. The valve also includes a moving part, which commands the movement of the sleeve between its closed and open positions. A compression spring and a yoke for bearing of the compression spring are also included. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150083814 | THERMOSTATIC ELEMENT - An element comprising a cup containing a thermally expanding material, a piston capable of translational movement along its axis, a rigid guide for guiding the translational movement of the piston, a seal for sealing in the thermally expanding material having an annular overall shape, centered on the axis and through which the piston passes axially right through, and which includes first and second opposite axial parts against which the guide and the cup press respectively in a substantially antagonistic manner so as to compress the seal around the piston, and an anti-extrusion washer mounted coaxially around the piston and axially interposed between the guide and the first part of the seal. The invention provides for including in this thermostatic element means for supercompressing the first part of the seal around the piston, which means are designed to make the degree of compression of the first part of the seal equal to a value strictly higher than that associated with an operational thermostatic element formed by the cup, the piston, the guide, the seal and the anti-extrusion washer assembled with one another without these supercompression means. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150108231 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE - A thermostatic valve with a valve housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, with an actuator which is accommodated in the valve housing and has a housing, and with a switching element which is operatively connected to the actuator in order to control a fluid connection between fluid inlet and fluid outlet, wherein a plunger protrudes out of the housing, the plunger being connected in an axially fixed manner to the valve housing, and the housing being accommodated in an axially shiftable manner in the valve housing, wherein the housing is mounted in the region of its opposite end regions in the valve housing by plain bearings, wherein the switching element is arranged in an axially displaceable manner relative to the housing of the actuator. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150108232 | RESETTABLE THERMAL PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICE - A resettable thermal pressure relief device (TPRD) is disclosed. The TPRD includes a piston, a housing adapted to receive the piston and allow movement between an open and a closed position. The housing includes an actuator having a temperature sensitive material disposed therein. The temperature sensitive material volumetrically expands, increasing a length of the actuator and forcing a lever from a first position to a second position. The piston is held in the closed position by the lever in the first position. When the lever moves to the second position, the piston is allowed to move to the open position, allowing a fluid to flow through the TPRD from a high pressure vessel in communication therewith. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150316939 | Four Way Valve With Oil Filled Actuator - A thermally actuated flow control valve comprises a wax filled actuator assembly including a guide, a piston, a cup and a diaphragm. The cup is disposed at the guide first end and defines a cavity that receives a thermally activated pellet. The thermally activated pellet, diaphragm and piston act in concert to exert a variable actuating force as a temperature of a fluid increases between a first temperature T | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150355648 | SANITARY INSTALLATION PART AND SANITARY FITTING WITH SUCH AN INSTALLATION PART - In a sanitary installation part ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160103456 | VALVE - A valve may include a housing forming one inlet and at least one outlet, an operating unit mounted in the housing, and performing expansion or contraction in accordance with a temperature of a flowing working fluid to selectively connect the at least outlet with the one inlet for exhausting the flowing working fluid outside of the housing, wherein the operating unit includes a sliding member slidably inserted into the interior of the housing, a flange member forming a penetration hole and fixedly mounted inside of the sliding member, a rod movably inserted into the penetration hole of the flange member, and a deformable member fixed at the penetration hole of the flange member and expanded or contracted in accordance with a temperature of the flowing working fluid. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160139616 | Valve Actuation Using Shape Memory Alloy - An actuator device includes a shape memory alloy (SMA) device comprising an two way SMA element transformable from a deformed shape to a pre-deformed shape at a temperature of the SMA element that is above a transition temperature of the SMA element. The actuator device further includes a valve having an opening therethrough. The valve is moveable between an open position and a closed position. The actuator device also includes a biasing element. The valve is positioned between the SMA device and the biasing element. The SMA element is substantially cone-shaped, and a wall of the SMA element is slanted down at an angle that is between approximately 40 degrees and approximately 90 degrees relative to a vertical axis extending through the wall. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20110284645 | ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS INCORPORATING SAME AND RELATED METHODS - Adaptive structures, systems incorporating such adaptive structures and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an adaptive structure is provided that includes a first structure and at least one microstructure associated with the first structure. The at least one microstructure may include a microscale beam configured to be displaced relative to the first structure upon the adaptive structure being exposed to a specified temperature. The beam may be formed for example, of a metallic material, of multiple different metallic materials, or of a shape memory alloy. In one embodiment, a plurality of the adaptive structures may be associated with micropores of a skin panel. The adaptive structures may be utilized to control the flow rate of a coolant or other fluid through the micropores responsive to a sensed environmental parameter such as, for example, temperature. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20080265044 | FUEL CELL COOLANT TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION METHOD - A method of determining a temperature of a coolant in a coolant circulation system is disclosed. The coolant circulation system includes a coolant flow valve having a valve housing and an expansion element provided in the valve housing for controlling flow of the coolant through the valve housing. According to the method, an ohmic resistance of the expansion element is measured. The temperature of the coolant is determined by correlating the ohmic resistance of the expansion element with the temperature of the coolant. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110062247 | FLOW REGULATING ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A flow regulating article is provided. The flow regulating article, in an exemplary embodiment, includes a patterned structure. The patterned structure includes a shape memory alloy capable of changing shape at predetermined temperatures. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20140054387 | VALVE AND VALVE SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO FLUID TEMPERATURE - A valve is provided and includes a bypass block defining a bypass flowpath fluidly communicable with main flowpaths, a member disposable within the bypass block to occupy and move between first and second positions, the member being configured to permit fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the first position and to block a portion of the bypass flowpath to thereby prevent fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the second position and an elastic element. The elastic element is coupled to the member and configured to bias the member in a biasing direction toward the second position responsive to a temperature of fluid flowing along the main flowpaths. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140103126 | THERMOSTAT THAT THE REACTIVITY THEREOF IS IMPROVED - A thermostat having improved reactivity may include a thermostat case having side connected to first and second passages, and a third passage formed between the first and second passages in a side direction, a valve body where first and second valves are formed to open/close the first and second passages, and a mounting space is formed in the valve body, an elastic member elastically pushing the valve body in a direction of the first valve such that the first valve closes the first passage, and a drive portion moving the valve body in response to contraction or expansion of a wax disposed in the mounting space. A flowing turn wall may be formed to correspond to the third passage such that a liquid flowing in through the second passage moves in a direction opposite to the third passage. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20160154412 | CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR A FLUID HEATING SYSTEM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20100012738 | Thermostat Apparatus - An apparatus comprising a movable temperature sensing member ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110204151 | THERMOSTAT VALVE ARRANGEMENT AND A COOLING SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTION ENGINE DRIVEN VEHICLES - A thermostatic valve aggregate for a motor vehicle cooling system, comprising a valve housing fitted with a valve seat, further a thermally expansible element in said valve housing and coupled to a valve element and fitted with a spring biasing the valve element toward the valve seat, one coolant hookup on each side of the valve seat, a bypass valve element prestressed by a bypass spring toward a bypass valve seat to selectively link one bypass hookup at the valve housing to one of the other hookups, an electromagnet being mounted on the valve housing and comprising a core extending as far as the bypass valve seat, where the bypass valve element comprises a magnetically effective armature portion resting against the core or being near it when the bypass valve rests against the bypass valve seat. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20140097258 | Thermostat - A thermostat apparatus may include a thermostat case where a first passage may be formed, a first valve that may be disposed in the thermostat case to open or close the first passage, wherein a mounting protrusion may be formed along an inner circumference of the first valve, a drive portion that may be disposed to penetrate the first valve and moves the first valve depending on temperature to open or close the first passage, and a rubber cap that a first side interior circumference thereof contacts an exterior circumference of the mounting protrusion of the first valve and a second side interior circumference thereof slidably contacts an exterior circumference of the drive portion. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140097259 | THERMOSTAT - A thermostat apparatus may include a valve body including a first valve, a second valve, wherein the first valve may be integrally connected with the second valve , and a drive portion the drive portion includes a wax case that wax may be charged therein, a piston guide connected to a front end portion of the wax case, a piston that may be slidably inserted into the piston guide and movable in accordance with expansion or contraction of the wax, a semi-fluid that may be charged between the wax and the piston, and a rubber layer that may be formed on an upper end portion surface of the piston to seal a space the piston and an interior circumference of the piston guide. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140332599 | THERMOSTAT - A thermostat having a hollow body, wherein the hollow body is at least partly filled with a thermosensitive medium. A heating element is provided for heating the thermosensitive medium. The heating element is located outside of the hollow body and is at least partially insulated electrically from the hollow body. The element is connected to the hollow body in a thermally conductive manner. | 11-13-2014 |
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| 20100276501 | TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD USING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MAGNETIC SUBSTANCE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD - A temperature measuring method using a temperature probe in which a temperature-sensitive magnetic substance having an arbitrary Curie point is arranged in a portion to be measured. A magnetic field is generated from a magnetic field generation source disposed at a position away from the portion to be measured. A change of the magnetic flux vector of the magnetic field depending on the temperature of the temperature-sensitive magnetic substance is detected by a magnetic sensor to measure the temperature of the portion to be measured, thereby the temperature of the portion to be measured can be wirelessly measured from the position away from the portion to be measured and the reduction in size can be easy. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110073668 | Temperature controller for direct mounting to the object to be controlled - An integrated solid-state temperature controller that is mountable to an object the temperature of which is controlled by the solid-state temperature controller, or is mountable in a space in which the temperature is controlled by the solid-state temperature controller. The solid-state temperature controller able to withstand and continue to operate in extremes of temperatures at which the object or space is controlled, and able to withstand and continue to operate in extremes of temperatures of the object or space when the temperature is not being controlled. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20130112763 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE HAVING A SLEEVE - A valve includes a housing which defines openings for the inlet and outlet of a fluid. The valve also includes a sleeve for controlling the circulation of the fluid through the housing. The movement of the sleeve along its axis is controlled by a thermostatic element. In order to improve the maximum flow of fluid that the valve can take in, the valve further includes a seat part, which is fixedly mounted in the housing and which includes a fluid-tight wall. One of the two opposite surfaces of the wall extends transversally to the axis of the sleeve and defines a seat bearing the sleeve. The other one of these two opposite surfaces defines, between it and a wall of the housing according to the direction of the axis of the sleeve, a free volume wherein exists one of the openings and via which the fluid flows, being distributed over the entire periphery of the sleeve when this sleeve is in its open position. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130264392 | THERMO-ELEMENT AND THERMOSTAT - A thermo-element having an excellent response and durability is provided. The thermo-element comprises a casing having a bottom, a thermally expandable material filled in the casing and capable of expanding and contracting due to temperature changes, a piston movable in an axial direction thereof, a guide member for slidably holding the piston, and a liquid chamber defined between the thermally expandable material and the piston to receive therein a deformable, incompressible fluid. A check valve is provided between the liquid chamber and an outside of the thermo-element, and operable to permit a flow of the fluid in a direction from the outside of the thermo-element to the liquid chamber, and inhibit a flow of the fluid in a direction from the liquid chamber to the outside of the thermo-element. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130277439 | HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC/ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS USING SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL - Disclosed is a housing for electronic/electrical that includes an inner panel and an outer panel, a strip of metal plate, and a strip of shape memory material. The inner panel and the outer panel are disposed parallel to each other at regular intervals to define an internal space. The strip of metal plate extends from an inner surface of the outer panel. The strip of shape memory material extends from an inner surface of the inner panel and is attached or detached to/from the metal plate on the outer panel while changing into an original straight shape or a bent shape according to a temperature variation. Here, when the temperature increase beyond a first transition temperature, the shape memory material straightens to form a heat transfer path. At a low temperature environment, the shape memory material bends and is separated from the metal plate to interrupt the heat transfer path. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140021266 | SERVOMECHANISM CONTROL FOR NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS - Controlling a temperature with a servomechanism. A temperature is monitored at the servomechanism for a period of time. A difference is determined between the temperature and a target temperature at the servomechanism. A target power gain is determined at the servomechanism to produce the target temperature such that the target power gain is determined based on a non-linear determination. A power gain is adjusted at the servomechanism to the target power gain based on a result of the determination such that the temperature is the target temperature. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140263680 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY VALVE - A valve apparatus employs a shape memory alloy. In another aspect, a shape memory member acts as a lock or trigger in combination with a separate actuator or spring to move a valve. Still another aspect uses an externally mounted shape memory member to rotate a valve if an unsafe condition causes movement of the member. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150041552 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE WITH A SLEEVE - A thermostatic valve is for a fluid circulation circuit. The valve includes a housing through which a fluid circulates and a sleeve for regulating the circulation of the fluid. The valve also includes a thermostatic element containing a heat-expandable material and a stationary part, which are fixedly connected to the housing. The valve also includes a moving part, which commands the movement of the sleeve between its closed and open positions. A compression spring and a yoke for bearing of the compression spring are also included. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150083814 | THERMOSTATIC ELEMENT - An element comprising a cup containing a thermally expanding material, a piston capable of translational movement along its axis, a rigid guide for guiding the translational movement of the piston, a seal for sealing in the thermally expanding material having an annular overall shape, centered on the axis and through which the piston passes axially right through, and which includes first and second opposite axial parts against which the guide and the cup press respectively in a substantially antagonistic manner so as to compress the seal around the piston, and an anti-extrusion washer mounted coaxially around the piston and axially interposed between the guide and the first part of the seal. The invention provides for including in this thermostatic element means for supercompressing the first part of the seal around the piston, which means are designed to make the degree of compression of the first part of the seal equal to a value strictly higher than that associated with an operational thermostatic element formed by the cup, the piston, the guide, the seal and the anti-extrusion washer assembled with one another without these supercompression means. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150108231 | THERMOSTATIC VALVE - A thermostatic valve with a valve housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, with an actuator which is accommodated in the valve housing and has a housing, and with a switching element which is operatively connected to the actuator in order to control a fluid connection between fluid inlet and fluid outlet, wherein a plunger protrudes out of the housing, the plunger being connected in an axially fixed manner to the valve housing, and the housing being accommodated in an axially shiftable manner in the valve housing, wherein the housing is mounted in the region of its opposite end regions in the valve housing by plain bearings, wherein the switching element is arranged in an axially displaceable manner relative to the housing of the actuator. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150108232 | RESETTABLE THERMAL PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICE - A resettable thermal pressure relief device (TPRD) is disclosed. The TPRD includes a piston, a housing adapted to receive the piston and allow movement between an open and a closed position. The housing includes an actuator having a temperature sensitive material disposed therein. The temperature sensitive material volumetrically expands, increasing a length of the actuator and forcing a lever from a first position to a second position. The piston is held in the closed position by the lever in the first position. When the lever moves to the second position, the piston is allowed to move to the open position, allowing a fluid to flow through the TPRD from a high pressure vessel in communication therewith. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150316939 | Four Way Valve With Oil Filled Actuator - A thermally actuated flow control valve comprises a wax filled actuator assembly including a guide, a piston, a cup and a diaphragm. The cup is disposed at the guide first end and defines a cavity that receives a thermally activated pellet. The thermally activated pellet, diaphragm and piston act in concert to exert a variable actuating force as a temperature of a fluid increases between a first temperature T | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150355648 | SANITARY INSTALLATION PART AND SANITARY FITTING WITH SUCH AN INSTALLATION PART - In a sanitary installation part ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160103456 | VALVE - A valve may include a housing forming one inlet and at least one outlet, an operating unit mounted in the housing, and performing expansion or contraction in accordance with a temperature of a flowing working fluid to selectively connect the at least outlet with the one inlet for exhausting the flowing working fluid outside of the housing, wherein the operating unit includes a sliding member slidably inserted into the interior of the housing, a flange member forming a penetration hole and fixedly mounted inside of the sliding member, a rod movably inserted into the penetration hole of the flange member, and a deformable member fixed at the penetration hole of the flange member and expanded or contracted in accordance with a temperature of the flowing working fluid. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160139616 | Valve Actuation Using Shape Memory Alloy - An actuator device includes a shape memory alloy (SMA) device comprising an two way SMA element transformable from a deformed shape to a pre-deformed shape at a temperature of the SMA element that is above a transition temperature of the SMA element. The actuator device further includes a valve having an opening therethrough. The valve is moveable between an open position and a closed position. The actuator device also includes a biasing element. The valve is positioned between the SMA device and the biasing element. The SMA element is substantially cone-shaped, and a wall of the SMA element is slanted down at an angle that is between approximately 40 degrees and approximately 90 degrees relative to a vertical axis extending through the wall. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20110284645 | ADAPTIVE STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS INCORPORATING SAME AND RELATED METHODS - Adaptive structures, systems incorporating such adaptive structures and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an adaptive structure is provided that includes a first structure and at least one microstructure associated with the first structure. The at least one microstructure may include a microscale beam configured to be displaced relative to the first structure upon the adaptive structure being exposed to a specified temperature. The beam may be formed for example, of a metallic material, of multiple different metallic materials, or of a shape memory alloy. In one embodiment, a plurality of the adaptive structures may be associated with micropores of a skin panel. The adaptive structures may be utilized to control the flow rate of a coolant or other fluid through the micropores responsive to a sensed environmental parameter such as, for example, temperature. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20080265044 | FUEL CELL COOLANT TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION METHOD - A method of determining a temperature of a coolant in a coolant circulation system is disclosed. The coolant circulation system includes a coolant flow valve having a valve housing and an expansion element provided in the valve housing for controlling flow of the coolant through the valve housing. According to the method, an ohmic resistance of the expansion element is measured. The temperature of the coolant is determined by correlating the ohmic resistance of the expansion element with the temperature of the coolant. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110062247 | FLOW REGULATING ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - A flow regulating article is provided. The flow regulating article, in an exemplary embodiment, includes a patterned structure. The patterned structure includes a shape memory alloy capable of changing shape at predetermined temperatures. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20140054387 | VALVE AND VALVE SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO FLUID TEMPERATURE - A valve is provided and includes a bypass block defining a bypass flowpath fluidly communicable with main flowpaths, a member disposable within the bypass block to occupy and move between first and second positions, the member being configured to permit fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the first position and to block a portion of the bypass flowpath to thereby prevent fluid flow through the bypass flowpath when occupying the second position and an elastic element. The elastic element is coupled to the member and configured to bias the member in a biasing direction toward the second position responsive to a temperature of fluid flowing along the main flowpaths. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140103126 | THERMOSTAT THAT THE REACTIVITY THEREOF IS IMPROVED - A thermostat having improved reactivity may include a thermostat case having side connected to first and second passages, and a third passage formed between the first and second passages in a side direction, a valve body where first and second valves are formed to open/close the first and second passages, and a mounting space is formed in the valve body, an elastic member elastically pushing the valve body in a direction of the first valve such that the first valve closes the first passage, and a drive portion moving the valve body in response to contraction or expansion of a wax disposed in the mounting space. A flowing turn wall may be formed to correspond to the third passage such that a liquid flowing in through the second passage moves in a direction opposite to the third passage. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20160154412 | CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR A FLUID HEATING SYSTEM | 06-02-2016 |
| 20100012738 | Thermostat Apparatus - An apparatus comprising a movable temperature sensing member ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20110204151 | THERMOSTAT VALVE ARRANGEMENT AND A COOLING SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTION ENGINE DRIVEN VEHICLES - A thermostatic valve aggregate for a motor vehicle cooling system, comprising a valve housing fitted with a valve seat, further a thermally expansible element in said valve housing and coupled to a valve element and fitted with a spring biasing the valve element toward the valve seat, one coolant hookup on each side of the valve seat, a bypass valve element prestressed by a bypass spring toward a bypass valve seat to selectively link one bypass hookup at the valve housing to one of the other hookups, an electromagnet being mounted on the valve housing and comprising a core extending as far as the bypass valve seat, where the bypass valve element comprises a magnetically effective armature portion resting against the core or being near it when the bypass valve rests against the bypass valve seat. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20140097258 | Thermostat - A thermostat apparatus may include a thermostat case where a first passage may be formed, a first valve that may be disposed in the thermostat case to open or close the first passage, wherein a mounting protrusion may be formed along an inner circumference of the first valve, a drive portion that may be disposed to penetrate the first valve and moves the first valve depending on temperature to open or close the first passage, and a rubber cap that a first side interior circumference thereof contacts an exterior circumference of the mounting protrusion of the first valve and a second side interior circumference thereof slidably contacts an exterior circumference of the drive portion. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140097259 | THERMOSTAT - A thermostat apparatus may include a valve body including a first valve, a second valve, wherein the first valve may be integrally connected with the second valve , and a drive portion the drive portion includes a wax case that wax may be charged therein, a piston guide connected to a front end portion of the wax case, a piston that may be slidably inserted into the piston guide and movable in accordance with expansion or contraction of the wax, a semi-fluid that may be charged between the wax and the piston, and a rubber layer that may be formed on an upper end portion surface of the piston to seal a space the piston and an interior circumference of the piston guide. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140332599 | THERMOSTAT - A thermostat having a hollow body, wherein the hollow body is at least partly filled with a thermosensitive medium. A heating element is provided for heating the thermosensitive medium. The heating element is located outside of the hollow body and is at least partially insulated electrically from the hollow body. The element is connected to the hollow body in a thermally conductive manner. | 11-13-2014 |
