G05D23/022

Phase change actuated valve for use in heat pipe applications

A thermally actuated heat pipe control valve including a housing, a phase change material actuator, and a passage closing member. A passage extends through the housing and is configured to receive working fluid from the heat pipe therein. The phase change material actuator is positioned in the housing and has a sealed chamber with phase change material positioned therein. The passage closing member is positioned in the housing proximate to or in the passage and proximate to the phase change material actuator. The passage closing member has a surface which cooperates with a wall of the passage. As the temperature of the phase change material reaches a designed temperature, the phase change material melts and expands causing the passage closing member to move into the passage to a closed position, preventing heat transfer between the condenser portion and the evaporator portion when the designed temperature is reached or exceeded.

SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING TEMPERATURE OF TRANSMISSION OIL, HEAT EXCHANGE ASSEMBLY AND VALVE ASSEMBLY

A system for adjusting transmission oil temperature, a heat exchange assembly and a valve assembly. The heat exchange assembly includes a heat exchange core, a valve assembly, an adapter base, and a mounting plate fixed with the heat exchange core. The valve assembly is arranged in or partially located in a second passage of the heat exchange core. The valve assembly has a first valve port and a first notch. The heat exchange core further includes a through passage in communication with a fourth port. When a first valve port is opened, a third port is in communication with the fourth port through a first passage, the second passage, the first notch and the first valve port in turn. When the first valve port is closed, the third port is in communication with a fifth port through the first passage, the second passage and the first notch in turn.

Fluid control valve assembly
10364736 · 2019-07-30 · ·

Provided is a fluid control valve assembly which reduces pressure loss a fluid passage line including a fluid control valve, thereby mini-minimizing the pressure for a fluid to pass therethrough to ensuring a required amount of flow without upsizing the overall assembly. The fluid control valve assembly includes an upstream pipe forming an upstream fluid passageway tilted at a predetermined angle relative to a valve axis to face an upstream chamber. The upstream chamber is formed upstream of a valve portion which has a valve seat and a valve body in a valve housing and which can open and close the fluid passageway. The wall surface of the upstream chamber is integrated with a swelling, which is projected in the chamber to thereby rectify and guide the fluid flowing therein through the upstream pipe so that the fluid smoothly flows to the valve portion.

Thermostat for a Transmission Oil Circuit and Transmission Oil Circuit
20190219148 · 2019-07-18 ·

A thermostat for a transmission oil circuit has a thermostat inlet, a thermostat outlet, and a bypass channel, which fluidically connects the thermostat inlet to the thermostat outlet. A circuit inlet and a circuit outlet are provided for coupling to a cooler. A control element and a pressure loss element are accommodated in the interior of the thermostat housing. The pressure loss element is arranged in the bypass channel, and the control element is arranged between the thermostat inlet and the circuit inlet or the circuit outlet and the thermostat outlet. The thermostat can be connected directly to a housing of the transmission.

Swivel-Type Precision Ceramics Control Valve
20190186112 · 2019-06-20 ·

A precision ceramics control valve includes a valve housing, a rotary base mounted in the valve housing, a valve lever mounted on the rotary base and protruding upward from the valve housing, a movable valve plate mounted in the valve housing and located under the rotary base, a fixed valve plate mounted in the valve housing and located under the movable valve plate, a valve seat mounted on a lower end of the valve housing to stop the fixed valve plate, the movable valve plate and the rotary base, and a temperature limiting device mounted in the valve seat.

Swivel-Type Precision Ceramics Control Balance Valve
20190186113 · 2019-06-20 ·

A precision ceramics control balance valve includes a valve housing, a rotary base mounted in the valve housing, a valve lever mounted on the rotary base and protruding upward from the valve housing, a movable valve plate mounted in the valve housing and located under the rotary base, a fixed valve plate mounted in the valve housing and located under the movable valve plate, a valve seat mounted on a lower end of the valve housing to stop the fixed valve plate, the movable valve plate and the rotary base, a temperature limiting device mounted in the valve seat, a pedestal connected with the valve seat, and a balance unit mounted in the pedestal.

FAUCET ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED ANTI-SCALD DEVICE

Improved fluid supply assemblies for fluid systems are provided. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for improved fluid supply assemblies and related features, systems and methods of use. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for advantageous faucet assemblies (e.g., electrically or mechanically actuated faucet assemblies) having an integrated anti-scald device and having an integrated temperature mixing valve. The present disclosure provides for a faucet assembly having an integrated temperature mixing valve, and/or having an integrated anti-scald device configured to stop the inlet flow of hot water in the event the mixed outlet water temperature exceeds a user-selected set point. Advantageous faucet assemblies of the present disclosure can prevent scalding as defined by ASSE 1070. Improved, convenient and effective systems and methods for utilizing improved faucet assemblies in fluid systems are provided.

PLASTIC INTEGRATED ANTI-SCALD DEVICE

Provided are anti-scald assemblies for a faucet housing comprising a polymeric manifold housing comprising an anti-scald cavity housing an anti-scald device, a mixing cavity housing a mixing valve, and an actuator cavity housing an actuating member. A longitudinal axis of the anti-scald cavity is at an angle between 0 and 90 degrees relative to a longitudinal axis of the actuator cavity. The anti-scald device comprises a thermal actuator coupled to a plunger, wherein the thermal actuator and the plunger are held in an open position within the anti-scald cavity with a bias spring. When the temperature of the mixed water reaches a pre?set temperature in the sensing region of the anti-scald cavity, the thermal actuator is configured to expand such that the thermal actuator moves the plunger of the anti-scald device along the longitudinal axis of the anti-scald cavity to a closed position to close off the hot water inlet.

Thermostatic valve
12007796 · 2024-06-11 · ·

A thermostatic valve includes a hollow body, two openings opening into the body and being hydraulically connected by a pass section, and a shut-off component arranged partially in the pass section and having a thermostatic actuator, a return component, a valve capable of opening the first opening when actuated by the thermostatic actuator and of closing the first opening when returned by the return component. The thermostatic actuator includes a cylinder containing an expansion material and a stem defining an axial direction. A relative movement between the cylinder and the stem along the axial direction occurs under the action of the expansion material. The stem bears at an ends against an abutment element, which is movable under the action of movement component in the direction of the cylinder to allow the opening of the first opening when the temperature of the expansion material is below the threshold temperature.

TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE
20240219939 · 2024-07-04 ·

A temperature adjustment device is capable of suppressing sleeve enlargement and preventing the rattling thereof with a synthetic resin housing. Flanges are formed on the temperature adjustment member. The sleeve has a groove along the circumferential direction on its outer periphery and a lateral hole opening at one end to the groove and penetrating through the wall thickness of the sleeve. A clip member has an outer fitting portion, elastically deformable and fittable to the groove and has an inward convex portion holding the flange from the distal-end side of the sleeve, by being inserted in the lateral hole. The groove wall has a groove-depth wall at the deepest portion opposite to the groove opening and a distal-proximal-end-side curved portion of the groove-depth wall connected to the distal-proximal-end side of the sleeve. The radius of curvature of the distal-end-side curved portion is larger than that of the proximal-end-side curved portion.