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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2017
Applicant:

L&p Property Management Company, South Gate, CA (US);

Inventors:

Maxime Samain, Harelbeke, BE;

Bradley Michael James Morris, Windsor, CA;

Milosz Niec, Tecumseh, CA;

Sigurd Sturm, Nuremberg, DE;

Horia Blendea, LaSalle, CA;

Wade O'Moore, Belle River, CA;

Krzysztof Zulauf, Windsor, CA;

Jianlin Zhang, Windsor, CA;

Martin Kalmutzki, Schwabach, DE;

Assignee:

L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, South Gate, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/02 (2006.01); F03G 7/06 (2006.01); F16K 11/14 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/025 (2013.01); F03G 7/065 (2013.01); F16K 11/14 (2013.01); B60N 2/914 (2018.02);
Abstract

A valve () includes a housing () and the fluid port (). A plunger () is configured to seal the fluid port () in a first position () and to unseal the fluid port () in a second position and to displace along a displacement direction () from its first position () towards its second position. The valve () also includes at least one shape memory alloy, SMA, actuator () extending along the displacement direction () for at least 50% of its length and configured to exert an actuation force () on the plunger () to displace the plunger () from the first position () towards the second position.


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