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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2019
Applicant:
Bray International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Craig Brown, Houston, TX (US);
Jim Schmidt, Houston, TX (US);
Brindesh Dhruva, Katy, TX (US);
Michael Kitchens, Houston, TX (US);
Stan Allen, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bray International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 37/00 (2006.01); F16K 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 37/0041 (2013.01); F16K 1/221 (2013.01);
Abstract
The embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus for monitoring a valve having a control element, wherein the control element is actuated by an actuator, having: an adaptor between the control element and the actuator, wherein the adaptor couples a valve stem of the control element to the actuator; and an electronics module contained within the adaptor, wherein the electronics module further comprises one or more sensors.