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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventor:
Daniel B. Mastbergen, Loveland, CO (US);
Assignee:
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/22 (2006.01); F16K 1/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/222 (2013.01); F16K 1/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a flow control valve that includes a gate element formed as a spherical segment having a semispherical peripheral edge, a substantially planar face bounded by a substantially elliptical edge at the semispherical peripheral edge, and a channel defined in the substantially planar face and having a first end proximal to a midpoint of the substantially planar face and extends from the first end to a second end defining a notch in the semispherical peripheral edge.