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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2024
Applicant:
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Paweł Świrniak, Prochowice, PL;
Krzysztof Słomiany, Jerzmanowice, PL;
Piotr Kroczek, Nieciszów, PL;
Adrian Tarnowski, Wrocław, PL;
Assignee:
GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 5/20 (2006.01); F16K 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 5/205 (2013.01); F16K 5/0689 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sealing arrangement for a ball valve. The sealing arrangement includes a hydraulic fluid injection port configured to receive pressurised fluid from a pressurised fluid source, and a plurality of fluid channels connected to the injection port and configured to be arranged, in use, around the interior of the ball valve to direct the pressurised fluid to a gap between a seal of the ball valve and a housing of the ball valve to exert a force on the seal towards a ball of the ball valve.