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Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2024
Applicant:

Sierra Space Corporation, Broomfield, CO (US);

Inventors:

Rick Burkholder, Broomfield, CO (US);

Nathan Haggerty, Broomfield, CO (US);

Jerry Chang, Broomfield, CO (US);

Jared Koch, Broomfield, CO (US);

Kevin Rogers, Broomfield, CO (US);

Assignee:

Sierra Space Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/524 (2006.01); C22B 5/00 (2006.01); F16K 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 31/52408 (2013.01); F16K 43/00 (2013.01); C22B 5/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, devices, and systems are described for a system including a rotation motor configured to rotate a valve seal holder, the valve seal holder having at least one pass-through interface and closed-off interface, a camshaft coupled to the valve seal holder, and a controller communicatively coupled to the rotation motor and the camshaft. The controller is configured to separate at least one of the pass-through interface or the closed-off interface of the valve seal holder from the seat configured to interface with the external system. The controller is configured to rotate, using the rotation motor, the valve seal holder until at least one of the pass-through interface or the closed-off interface is aligned with the seat. The controller is configured to compress the at least one of the pass-through interface or the closed-off interface against the seat to create a seal over the seat.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Burkholder, Rick. (2026). Debris-tolerant sealing valve (U.S. Patent No. 12644538). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12644538

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