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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:
Oct. 03, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher P Smith, Acworth, GA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73862191 ; 73168 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is apparatus and a system for the diagnostic testing of a valve actuator used in an electric motor operated valve that is able to induce a variety of actively controllable and adjustable torsional and axial loads on the valve actuator and while providing measurement of both the torsional and axial forces being produced by the actuator while subject to the induced loads.