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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:
Mar. 05, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph L Meloche, Bryan, OH (US);
Jeffery W Smith, Angola, IN (US);
Assignee:
The Aro Corporation, Bryan, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137884 ; 137560 ;
Abstract
A modular valve system in which individual valves are housed in individual, discrete, pluggable units so that they can easily be assembled. Each unit housing a valve also houses the necessary electrical circuity both to control and actuate the valves. The electrical circuit necessary to actuate a valve has its own power supply and is separate from the circuit that generates the control signal which also has its own power supply.