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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:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
KSB S.A., Grennevilliers, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
137552 ; 137557 ; 73168 ;
Abstract
Valve with an actuator which consumes power from an energy source and which comprises a device capable of detecting that the actuator is operating the valve, a first sensor for measuring a value representative of the power consumption from the energy source and an electronic circuit connected to the first sensor and to the device so as to compare the value representing the power consumption from the energy source with a reference value, during operation of the valve by the actuator, and provide information on the basis of this comparison.