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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:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2005
Applicants:
John Nohl, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Robin Willats, Columbus, IN (US);
Inventors:
John Nohl, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Robin Willats, Columbus, IN (US);
Assignee:
ET US Holdings LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A valve assembly comprises a rotatable valve, an electrically operated actuator, and an overstroke device. The actuator comprises a component configured to move in a direction to an actuator position so as to cause corresponding rotation of the valve to a valve position in response to electrical operation of the actuator. The overstroke device is configured to enable the component to move in the direction beyond the actuator position to an overstroke position while the valve remains in the valve position in response to electrical operation of the actuator.