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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2011
Eric Wright Gilbertson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Franz Hover, Somerville, MA (US);
Eduardo Colina, San Ramon, CA (US);
Donald Bryan Freeman, Houston, TX (US);
Eric Wright Gilbertson, Cambridge, MA (US);
Franz Hover, Somerville, MA (US);
Eduardo Colina, San Ramon, CA (US);
Donald Bryan Freeman, Houston, TX (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, GA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a valve comprising a valve body; an orifice disposed within the valve body; a fluid flow restraining member located at a first location of the orifice, the fluid flow restraining member pivotable between a closed position and an open position; an extending member connected to, and moveable in pivotable synchronization with, the fluid flow restraining member; and a shape memory alloy element attached to the extending member and the valve body, the shape memory alloy element causing a pivotal movement of the extending member between positions corresponding to the open and closed positions responsive to a change in temperature of the shape memory alloy element.