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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2009
Applicants:
Nicolas Deperraz, Bons en Chablais, FR;
Lionel Gandin, Geneva, CH;
Michael Baumgartner, Morges, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fluid Automation Systems S.A., Versoix, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B 1/08 (2006.01); F16K 31/02 (2006.01); H02N 2/04 (2006.01); F16K 15/18 (2006.01); F16K 1/14 (2006.01); F16K 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 1/14 (2013.01); F16K 15/183 (2013.01); F16K 31/004 (2013.01); F16K 31/02 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49412 (2015.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04);
Abstract
A valve () including a housing () has a fluid inlet () and a fluid outlet (). The valve () includes a vibrating element () adapted to vibrate when energized. The valve () also includes an amplifying plate () that is coupled to the vibrating element (). The amplifying plate () includes a fluid passage (). The fluid passage () provides fluid communication between the fluid inlet () and the fluid outlet (). The valve () also includes a sealing ball () located between the fluid inlet () and the amplifying plate (). The sealing ball () is adapted to seal the fluid passage ().