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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2016
Applicant:

Intelligent Energy Limited, Loughborough, GB;

Inventors:

Andrew J. Curello, Hamden, CT (US);

Paul Spahr, Durham, CT (US);

Kurt Rath, Herblay, FR;

Assignee:

Intelligent Energy Limited, Loughborough, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 17/38 (2006.01); H01M 8/04089 (2016.01); F17C 13/04 (2006.01); H01M 8/0432 (2016.01); H01M 8/04746 (2016.01); G05D 16/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 8/04104 (2013.01); F17C 13/04 (2013.01); G05D 16/0641 (2013.01); G05D 16/0652 (2013.01); G05D 16/0655 (2013.01); H01M 8/0432 (2013.01); H01M 8/04753 (2013.01); Y02E 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure teaches controlling the fluid flow and pressure, including adjustable pressure regulators, pressure regulators with an inlet restrictor, semi-automatic valve and pressure regulator with a by-pass valve which use one or more of movable shuttle, shuttle housing, a high pressure diaphragm, a low pressure diaphragm and a fluidic conduit connecting the inlet to the outlet. One or more of these implementations adjust to modify the outlet pressure of the regulator. The inlet restrictor allows incoming fluid to enter the pressure regulators when the pressure of the incoming fluid is higher than a threshold level. The semi-automatic valve is opened manually but closes automatically when fluid flowing through the valve is insufficient to keep the valve open. The semi-automatic valve can also be a semi-automatic electrical switch. The by-pass valve directs the flow to bypass the pressure regulator, when the flow is slow or has low pressure.


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