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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Emerson Process Management Regulator Technologies, Inc., McKinney, TX (US);
Inventors:
James Lyman Griffin, Jr., McKinney, TX (US);
Kunrong Matthews, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
EMERSON PROCESS MANAGEMENT REGULATOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC, McKinney, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 25/00 (2006.01); F16K 1/42 (2006.01); F16K 1/34 (2006.01); C08L 75/02 (2006.01); C08L 75/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 25/005 (2013.01); C08L 75/02 (2013.01); C08L 75/04 (2013.01); F16K 1/34 (2013.01); F16K 1/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Fluid control devices including self-healing materials and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a valve body, a seat ring; a plug movable relative to the seat ring to control fluid flow through the valve body and a self-healing material on one of the plug or the seat ring. The self-healing material to self-heal without an external stimulus.