Global Patent Index - EP 2394081 A4

EP 2394081 A4 20170920 - VALVES BASED ON REVERSIBLE PIEZOELECTRIC ROTARY MOTOR

Title (en)

VALVES BASED ON REVERSIBLE PIEZOELECTRIC ROTARY MOTOR

Title (de)

AUF REVERSIERBAREM PIEZOELEKTRISCHEM DREHMOTOR BASIERENDE VENTILE

Title (fr)

VALVES UTILISANT UN MOTEUR ROTATIF PIÉZOÉLECTRIQUE RÉVERSIBLE

Publication

EP 2394081 A4 20170920 (EN)

Application

EP 10739222 A 20100208

Priority

  • US 2010023470 W 20100208
  • US 15070309 P 20090206
  • US 63923209 A 20091216

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2010091343A2] A piezoelectric valve is provided that includes a valve body includes a plug and a drive body coupled to the valve body and operable to cause the rotatable plug to rotate about a rotational axis. The drive body includes a shaft disposed along the axis, the shaft statically coupled to the plug and rotatably coupled to the drive body. The drive body also includes a rotor assembly disposed about the axis and rotatably coupled to the drive body. The drive body further includes a first piezoelectric actuator disposed about the axis and statically coupled to the drive body, the first piezoelectric actuator configured to frictionally engage an inner surface of the rotor assembly. The drive body additionally includes a second piezoelectric actuator disposed about the axis and statically coupled to the shaft, the second piezoelectric actuator configured to frictionally engage the inner surface of the rotor assembly.

IPC 8 full level

F16K 31/02 (2006.01); F16K 5/06 (2006.01); F16K 7/06 (2006.01); F16K 31/04 (2006.01); H01L 41/18 (2006.01); H02N 2/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F16K 5/0647 (2013.01); F16K 7/045 (2013.01); F16K 31/004 (2013.01); H02N 2/002 (2013.01); H02N 2/0065 (2013.01); H02N 2/103 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Citation (examination)

US 2005012433 A1 20050120 - BRADY KEVIN [CA], et al

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2010091343 A2 20100812; WO 2010091343 A3 20101202; CN 102308132 A 20120104; EP 2394081 A2 20111214; EP 2394081 A4 20170920; JP 2012517569 A 20120802

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2010023470 W 20100208; CN 201080006639 A 20100208; EP 10739222 A 20100208; JP 2011549307 A 20100208