VALVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FLOW OF A FLUID USING A SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY MEMBER - Patent 3538800

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EP 3 538 800 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	18.09.2019 Bulletin 2019/38

(21)	Application number: 17792055.0

(22)	Date of filing: 30.10.2017

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

F16K 37/00^(2006.01)
F16K 31/02^(2006.01)
G05D 23/19^(2006.01)

F16K 11/07^(2006.01)
G05D 23/02^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2017/077839

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2018/086954 (17.05.2018 Gazette 2018/20)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL 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 RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	MA MD

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Priority:

08.11.2016 GB 201618842

(71)	Applicant: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
	4 Dublin (IE)

(72)	Inventor:
	JANOCHA, Marc Denis 66763 Dillingen (DE)

(74)	Representative: Eaton IP Group EMEA
	c/o Eaton Industries Manufacturing GmbH Route de la Longeraie 7 1110 Morges 1110 Morges (CH)

(54)	VALVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FLOW OF A FLUID USING A SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY MEMBER