Manufacture of actuators and control valve assemblies

US11079038B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dresser, LLC · US

Inventors

• Jeffrey Louis Johanning · Ponte Vedra, US
• Mark David Kaczmarek · Middleburg, US
• Abdul Raoof Mohamed · Jacksonville, US
• Jayesh K Shah · Palatine, US
• Casey Michael Stockbridge · Orange Park, US
• Orie Woodman Van Doran · Route du Col des Hayes, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 3, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 2, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16K37/0058
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An actuator for use in a control valve assembly that has a structure amenable to manufacture. The actuator may comprise a housing comprising a plurality of walls secured to one another with fasteners to form an interior cavity, a torque hub disposed in the interior cavity, the torque hub comprising a torque body and a torque arm that are releasably engaged with one another via fasteners, each of the torque body and the torque arm having interfacing geometry that defines surfaces that engage with opposing surfaces on the other; and a load generator coupled with the torque hub.