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Electro-fluid converter for controlling a fluid-operated adjusting member

US5076327A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 1991
Grant dateDec 31, 1991
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/2115
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electro-fluid converter for controlling a fluid actuating an adjusting element, such as a main control slider of a servo valve, comprises at least one displaceable throttle arranged in a fluid-rich circuit. The throttle has at least one throttle element with a central inlet passage and a plurality of flow-mechanical identical base elements arranged around the central inlet passage in a star-like manner. Each of the base elements includes a bipolar wall stream element connected with the inlet passage and a whirling chamber element connected with the wall stream element, each of the wall stream elements being thermoelectrically controllable.

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