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Actuator including a jack

US6003432A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 16, 1998
Grant dateDec 21, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF15B15/065
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An actuator including a jack having first and second pistons engaging a control rod, particularly for rotating the shaft of a fraction-of-a-turn plumbing device. The actuator can also include energy storage cartridges and/or damping members placed between the pistons. The energy storage cartridges can engage the first piston on one side and the second piston on the opposite side.

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