发明名称 |
Magnetostrictively actuated valve |
摘要 |
A valve for fail-safe return to its normally closed condition relies upon solenoid-driven elongation of a magnetostrictive core element, for opening displacement of a valve member, and also relies upon a continuously available, stiffly compliant preload of the valve member into its position of lock-up at valve closure. The currently preferred material of the core is Terfenol-D, which offers a strong elongation response to inductively coupled excitation. The elongation response is sufficient to serve the purposes of driving a poppet-valve member from closed to open position, with a relatively short time constant, as well as to permit a closed condition of the valve wherein the driving end of the core is effectively disconnected from the poppet-valve member, so that the prestressed stiff compliance can alone be operative on the poppet-valve member for fail-safe closure of the valve.
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申请公布号 |
US5501425(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1996.03.26 |
申请号 |
US19940309776 |
申请日期 |
1994.09.21 |
申请人 |
MAROTTA SCIENTIFIC CONTROLS, INC. |
发明人 |
REINICKE, ROBERT H.;SCHAPPELL, DEREK T. |
分类号 |
F16K31/00;F16K31/02;F16K31/06;(IPC1-7):F16K31/06 |
主分类号 |
F16K31/00 |
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