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System for controlling fluid flow

  • US 5,354,032 A
  • Filed: 10/23/1992
  • Issued: 10/11/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A shut-off and flow control valve for controlling fluid flow, the valve comprising a housing, a cavity within the housing, a valve disc element made from an electro-strictive material and a valve seat disposed within the cavity between an inlet and an outlet, the valve seat having a peripheral shape corresponding to a peripheral shape of the valve disc element, the valve disc element comprising a metal substrate having a piezoelectric layer bonded to at least one face thereof, the inlet and outlet leading fluid into and out from the cavity and being disposed on opposite sides of the valve disc element, and means for supporting the valve disc element at a central region of the element with the peripheral region of the disc disposed for cooperation with the valve seat so that, upon actuation of the valve disc element by a voltage applied thereto, the periphery of the disc is displaceable away from the valve seat to permit fluid to flow from the inlet over the periphery of the disc to the opposing outlet.

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