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US 12,753,848 B2Granted
Smart shut-off valve for high pressure hose
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsRida Bin Hashim, Yusuf Nasidi
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Abstract
A valve system for a hose including a valve operable to open or close a fluid pathway defined in the hose, a sensor operable to sense a condition, a controller electronically coupled to the sensor and operable to determine occurrence of the condition, wherein the controller is configured to direct the valve to close the fluid pathway upon determining occurrence of the condition.
Claims16
A valve system, comprising:
- a hose configured to be held and controlled by an operator and defining a fluid pathway terminating in a fluid outlet;
- a valve operable to inhibit flow out of the fluid outlet when in a closed position;
- a sensor operable to sense an operator safety condition, the sensor being at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, or a magnetometer, and the operator safety condition being at least one of an operator fall or a dropped hose;
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- a controller in communication with the sensor and operable to determine occurrence of the operator safety condition,
- wherein the controller is programmed to direct the valve to close and inhibit flow out of the fluid outlet upon determining occurrence of the operator safety condition.
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A valve system, comprising:
- a hose configured to be held and controlled by an operator and defining a fluid pathway terminating in a fluid outlet;
- a base mountable to an exterior surface of the hose;
- a housing operatively coupled to the base and containing one or more sensors and a controller in communication with the one or more sensors;
- a valve in communication with the controller and operable to inhibit flow out of the fluid outlet when in a closed position,
- wherein the one or more sensors are operable to sense an operator safety condition of the hose, and the controller communicates with the one or more sensors to determine occurrence of the operator safety condition, and
- wherein the controller is programmed to direct the valve to close and inhibit flow out of the fluid outlet upon determining occurrence of the operator safety condition, and
- wherein the operator safety condition is at least one of an operator fall or a dropped hose.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.