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US 2022/0018459 A1Published application
Valve assembly
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsDariusz Sapija, Agata Kurowska
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Abstract
A valve assembly has a housing and a valve shaft rotatable in the housing. A sensor assembly detects the position of the valve shaft. The sensor assembly has an indicator on the housing; and a position sensor on the valve shaft configured to detect a feature of the indicator to determine the position of the valve shaft.
Claims15
A valve assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a valve shaft rotatable in the housing;
- and
- a sensor assembly for detecting the position of the valve shaft;
- wherein the sensor assembly comprises:
- an indicator on the housing;
- and
- a position sensor on the valve shaft configured to detect a feature of the indicator to determine the position of the valve shaft.
5 more elements
A method of determining an angular position of a rotatable valve shaft of a valve assembly, the method comprising:
- rotating a position sensor with the valve shaft,
- determining the angular position of the valve shaft by detecting a feature of an indicator on a housing of the valve assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.