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US 2026/0276098 A1Published application
Valve seat with embedded structure and related methods
AssigneeVulcan Industrial Holdings, LLC
InventorZhiyue Xu
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Abstract
An embodiment of a valve seat for a pumping assembly includes a body having a bore. In addition, the valve seat includes an embedded structure embedded in the body so as to define, at least partially, a strike face of the valve seat. The strike face extends circumferentially about the bore, and the embedded structure includes a gradient material structure having a first material, a second material spaced from the first material, and a compositional transition region between the first material and the second material.
Claims20
A valve seat comprising:
- a body;
- and
- an embedded structure embedded in the body so as to define, at least partially, a strike face of the valve seat, the embedded structure including a gradient material structure having a first material, a second material spaced from the first material, and a compositional transition region between the first material and the second material, the embedded structure comprising one or more embedded features embedded in the body, each of the one or more embedded features including the gradient material structure, and the one or more of the plurality of separate embedded features comprising an elongated feature extending in a direction relative to a central axis of the body along the strike face.
A valve seat comprising:
- a body including a bore;
- and
- an embedded structure embedded in the body so as to define, at least partially, a strike face of the valve seat, the strike face extends about the bore, and the embedded structure includes a gradient material structure having a first material, a second material spaced from the first material, and a compositional transition region between the first material and the second material, the embedded structure comprising one or more embedded features embedded in the body, each of the embedded features including the gradient material structure, and at least one of the one or more embedded features comprising an elongated feature extending in a selected direction about a central axis of the bore along the strike face.
A valve seat comprising:
- a body;
- and
- an embedded structure embedded in the body so as to define, at least partially, a strike face of the valve seat, the strike face extends in a secured direction about the body, and the embedded structure includes a gradient material structure having a first material, a second material spaced from the first material, and a compositional transition region between the first material and the second material, the embedded structure comprising a plurality of separate embedded features embedded in the body, each of the embedded features including the gradient material structure, and a first region of the strike face having a higher concentration of the plurality of separate embedded features than a second region of the strike face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.