Patent ID: 11885435
Assignee: HANSEN TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 7:
8. A valve assembly comprising:
a valve body having an inlet and an outlet;
a valve seat insert attached to the valve body between the inlet and the outlet;
an indicator assembly including a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure change at a valve cap;
a disk positioned within the valve seat insert;
an adjustment gland located between the disk and the valve cap;
a stem extending, through the adjustment gland, between the disk and the indicator assembly; and
a sensor configured to identify a release of the disk from the valve seat insert, wherein the valve seat insert is configured to release the disk when pressure at the inlet exceeds a threshold value,
wherein the disk is configured, when released, to move a section of the stem through the adjustment gland, and
wherein the indicator assembly is configured to indicate a valve opening event, based on the pressure sensor, when the disk is released from the valve seat insert.