Patent ID: 7628379
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: F16K

Abstract:
1. A valve assembly comprising: a plug having a valve seat, said plug having an outermost perimeter defining a first cross sectional area spaced from the valve seat, said outer perimeter being larger than a perimeter of the valve seat; a holder cantileveredly connected to the plug; a remotely and electrically controlled actuator operably connected to the holder; a poppet connected to the actuator, said poppet driven by the actuator intermediate an open configuration wherein a fluid passes intermediate the valve seat and the poppet and a closed configuration wherein the poppet forms a seal relative to the valve seat, and said actuator at least assists in the poppet moving from the closed configuration to the open configuration; wherein the holder, actuator and poppet are bounded by a second cross sectional area parallel to the first cross sectional area when in at least one of the open and closed configurations with a fluid axis being perpendicular to the first and second cross sectional areas and the fluid passes by at least a portion of the holder in the direction of the fluid axis in the open configuration, and said first cross sectional area greater than the second cross sectional area, and said first cross section is opposite the valve seat relative to the poppet.