Patent ID: 7273068

Claim:
A fuel control valve comprising: a valve housing having a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet; a rotary valve operatively engaged with a sleeve within said valve housing, wherein said rotary valve is provided more than one metering flow window for controlling a fuel flow through the fuel inlet, into an interior of said rotary valve via said more than one metering window, and out an end of said valve to said fuel outlet, said rotary valve including a plurality of holes on an end thereof, said plurality of holes being connected to an internal pressure of said valve; a direct drive rotary torque motor operatively engaged with said rotary valve for providing a rotational activation force to said rotary valve assembly to control the fuel flow through the fuel inlet and fuel outlet; and a spring biasing said rotary valve to an end position having near zero flow through the fuel outlet in a de-energized state, wherein said de-energized state occurs when electrical power is discontinued to said rotary torque motor.