Electrically driven actuator with failsafe feature
CA 2218963 C · Owner: Tompkins, Charles Mark · Inventors: Tompkins, Charles Mark; Trott, Doug; Rawson, Michael S.
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A valve actuator preferably driven by an electric motor is disclosed. The valve actuator is useful with surface safety valves and uses power input from an electric motor to position the valve in its normal position. A mechanism is provided to allow the valve to shift positions to a fallsafe position upon failure of electrical power to the motor connected to the actuator. A screw drive is provided with the motor, with a latch mechanism holding a nut against rotation. The nut can advance longitudinally upon rotation of the drive to move a valve stem. Upon failure of electrical power, the latch mechanism releases the nut form a coupling in the actuator which is connected to the valve stem and …
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- Filed October 15, 1997 and granted August 19, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 15, 2017.
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