Sensor-enabled gate valve
View Patent ↗Methods, systems, and apparatus for a gate valve including a body and a sensing bore. A subassembly includes a body with a sensing bore; a bonnet contacting the body; and at least one of a vein and a plug in the sensing bore.
1. A gate valve comprising:
a body;
a sensing bore defined in the body;
a bonnet, and
a vein, wherein the vein extends through the bonnet and the sensing bore.
2. The gate valve of claim 1 , wherein the sensing bore is defined in webbing of the body.
3. The gate valve of claim 1 , wherein the sensing bore is defined between the bonnet and an inlet end of the body.
4. The gate valve of claim 1 , wherein a notch relief is defined in the bonnet.
5. The gate valve of claim 4 , wherein the sensing bore is accessible through the notch relief of the bonnet.
6. The gate valve of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the vein is about equal to a diameter of the sensing bore.
7. The gate valve of claim 6 , wherein the sensing bore includes threading and wherein the vein includes threading to mate with the threading of the sensing bore.
8. The gate valve of claim 1 , further comprising a plug, the plug including threading to mate with threading of the sensing bore.
9. A subassembly comprising:
a body, the body defining a sensing bore;
a bonnet contacting the body; and
at least one of a vein and a plug in the sensing bore, wherein the vein extends through a notch relief in the bonnet.
10. The subassembly of claim 9 , wherein the sensing bore is defined in webbing of the body.
11. The subassembly of claim 9 , wherein the body defines a valve cavity, the subassembly further comprising a gate and a stem in the valve cavity, the stem coupled to the gate.
12. The subassembly of claim 9 , where the sensing bore includes threading to mate with at least one of the vein and the plug.
13. The subassembly of claim 9 , wherein the vein includes an end, wherein a sensor may be mounted to the end.