IP Library Granted Patent US 8,365,581
Granted Patent B2
US 8,365,581 · App. 13/041,788 · Granted Feb 5, 2013

Valve for a leak detector

Inventor: Heiko Bühring (Oldenburg, DE)
Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,365,581
App. No.
13/041,788
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A leak detector for detecting a leak in a line includes a transmitting device for generating radiation to be coupled into the line. By a receiving device, radiation that has emerged from the line through a leak is received, as a result of which the leak becomes detectable.

Claims (7)

1. A valve for a leak detector, the valve comprising:

a valve body; and

a conductor;

wherein the conductor is installed on the valve body;

wherein the valve is adapted to insulate a pipe region for the flow-through of material; and

wherein the conductor is adapted to couple an electromagnetic wave in a pipe such that the electromagnetic wave moves in a longitudinal direction away from the valve.

2. The valve of claim 1 , further comprising an activation shaft, wherein the activation shaft of the valve is configured to be used as the coupling conductor.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 29, 2011
From: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 026222/0875 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2011
From: BUEHRING, HEIKO
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 026199/0815 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2005 048 726 · Oct 12, 2005 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12083759
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