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Granted Patent B2
US 8,733,735 · App. 12/944,605 · Granted May 27, 2014

Valve mounting adaptor

Inventor: Cory C. Strebe (Wauwatosa, WI)
Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,733,735
App. No.
12/944,605
Granted
May 27, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mounting adaptor for a valve actuator includes a driver aperture configured to receive a valve actuator driver. The mounting adaptor further includes a plurality of mounting posts configured to engage a thermal riser or a valve attachment pad.

Claims (20)

1. A valve assembly comprising:

a valve actuator having a driver;

a drive shaft coupled to the driver;

a valve having a valve control and a mounting pad, wherein the valve control is coupled to the drive shaft;

a thermal riser configured to be coupled to the mounting pad of the valve, the thermal riser having a shaft aperture configured to receive the drive shaft and a plurality of apertures in a surface of the thermal riser; and

a mounting adaptor configured to be coupled to the valve actuator and the thermal riser, the mounting adaptor having a driver aperture configured to receive the driver, wherein the mounting adaptor further comprises a plurality of mounting posts extending from a surface of the adaptor, the plurality of mounting posts configured to engage apertures of the thermal riser;

wherein the driver comprises a first set of grooves configured to engage the valve actuator and a second set of grooves configured to engage a different valve actuator.

2. The valve assembly of claim 1 , wherein there are three or more mounting posts.

3. The valve assembly of claim 2 , wherein the mounting posts are located equidistant to a point within the driver aperture.

4. The valve assembly of claim 1 , wherein the mounting pad includes a plurality of apertures formed therein and the posts are further configured to engage the apertures of the mounting pad.

5. The valve assembly of claim 1 , wherein the thermal riser comprises a heat resistive material.

6. The valve assembly of claim 1 , wherein the mounting adaptor comprises a heat resistive material.

7. A valve assembly comprising:

a valve actuator having a driver;

a valve having a valve control and a mounting pad, wherein the valve control is coupled to the driver, and wherein the mounting pad has a plurality of openings; and

a mounting adaptor configured to be coupled to the valve actuator and to the mounting pad of the valve, the mounting adaptor comprising a driver aperture and a plurality of mounting posts, the plurality of mounting posts configured to engage the plurality of openings of the mounting pad;

wherein the driver comprises a first set of grooves configured to engage the valve actuator and a second set of grooves configured to engage a different valve actuator.

8. The valve assembly of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of mounting posts comprises three or more mounting posts.

9. The valve assembly of claim 8 , wherein the mounting posts are further configured to engage openings of a thermal riser.

10. The valve assembly of claim 7 , wherein the mounting adaptor comprises a heat resistive material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2010
From: STREBE, CORY C.
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
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Continuity (1)
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