James Robert Rodriguez

Address:

12231 Stable Pass, San Antonio, TX 78249

Phone:

2102413559

VIN:

5TFEY5F19CX127479

Make:

TOYOTA

Model:

TUNDRA

Year:

2012

Address:

1903 Spanish Bay, San Antonio, TX 78260

VIN:

1FTRF04W67KC46151

Make:

FORD

Model:

F-150

Year:

2007

Address:

714 E Petaluma Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78221

Phone:

2109211253

VIN:

4T1BK46K37U525815

Make:

TOYOTA

Model:

CAMRY

Year:

2007

Address:

3118 Camden Bay, San Antonio, TX 78245

VIN:

5J6YH18927L011489

Make:

HONDA

Model:

ELEMENT

Year:

2007

US Patent:

20080264497, Oct 30, 2008

Filed:

Nov 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/982771

Inventors:

James E. Rodriguez - Aliso Viejo CA, US
Angel Ching - Montebello CA, US

International Classification:

F16K 37/00

US Classification:

137553

Abstract:

A position indicator () mountable on a valve housing () that forms a chamber that holds a piston assembly () that can slide to different positions spaced along an axis () that extends in front and rear directions (F, R), to indicate the position of the piston assembly along the axis. The position indicator includes a frame () that forms a cavity (), a plunger () that is slidably mounted on the frame, and a spring () that urges the plunger forward along the axis. A plurality of switches (-) are mounted in the cavity, and a switch operator in the form of a slider () coupled to the plunger rear end to move with it, operates different switches as the plunger moves forward and rearward along the axis. The valve housing has a rear end () that can be opened and the indicator frame in mounted on the housing rear end, with a plunger front end () projecting forward of the frame and into the housing chamber () and abutting a rear end of the piston assembly in the housing.

US Patent:

20070023726, Feb 1, 2007

Filed:

Jul 24, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/491837

Inventors:

James Rodriguez - Aliso Viejo CA, US
Chailin Durongdej - Arcadia CA, US
Tariq Latif - Downey CA, US

International Classification:

F16K 25/00

US Classification:

251174000

Abstract:

A valve of the type wherein high pressure fluid moves through a first moveable member () that lies in a first valve body (), through a rotor channel (), and though a second moveable member () in a second body, with the rotor being rotatable to direct the fluid into a selected passage of the second body. In this valve, forces on the rotor vary with the pressure of the fluid, but are decreased to reduce friction and therefore reduce rotation torque. Forces on the rotor are decreased by constructing each moveable member with a cylindrical surface () that is dynamically sealed against. Each valve body includes a body and an insert () threaded into a front end of the body. The insert has an internal flange () with a flange front end () that abuts the rear of a spring () that urges the movable member forward towards the rotor, and with a flange rear end () that abuts a seal device () that dynamically seals to the cylindrical surface () of the moveable member.