US 12,313,185 B2
Valve assembly
Dariusz Sapija, Siechnice (PL); and Agata Kurowska, Kowale (PL)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/376,210.
Claims priority of application No. 20461546 (EP), filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018459 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. F16K 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 37/0008 (2013.01) [F16K 37/0041 (2013.01); F16K 37/0058 (2013.01); F16K 37/0066 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A valve assembly comprising:
a housing;
a valve shaft rotatable in the housing; and
a sensor assembly for detecting the position of the valve shaft;
wherein the sensor assembly comprises:
an indicator on the housing; and
a position sensor inside the housing and on the valve shaft configured to detect a feature of the indicator to determine the position of the valve shaft;
wherein the indicator comprises a cam.