Stephen R Freitas, 36Pomona, CA

7654509, Feb 2, 2010

May 9, 2008

12/118615

Stephen G. Freitas - Mission Viejo CA, US
Ory D. Selzer - Irvine CA, US
Raymond R. Newton - Trabuco Canyon CA, US

Control Components, Inc. - Rancho Santa Margarita CA

B01F 3/04
B05B 15/06

261 62, 122487, 137542, 239439, 251 84, 261118, 261DIG 13

An improved valve element for a spray nozzle assembly of a steam desuperheating device that is configured to spray cooling water into a flow of superheated steam in a generally uniformly distributed spray pattern. The valve element includes a valve body and an elongate valve stem that is integrally attached to the valve body and extends axially therefrom. The valve body itself includes a nozzle cone which is integrally connected to the valve stem, and defines an outer surface. Integrally formed on a bottom surface of the nozzle cone is a hub having multiple ribs protruding therefrom. Integrally connected to each of the ribs is a generally circular fracture ring. The fracture ring is disposed in spaced relation to the lower edge of the nozzle cone which circumvents the bottom surface thereof. In this regard, a series of windows are formed in the valve body, with each window being framed by a segment of the lower edge of the nozzle cone, an adjacent pair of the ribs, and a segment of the top edge of the fracture ring.

6675832, Jan 13, 2004

May 7, 2003

10/431475

Duc Thanh Tran - Corona CA
Stanley F. Miller - Orange CA
Stephen G. Freitas - Mission Viejo CA

Control Components, Inc. - Rancho Santa Margarita CA

F16K 4704

137613, 13762532, 251127, 251368

Disclosed is a blowdown valve for a boiler system for removing fluid that contains debris. The blowdown valve comprises a housing for a shutoff valve and a reversible throttle valve. The shutoff valve is fluidly connected to a fluid inlet that, in turn, is connected to the boiler system. Each one of the shutoff and throttle valves includes a rotatable valve ball having a bore formed therethrough. Rotation of the valve ball alternately blocks and unblocks fluid flowing therethrough. The throttle valve bore includes first and second bore ends. A bore insert is disposed within the bore between first and second debris zones. The bore insert includes passages configured for reducing fluid energy. The first and second debris zones entrap debris therewithin. The throttle valve reverses positions of the first and second debris zones such that entrapped debris may be flushed out of the fluid outlet.

2021020, Jul 8, 2021

Jan 8, 2020

16/737594

- Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
Stephen Freitas - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
Ruben Mendoza - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
Ray Newton - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US

F16K 47/04
F16K 5/06

A fluid control valve includes a valve housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. A valve body is disposed within the valve housing and is transitional relative to the valve housing between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, the valve body prevents fluid flow between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The valve body is incrementally transitional from the closed position to the open position to incrementally increase the amount of fluid flow from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet. A flow control element is positioned within the valve housing downstream of the valve body. The flow control element includes a peripheral body and an inward body having a plurality of flow control passageways extending therethrough. The flow control element additionally includes an opening defined collectively by the peripheral body and the inward body.

2021020, Jul 8, 2021

Jan 6, 2021

17/142482

- Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
Stephen Freitas - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
Uzair Ahmed - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
Raymond R. Newton - Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US

F16K 47/08
B33Y 10/00
B33Y 80/00

A flow control element includes an element body formed as a unitary structure and disposed about a body axis. The element body includes a first surface, a second surface in spaced relation to the first surface, and an inner peripheral surface extending between the first and second surfaces and defining a central bore extending along the body axis. The element body additionally includes an outer peripheral surface extending between the first and second surfaces in spaced relation to the inner peripheral surface. A plurality of passageways extend between the inner peripheral surface and the outer peripheral surface, with each passageway having a pair of side surfaces extending in generally opposed relation to each other and a pair of beveled surfaces extending toward each other from respective ones of the pair of side surfaces.

2014009, Apr 3, 2014

Oct 3, 2012

13/644049

- Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
Raymond Richard Newton - Trabuco Canyon CA, US
Stephen Gerald Freitas - Mission Viejo CA, US
Kevin Naziri - Mission Viejo CA, US

F22G 5/12

261 66

An improved spray nozzle assembly for use in a steam desuperheating device that is adapted to spray cooling water into a flow of superheated steam. The nozzle assembly is of simple construction with relatively few components, and thus requires a minimal amount of maintenance. In addition, the nozzle assembly is specifically configured to, among other things, prevent thermal shock to prescribed internal structural components thereof, to prevent “sticking” of a valve element thereof, and to create a substantially uniformly distributed spray of cooling water for spraying into a flow of superheated steam in order to reduce the temperature of the steam.

2014009, Apr 3, 2014

Sep 30, 2013

14/042428

- Rancho Santa Margarita CA, US
Raymond Richard Newton - Trabuco Canyon CA, US
Stephen Gerald Freitas - Mission Viejo CA, US
Kevin Naziri - Mission Viejo CA, US

Control Components, Inc. - Rancho Santa Margarita CA

F22G 5/12

261 66

An improved spray nozzle assembly for use in a steam desuperheating device that is adapted to spray cooling water into a flow of superheated steam. The nozzle assembly is of simple construction with relatively few components, and thus requires a minimal amount of maintenance. In addition, the nozzle assembly is specifically configured to, among other things, prevent thermal shock to prescribed internal structural components thereof, to prevent “sticking” of a valve element thereof, and to create a substantially uniformly distributed spray of cooling water for spraying into a flow of superheated steam in order to reduce the temperature of the steam.