Patents Examined by Ramesh Krisnamurthy
  • Patent number: 6857440
    Abstract: In a method for a safety valve plus such a safety valve, the safety valve has the form of a valve body axially displaceable in a cavity with an inlet on either side of which are arranged outlets, whereby liquid and/or gas flow takes place from the inlet and past the valve body via a flow path to the outlets. On the valve body side, the flow path is provided with a structure that raises the friction in relation to the liquid and/or gas flow between the inlet and outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Lind Finance & Development AB
    Inventor: Björn Lind
  • Patent number: 6508269
    Abstract: A quick connector with a one-way flow valve includes a bearing cage mounted in a bore of a female component housing and supporting a tip end of a conduit lockingly held in the housing by a retainer. A projection extends from one end of the bearing cage and spaces a flow ball movably mounted in the housing bore at a first, flow permitting open position wherein flow paths between the male and female components are established around the exterior of the flow ball and between circumferentially spaced ribs formed in the housing and supporting the flow ball. The flow ball is automatically movable in response to a reverse direction acting fluid pressure differential to a second, flow-blocking position in sealing engagement with a valve seat formed in the housing bore to prevent reverse fluid flow through the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: George Szabo, Shad A. Kelly