Patents by Inventor Jeffrey C. Dickey

Jeffrey C. Dickey has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5121947
    Abstract: A device for providing a sealed intersection between flow passages within a housing comprises an expansion sleeve with a cylindrical outer surface and an axially tapered inner surface for receiving a frusto-conical inner member of greater average diameter and the expansion sleeve is radially expanded in place after insertion into the installation bore, by the forcible insertion therein of the inner member. No interference occurs between the sleeve and the installation bore until after the sleeve is in place in the bore. The outer surface of the sleeve is reduced or not as many be desired to provide fluid communication among the flow passages. Two embodiments differ in that one seals between axially separated ports while the other seals between angularly separated ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: The Lee Company
    Inventors: Leighton Lee, III, Jeffrey C. Dickey, Loren Bonsack, Fredrick J. Pecor, John L. Grillo
  • Patent number: 4867333
    Abstract: A small bore expansion plug having an inner wedge pin and a plug body with an outer hard surface with small, peripheral V-shaped grooves, a partly hemispherical end wall at its inner end and a tapered coaxial bore for receiving the wedge pin. To provide a radial expansion force within an acceptable tolerance between the plug body and the wall of its mounting bore, the wedge pin has a coaxial bore to form a high-strength spring and the plug body has a base material with a yield strength providing the desired plug body resistance to deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1989
    Assignee: The Lee Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Kolp, Jr., Stephen E. Anderson, Jeffrey C. Dickey