Patents by Inventor William Stephen Killingbeck

William Stephen Killingbeck 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).

  • Quick attach and safe release arrangement for a port of a water pump
    Patent number: 8480384
    Abstract: A quick attach and safe release arrangement for a pump of the type in which a pump chamber has at least one chimney and at least one separable port locatable in the at least one chimney. The quick attach and safe release arrangement is provided with a cooperating retaining elements integrally formed with the at least one chimney and integrally formed with the at least one separable port respectively, for retaining the at least one separable port in within the at least one chimney. The at least one separable port and the at least one chimney are rotatable relative to one another and the cooperating retaining elements have a single port release position at a predetermined angular position of the at least one separable port relative to the at least one chimney.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Munster Simms Engineering Limited
    Inventor: William Stephen Killingbeck
  • Quick Attach And Safe Release Arrangement For A Port Of A Water Pump
    Publication number: 20080277935
    Abstract: A quick attach and safe release arrangement for a pump of the type comprising a pump chamber has at least one chimney and at least one separable port locatable in the at least one chimney. The quick attach and safe release arrangement comprises a cooperating retaining means integrally formed with the at least one chimney and integrally formed with the at least one separable port for retaining the at least one separable port in situ in the at least one chimney. The at least one separable port and the at least one chimney are rotatable relative to one another and the cooperating retaining means has a single port release position at a predetermined angular position of the at least one separable port relative to the at least one chimney.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventor: William Stephen Killingbeck