Patents Examined by David Bochna
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Patent number: 11607929Abstract: A block fitting assembly comprises a first block having a first fastener aperture formed therethrough, a second block having a second fastener aperture formed therethrough in axial alignment with the first fastener aperture, and a fastener extending through the first fastener aperture and the second fastener aperture to couple the first block to the second block. The block fitting assembly includes a thermal expansion compliancy feature in the form of at least one of an inner surface of the second block defining the second fastener aperture including an axially extending non-threaded portion adjacent a threaded portion thereof or the fastener including a necked portion having a smaller outer diameter than a minor thread diameter of a threaded portion of the fastener.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Eric Kesler, Dan Frederick
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Patent number: 11607534Abstract: A connector system for medical fluid administration has a female connection member, which can act as an access port for a container of medical fluid, and a male connection member, for accessing the container of medical fluid. The female connection member defines a sheath for receiving a portion of the male connection member and this sheath is spanned at one end by a septum, which acts to close the container of medical fluid. A lumen is defined through the male connection member to allow passage of fluid therethrough. The septum has a central region and a peripheral region, the central region being of substantially greater thickness than the peripheral region. The male connection member comprises means for rupturing the peripheral region of the septum when it is received in the female connection member to form a connection.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: THE ENTERPRISE CRADLE LIMITEDInventor: Karol Pazik
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Patent number: 11598159Abstract: A coupling for connecting downhole tubulars includes a tubular body, and at least one thread of a male screw thread formed on an outer surface of the body, and a female screw thread formed in an inner surface of the body. The at least one thread has a thread-form including a crest, a root, and a pair of flanks. The crest and the root are each cambered about a respective first and second camber radius. Each camber radius is greater than an outer diameter of the coupling.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Sandvik Mining and Construction Tools ABInventor: Andreas Rindeskar
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Patent number: 11598454Abstract: Connector assemblies for holding two tubes together and methods of use are described. The connector assemblies have an inner bolt, a split outer bolt comprising at least two outer bolt sections and a clamp bolt. The clamp bolt holds the outer bolt sections together to form the split outer bolt and the inner bolt is screwed into the outer bolt to enclose the two tube ends.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.Inventors: Muhannad Mustafa, Muhammad M. Rasheed
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Patent number: 11590334Abstract: An adapter set that is attached to artery-side and vein-side shunt connectors-that are provided on a blood circuit. The adapter set includes: an artery-side adapter that has one end thereof connected to the artery-side shunt connector, has the other end thereof connected to a drainage port that is provided on the outside of the blood circuit, and thereby connects the artery-side shunt connector and the drainage port fluid tight; and a vein-side adapter that has one end thereof connected to the vein-side shunt connector, has the other end thereof connected to a supply port that is provided on the outside of the blood circuit, and thereby connects the vein-side shunt connector and the supply port fluid tight. The structure of the other end of the artery-side adapter and the structure of the other end of the vein-side adapter are different.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: NIKKISO CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Nimura, Yoshimichi Masuda, Masato Fujiwara
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Patent number: 11585475Abstract: A dual cam lever hose clamp may comprise: first and second cam lever clamps and upper and lower clamp halves. The cam lever clamps may move between a retaining position and release position. The upper and lower clamp halves may form a collar when opposing ends of the clamp halves fasten together via the cam lever clamps. The first cam lever clamp may comprise a first linkage pivotally coupled to a first end of the lower clamp half and a first cam lever pivotally coupled to the first linkage. The second cam lever clamp may comprise a second linkage pivotally coupled to a second end of the lower clamp half and a second cam lever pivotally coupled to the second linkage. The first and second cam lever clamps may comprise cam levers that cammingly engage cam locking surfaces on the upper clamp half to fasten and tighten the collar.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Galen L. Marks
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Patent number: 11577007Abstract: A tube connection part adapted to accommodate a flexible tube made from a material comprising polyvinyl chloride, wherein said tube connection part comprises a sleeve adapted to form an overlapping region between said tube connection part and said tube, wherein an adhesion promoting agent is deposited on at least a subsection of a surface of said sleeve, characterized in that the adhesion promoting agent comprises a styrene-butadiene block copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Massimo Fini, Martin Lauer, Reinhold Reiter, Alain Veneroni
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Patent number: 11566730Abstract: A drill pipe comprises a drill pipe body and a tool joint that comprises a rotary shoulder connection is disclosed. The rotary shoulder connection comprises: a box connection, wherein the box connection has a box outer radius, a box counter bore radius and a box inner radius, and box threads having a box thread form cut along a box taper; a pin connection, wherein the pin connection has a pin outer radius, a pin cylinder radius and a pin nose radius, and pin threads having a pin thread form cut along a pin taper to align with the box threads inside the box connection; and a primary shoulder connection comprising: a primary box shoulder that is angled or curved; and a primary pin shoulder that is angled or curved. Methods of using the drill pipe are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Black Diamond Oilfield Rentals LLCInventors: Christopher M. Biggerstaff, Charles G. Kibbe
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Patent number: 11560974Abstract: A fluid coupling for fuel lines in motor vehicles, includes a housing having a receptacle for a counterpart, a blocking member in the receptacle and engageable behind a blocking rib of the counterpart to fix the counterpart in the receptacle, and a detection sleeve axially movable in the receptacle, and having a first engagement portion, which engages with the blocking rib to move the detection sleeve axially into a detection position, and at least one second engagement portion arranged behind the first engagement portion and, when the counterpart is pulled out, engages with the blocking rib to move the detection sleeve out of the detection position, into the initial position, and the detection sleeve includes at least one detection portion (64), received within the receptacle in the initial position so the detection portion is not visible from the outside and, in the detection position, visibly protrudes from the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: A. Kayser Automotive Systems GmbHInventor: Georgios Passas-Lagos
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Patent number: 11554258Abstract: A syringe having barrel defining an outer circumferential surface, and a distal end including a non-luer tip that is not connectable to an intravenous device. The syringe barrel defines a snap-in, syringe engagement feature, adjacent to its distal end, oriented on its outer circumferential surface, which is selectively insertable within a bore of a complementary enteral collar. A proximal end of the enteral collar has a snap-in, enteral collar engagement feature, in the bore of the collar. In some embodiments, the snap-in, enteral collar engagement feature includes one or more cantilever snap joints, which engage a recess in the syringe engagement feature, upon axial insertion of the syringe tip into the bore of the collar. In some embodiments, the enteral collar engagement feature includes a discontinuous-annular snap joint. The enteral collar is sized to permit connection to an enteral device and prevent connection to a device having a luer connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventors: Joseph Mummert, Erik Ferrier
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Patent number: 11555564Abstract: A system for coupling a first pipe segment to a second pipe segment includes a pin end including a flange. The system includes a box end having a recess configured to receive the pin end, a face of the box end abutting the flange. The system includes a coupling assembly joining the first pipe segment to the second pipe segment including a split ring arranged proximate the flange and a sleeve, wherein threads of the sleeve engage first mating threads on the split ring and second mating threads on the box end.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Brian S. Baker, Hunter S. Haeberle, Kevin Sweeney, Gregory Myers
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Patent number: 11549620Abstract: A screw joint in which an efficient screw length of a joint portion is achieved. This screw joint is for an oil well pipe of an integral type and includes: (i) a pin that is provided with a male screw portion which is a male taper screw, at one end of a steel pipe; and (ii) a box that is provided with a female screw portion which is a female taper screw fitted to the male screw portion, at one end of the steel pipe, in which a structure, in which the pin and the box are in metal contact with each other to seal a fluid, is provided at least at one place of a seal portion on an outer peripheral surface side of a pipe end side of the pin and a seal portion on an inner peripheral surface side of a pipe end side of the box.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Takamasa Kawai, Masaki Yoshikawa, Jun Takano, Takuya Nagahama, Haruhiko Seki
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Patent number: 11549621Abstract: An example fitting includes: a fitting body having counterbore, where the counterbore defines an annular shoulder within tire fitting body: a spring having a first end interfacing with the annular shoulder of the counterbore; and a seal carrier having: (i) a first end face interfacing with a second end of the spring, (ii) a second end face configured to interface with an internal surface of a port, such that the spring is configured to apply a biasing force on the seal carrier toward the internal surface of the port, (iii) a first annular groove on an exterior peripheral surface of the seal carrier, where the first annular groove is configured to have a radial seal disposed therein, and (iv) a second annular groove in the second end face, where the second annular groove is configured to have a face seal disposed therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Parker-Hannifin CorporationInventors: Phillip A. Landis, Diane M. Artman
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Patent number: 11543057Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a universal pipe sleeve junction for an aspirated smoke detection system are described herein. In some examples, one or more embodiments include a sleeve body having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining an opening through the sleeve body, wherein the sleeve body further includes a first end surface and a second end surface opposite the first end surface, and a nozzle having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface of the nozzle defining an opening through the nozzle and extending through to the inner surface of the sleeve body, where the nozzle opening is configured to couple with a pipe sleeve attachment mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Mauro Miheli, Lorenzo Feurra, Gianluca Pace
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Patent number: 11543060Abstract: A pipe-fitting device capable of easily connecting pipes having different diameters includes a fitting body and a pair of fixing nuts. The fitting body includes a first channel portion having a first inner diameter formed in a first inner side of the fitting body, a second channel portion having a second inner diameter formed in a second inner side of the fitting body, the second inner diameter being smaller than the first inner diameter such that a step is formed inside the fitting body at the boundary between the first channel portion and the second channel portion. Each fixing nut is rotatably coupled to a corresponding open end of the fitting body and configured to fix the corresponding one of the first pipe and the second pipe through rotational tightening.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Inventor: Brian B. Kim
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Patent number: 11534640Abstract: A two-piece connection between a supply pipe from a source of water and a connection to a fire sprinkler with the connector having a first or rear section entirely above a ceiling and a second or front section connected to the first section with the connection entirely above a ceiling and the forward portion of second section connected to the fire sprinkler. The first connector section, located entirely above a ceiling, has a spherical male sidewall with a rounded leading edge and a rear portion of the second connector section has a spherical female interior surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Spears Manufacturing Co.Inventor: Douglas Swingley
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Patent number: 11525528Abstract: A pipe fitting having a first body and a second body that together at least partially define a fluid flow passage. The first body defines a first portion of the fluid flow passage that extends from a first end of the fluid flow passage to a first internal opening. The second body defines a second portion of the fluid flow passage that extends from a second internal opening to a second end of the fluid flow passage. The first body has a first interface surface that surrounds the first internal opening, the first interface surface having a plurality of anti-rotation grooves. The second body has a second interface surface that surrounds the second internal opening and engages with the first interface surface. The first internal opening is in fluid communication with the second internal opening. The second interface surface has a plurality of anti-rotation fingers that are each received by and engage with a corresponding one of the anti-rotation grooves.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: IPEX TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Vincent Littlefield, Qing Li, Filippo Martino
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Patent number: 11519236Abstract: In a hydraulic connector for connecting a portion of the hydraulic connector to a mandrel and having a seal ring with an external groove to seal between the hydraulic connector and the mandrel the method of providing a locking segments having an inner position and a radially outward second position, providing when the latches are in a first latch position a portion is engaged with the locking segments in the radially inward position and a second latch portion is disengaged from the external groove of the seal ring to release the seal ring, and providing when the one or more latches are in a second latch position the first latch portion is engaged with one or more of the locking segments in the radially outward position the second latch portion is engaged with the external groove of the seal ring to retain the seal ring.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventor: Benton Frederick Baugh
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Patent number: 11516975Abstract: An assembly of fluid conduit parts is disclosed along with a method of assembling, a method of manufacturing and an apparatus for manufacturing the one of the fluid conduit parts. The assembly includes a blow molded part having a first portion. A second part includes a tapered section and a sealing flange extends from the first portion towards a central axis of the first portion at a distance, an end of the sealing flange defines an opening. The second part inserts into the opening and at least part of the tapered section is of a size larger than the opening. The sealing flange flexes upon insertion of the second part into the opening to define a contact surface between the tapered section and the sealing flange that extends around a perimeter of the tapered section where the sealing flange contacts the tapered section.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Custom-Pak, Inc.Inventors: Ronald A. Zimmer, Rick Braasch, Mitch Gravert, Michael Grinnall, Craig J. Bormann
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Patent number: 11512799Abstract: A system for blocking rotation between a first tubular and a second tubular includes a key positioned within a recess formed in the first tubular. The system also includes a retention fastener securing the key to the first tubular, the retention fastener being arranged within an elongated aperture extending through the key. The system further includes an installation fastener moving the key from a storage configuration when in a first position to an engaged configuration when in a second position, the installation fastener having a tapered face that engages at least a portion of the key. The system also includes teeth arranged along a bottom portion of the key, proximate the second tubular, the teeth engaging the second tubular via rotation of the key about the retention fastener and blocking rotation of the first tubular relative to the second tubular in a first direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLCInventors: Joseph Pallini, Dennis R Martinchich, Matthew Lord, Alejandro Rodela, Xichang Zhang