Patents Examined by Phyllis Nichols
  • Patent number: 8978695
    Abstract: A check valve assembly has a body having a central cavity intersected by upstream and downstream flow passages. A seat is secured by a threaded engagement in the upstream flow passage. An access bore intersects the cavity and has a support shoulder formed in it. A holder is supported on the support shoulder. A flapper is pivotally secured to the holder and located in the cavity for movement between an open position and a closed position blocking flow through the seat. A straight edge portion in the access bore engages a straight edge portion of the holder to prevent rotation of the holder. A fastener extends through a hole in the support shoulder into engagement with the seat to prevent rotation of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: S.P.M. Flow Control, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Witkowski, Nuder Said
  • Patent number: 8905055
    Abstract: A full flow pressure relief valve includes a housing having an inlet opening on its bottom and an outlet opening on one of its side. A piston is positioned inside the housing adapted to move from a set position where the piston seals the inlet opening to a sprung position where the piston is removed from the inlet opening. A lock is biased by a spring in a perpendicular direction toward the side of the piston. The lock is adapted to hold the piston in the set position until a relief pressure is supplied in the inlet opening, where the lock is adapted to release the piston to the sprung position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Water Missions International
    Inventors: George C. Greene, III, Bruce M. Okkema
  • Patent number: 8887766
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pressure relief valve (2) for a packaging container (1), comprising a base plate (3), which can be fastened on a wall of the packaging container and has a valve opening (9), also comprising a membrane (4), which is arranged on the base plate (3) over the valve opening (9), wherein the membrane (4) has an adhesive on one side, and further comprising an intermediate layer (6), which is adhesively bonded to the adhesive-containing side of the membrane such that the membrane (4) has two remaining, parallel adhesive-containing peripheral zones for fastening on the base plate (3), wherein the membrane (4) is arranged on the base plate by way of the intermediate layer (6) such that a channel zone (14) is formed on the base plate (3), this channel zone covering over the valve opening (9) and resting right up against the base plate in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Stotkiewitz, Juergen Haak
  • Patent number: 8800586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to safety mechanisms for high-pressure fluid delivery systems. Particularly, the invention relates to a breakaway device which prevents uncontrolled “whipping” of the conduit ends upon a rupture. A heat dissipating coupling, permitting operation of the conduit system at desired temperatures, is also included, as is a breakaway device provided with such a heat dissipation feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Zena Associates, LLC
    Inventor: Joseph H. Abrams