Patents Examined by William S. Choi
  • Patent number: 11898665
    Abstract: A pipeline connection device includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member and a sealing member. The first connecting member includes a first channel and an abutting portion. The second connecting member includes a second channel and a first groove portion. The first groove portion includes a first side wall and a first receiving groove to receive the sealing member. At least part of the abutting portion is received in the first receiving groove and abuts against the sealing element. A first gap not greater than 0.3 mm is provided between the abutting portion and the first side wall; or the first connecting member and the second connecting member include at most two annular friction surfaces. As a result, mutual jamming of the first connecting member and the second connecting member can be avoided. Besides, a pipeline adapting assembly having the pipeline connection device is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: HANGZHOU SANHUA RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mei Wang, Li Li, Junqi Dong
  • Patent number: 11898681
    Abstract: A system for mounting an adapter on a main flexible pipe for connecting a branch pipe is described, including a fitting having an externally threaded shank and a widened base which can be inserted in a hole of the pipe and can be fixed by a first ring nut screwed on the threaded shank, wherein the system includes a tool for inserting the fitting in the hole and for tightening the first ring nut, and wherein on the adapter a second ring nut is provided for fixing the adapter to the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TECO S.R.L.
    Inventor: Cosimo Iacopetta
  • Patent number: 11898478
    Abstract: An exhaust pipe forming a flow path of exhaust gas of a vehicle includes a first end including a first opening, a first flange portion formed on the first end, and a cover member. The first flange portion is configured to be fastened to a second flange portion formed on a second end of another exhaust pipe. The cover member includes a held portion and an inner circumferential portion. The held portion is held between the first end and the second end when the first flange portion and the second flange portion are fastened together. The inner circumferential portion covers a region adjacent to the first opening in the inner circumferential surface of the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: FUTABA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Hiramatsu, Shigeru Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11898662
    Abstract: A hose assembly includes an inner hose component, a first braid of reinforcement fiber material that extends around the inner hose component, and a second braid of reinforcement fiber material that extends around the first braid. The first braid and the second braid each has a 3 over 3 braid design, and the first braid has a first modulus and the second braid has a second modulus different from the first modulus. The first braid may be a high strength braid having a strength greater than a strength of the second braid, and the second braid may be a high modulus braid having a modulus greater than a modulus of the first braid. The hose assembly optionally may have a third braid with a high angle configuration of the braid segments. The hose assembly may be combined with an enhanced fitting for securing the hose assembly to fluid system equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Morgan Powell, Ty Anthony Henry, Paul Howard Webster, Gerald Kuzmiak
  • Patent number: 11898664
    Abstract: A universal pipe connection system includes a fitting with a tubular body and an annular bulge defining an annular groove on the inner side of a tubular body, which houses a sealing gasket. The tubular body receives the end portion of a pipe so that a pressing tool having opposite pressing jaws can engage the tubular body and generate a circumferential band adjacent to the bulge by mechanically clamping the tubular body in the circumferential and axial directions and causing a deformation of the annular bulge, which presses the gasket, and generates a seal between the tubular body and the end of the pipe inserted therein. The annular bulge and the corresponding annular groove have a geometry and size adapted to cooperate with two different types of pressing tools, one with a M profile and one with a V profile, which may be present in the alternative or in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Silvio Pozzetti, Stefano Nosé
  • Patent number: 11802640
    Abstract: A tube coupling for coupling a first tube and a second tube. The tube coupling includes an inner shroud including a ball portion and an outer shroud including a socket portion. The socket portion receives the ball portion. The tube coupling includes a compressive ring configured to elastically compress the outer shroud onto the inner shroud. The ball portion and the socket portion form a ball and socket joint. The ball and socket joint allows relative angular movement and relative axial movement between the inner shroud and the outer shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Naleen Kumar Verma, Omkar Topkar, Dharmaraj Pachaiappan, Daniel Drew Smith
  • Patent number: 11802641
    Abstract: An arrangement is disclosed having a clamp body configured in a cylindrical shape and having four penetrations that each have a bolt hole penetration with a first side penetration and a second side penetration and at least four jaws, each of the at least four jaws configured to be inserted into one of the at least four penetrations, each jaw having a first side and a second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventors: Gary Warren Stratulate, Gary Pendleton
  • Patent number: 11774013
    Abstract: Formed in series along an axial-direction end portion of a large-diameter pipe member, in the following order from the pipe end, are: a large-diameter-pipe pipe-end expanding portion; a large-diameter-pipe reduced-diameter portion; a large-diameter-pipe bulging portion; and a tapered portion. Formed in series along an axial-direction end portion of a small-diameter-pipe member, in the following order from the pipe end, are: a small-diameter-pipe pipe-end expanding portion; a small-diameter-pipe enlarged-diameter portion; and a small-diameter-pipe bulging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshihaya Imamura, Chieko Imai
  • Patent number: 11774022
    Abstract: A pipe fitting includes a fitting body defining an inner surface, an outer surface, a first fitting end, and a second fitting end, the inner surface defining a channel extending from the first fitting end to the second fitting end, a portion of the inner surface defining a tapered region tapering towards the first fitting end; and an engagement assembly comprising a metal grip ring received in the channel, the metal grip ring defining a substantially frustoconical ring body, the ring body defining a diameter that tapers from a first lateral end of the ring body to a second lateral end of the ring body, the engagement assembly configured to slide along the tapered region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan Fairchild Larson
  • Patent number: 11774017
    Abstract: A pipe connection structure provided in a processing apparatus, includes a first pipe having a first flange portion formed at one end thereof, a second pipe having a second flange portion formed at one end thereof and connected to the first flange portion, and a pipe clamp configured to connect and fasten the first flange portion and the second flange portion at a plurality of positions including a position where a pipe axis of the first pipe and a pipe axis of the second pipe do not coincide with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Takashi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11761563
    Abstract: An improved end connector for a high-pressure reinforced hose that is subjected to high frequency of pressure cycles and that provides for a low compression deformation of the reinforced hose is discussed. This unique end connector has a stem and ferrule that includes a gripper or cable lock region near a coupler, or outboard end and a substantially smooth length on an outer diameter (OD) of the stem and ferrule that extends from about the gripper region to a hose receiving, or inboard, end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Gardner T. Baldwin
  • Patent number: 11754208
    Abstract: A pipe fitting includes a fitting body defining an inner surface, an outer surface, a first fitting end, and an second fitting end, the inner surface defining a channel extending from the first fitting end to the second fitting end, a portion of the inner surface defining a tapered region tapering towards the first fitting end; and an engagement assembly comprising a metal grip ring received in the channel, the metal grip ring defining a ring body and a plurality of teeth extending inward from the ring body, the engagement assembly configured to slide along the tapered region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan Fairchild Larson
  • Patent number: 11739874
    Abstract: A black tank sewer flush adapter comprises a tubular body, a boss connector connected to or integrally formed to the tubular body, a flexible sealing washer, and a fastener. The fastener is for forming an attachment with the distal end of the boss connector while the water hose passes longitudinally through at least all the opening of the fastener, the opening of the flexible sealing washer, and the distal end opening of the boss connector. By allowing the water stream emitting end of the water hose to pass through the boss connector and the proximal end of the adapter and into a black tank, the water stream can be applied directly to the interior surfaces of the black tank and a net increase in dislodging adhered sludge from the interior surfaces of the black tank is observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Jeffery Wright
  • Patent number: 11725764
    Abstract: A fluid conduit interlock comprises at least one retention member for engaging a fluid conduit, the or each retention member configured to be movable between a retention position for retaining the fluid conduit and a release position for releasing the fluid conduit, a valve member configured to be movable between a valve open position for opening a hollow bore and a valve closed position for closing the hollow bore, and an interlock mechanism configured to operably link the movement of the or each retention member and the movement of the valve member so that the or each retention member in the release position locks the valve member in the valve closed position and so that the valve member in the valve open position locks the or each retention member in the retention position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Trelleborg Westbury Limited
    Inventor: Mark Williamson
  • Patent number: 11724084
    Abstract: A tube coupling component (4;6) serves for use in a tube coupling system and an irrigation system. The tube coupling component (4;6) comprises a male coupling part (12) opposite a respective female coupling part (11), or a first end fitting (33) opposite a respective second end fitting (34), which tube coupling component (4;6) has an interior pipe (13;31) that extends axially inside an exterior pipe (14;32), wherein the interior pipe (13;31) and the exterior pipe (14;32) are concentric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MBH-INTERNATIONAL A/S
    Inventors: Ole Hougaard, Henrik Bork Bjerregaard
  • Patent number: 11725756
    Abstract: A coupling for joining a flanged pipe element to a non-flanged pipe element has segments that are connected end to end and surround a central space. Flange portions extend from one side of the segments. Each segment defines two channels, one of which receives a split ring for gripping the non-flanged pipe; the other channel receives a seal. A flanged tube is also positioned between the segments. The flange of the tube is positioned adjacent to the flange portions of the segments. The seal engages the tube and the non-flanged pipe element. The flange portions of the segments are bolted to the flange of the flanged pipe element and the flange of the tube is captured between the flanged portions of the segments and the flange of the flanged pipe element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Victaulic Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Cuvo, Matthew A. Bowman
  • Patent number: 11708921
    Abstract: A hose assembly includes a metal hose, an end connection having a distal end defining a fluid connector and a proximal end defining a tube stub received in a distal end portion of the hose, and a weld collar surrounding the distal end portion of the hose and the tube stub of the end connection, with the weld collar, the hose distal end portion, and the tube stub being welded together at a welding zone proximal to a distal edge of the metal hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Swagelok Company
    Inventor: Stephen J. Zaborszki
  • Patent number: 11703172
    Abstract: Method and system are provided for a quick connector for coupling conduits. The quick connector comprises a first piece including a first slot group, a second piece including a second slot group and a first protrusion group counterpart to the first slot group, and a third piece including a second protrusion group counterpart to the second slot group, where each slot of the first slot group angles in a first direction, and each slot of the second slot group angles in an opposing, second direction. In one example, the quick connector may include a locking mechanism and a feedback system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Tara Sanzone, Jose Quezada
  • Patent number: 11703162
    Abstract: A press fitting device (1) for establishing a fluid-tight connection with at least one pipe section (10), the press fitting device being configured to generate a sound when a gaseous fluid flows along or through the press fitting device a) in a pre-press fit condition, in which a connection with the at least one pipe section is established and before the connection is press-fit; and/or b) in a press fit condition, in which the connection is press-fit, if the connection is not fluid-tight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Wavin B.V.
    Inventors: Bastiaan Vos, Gerrit Jan Nijman, Ruurd Johan Berend Van Leeuwen, Marc Herwin De Groot, Ronald Ekkel
  • Patent number: 11692651
    Abstract: A coupler for connecting a first fluid conveying member and a second fluid conveying member includes a first coupler half, a second coupler half, and a conductive gasket. In embodiments, at least one of the first coupler half and the second coupler half include an annular groove configured to receive at least a portion of the conductive gasket; the conductive gasket comprises non-metallic material, the first coupler half and the second coupler half are configured to connect and circumferentially surround portions of said first and second fluid conveying members, and the conductive gasket provides a portion of a conductivity path from a first end of the coupler to a second end of the coupler, and may be part of a conductivity path from a first fluid conveying member to a second fluid conveying member. Embodiments of a non-metallic conductive gasket and methods of making a coupler assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Govinda A. Shirsale, Michael DeMuth