Patents by Inventor Alexandra M. Fort

Alexandra M. Fort 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).

  • Mechanically locking end screw arrangements
    Patent number: 11512798
    Abstract: A fluid control assembly includes a body having a female threaded end port, and an end adapter including a male threaded end screw threadably assembled with the female threaded end port, an end connector, and an internal passage extending from the end connector to the end screw. One of the body and the end adapter includes at least one outer peripheral recess, and the other of the body and the end adapter includes a peripheral flange. A portion of the peripheral flange in circumferential alignment with the at least one recess is deformed into interlocking engagement with the at least one recess to rotationally secure the end adapter with respect to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Swagelok Company
    Inventors: Robert Scott Headings, Mark Clason, Erick R. Shelley, Alexandra M. Fort
  • Mechanically Locking End Screw Arrangements
    Publication number: 20200141521
    Abstract: A fluid control assembly includes a body having a female threaded end port, and an end adapter including a male threaded end screw threadably assembled with the female threaded end port, an end connector, and an internal passage extending from the end connector to the end screw. One of the body and the end adapter includes at least one outer peripheral recess, and the other of the body and the end adapter includes a peripheral flange. A portion of the peripheral flange in circumferential alignment with the at least one recess is deformed into interlocking engagement with the at least one recess to rotationally secure the end adapter with respect to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Robert Scott Headings, Mark Clason, Erick R. Shelley, Alexandra M. Fort