Patents by Inventor Donald F. York

Donald F. York 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).

  • Patent number: 5106129
    Abstract: A flexible coupling for transferring a fluid between two fluid conduits and for providing an effective fluid seal is disclosed. The device includes a body portion containing a hollow interior open on opposite ends thereof and having a raised cylindrically shaped end collar formed around at least one of the open ends. The end collar defines an outwardly opening, endlessly extending groove in which a seal ring assembly is removably disposed and which projects out of the groove to provide an effective fluid seal against a cylindrically shaped bearing surface of a hollow conduit collar, the latter being attachable to one of the fluid conduits. A pair of stop members disposed in the conduit collar confines the end collar for both rotatable and translatable sliding movement therebetween. The body portion is also angularly adjustable relative to a centerline of the hollow interior of the conduit collar. Various removable seal ring and biasing spring configurations for use in the end collars are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Luis A. Camacho, David A. Jackson, Donald F. York