Patents by Inventor Donald W. Kuester

Donald W. Kuester 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: 4186768
    Abstract: 1. A sensitive blocking valve device comprising a casing, said casing comsing a pair of half-shell members each including a mating surface at the outer periphery and each having an axial valve seat portion projecting into the interior of said casing and in mutual alignment, an axial orifice through the valve seat portion of each half-shell member, a metallic valve wafer comprising a central valving portion disposed to move to close either of said orifices in said valve seat portions of the casing and having an integral double spiral flat spring formed integrally therewith and extending from said central portion, and an annular portion at the outer periphery of said double spring and formed integrally therewith, said annular portion being disposed in clamped relation between said half-shell members, said wafer including said double flat spring and annular portion all being of the same uniform thickness and planar when the valve device is unoperated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1959
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1980
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Donald W. Kuester