Patents by Inventor Doug Zimmerer

Doug Zimmerer 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).

  • Publication number: 20240410485
    Abstract: A combination air valve having a float arm that closes a smaller orifice and a larger orifice. The smaller orifice is configured to release small amounts of air that builds up in the valve and the large orifice is configured to allow for larger releases of air. A single float-operated float arm closes both orifices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Doug Zimmerer, Timothy M. O'Shea
  • Patent number: 11767921
    Abstract: A ball valve with a ball rotatably mounted within the housing. The ball is rotatable between an opened configuration, in which fluid flows through the ball, and a closed configuration, in which a ball seat engages a housing seat to prevent fluid from flowing through the ball valve. The ball may include one or more biasing members that urge the ball seat away from the ball and toward the housing seat. An engaging face of the ball seat may have a spherical or toroidal shape and an engaging face of the housing seat may have a conical shape. The ball seat may have up to six degrees of freedom related to the ball when the ball is in the closed configuration and the ball valve under pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Val-Matic Valve & Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Doug Zimmerer, Timothy M. O'Shea
  • Publication number: 20220065360
    Abstract: A ball valve with a ball rotatably mounted within the housing. The ball is rotatable between an opened configuration, in which fluid flows through the ball, and a closed configuration, in which a ball seat engages a housing seat to prevent fluid from flowing through the ball valve. The ball may include one or more biasing members that urge the ball seat away from the ball and toward the housing seat. An engaging face of the ball seat may have a spherical or toroidal shape and an engaging face of the housing seat may have a conical shape. The ball seat may have up to six degrees of freedom related to the ball when the ball is in the closed configuration and the ball valve under pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Doug Zimmerer, Timothy M. O'Shea