Patents by Inventor Eric G. Soderstrom

Eric G. Soderstrom 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: 6183021
    Abstract: A pass-through dual containment fitting that protectively seals a portion of pass-through tubing has a fitting body that incorporates a first end, a second end and a collar, each having a longitudinal bore for receiving the pass-through tubing. The second end having an extending nose portion. A radially compressive sealing device is engagable with the first end of the fitting body. When the radially compressive sealing device is fully engaged with the first end a fluid-tight seal is formed between the device and the fitting body. A dual containment sealing device incorporates containment tubing having a flared end and a flared end fitting. The extending nose portion of the fitting body is inserted into the flared end. The flared end fitting engages the second end of the fitting body to compress the flared end to the extending nose portion to form a fluid-tight seal between the dual containment sealing device and the fitting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Fluoroware, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew E. Walsh, Gary A. Wolf, Eric G. Soderstrom, Sr.
  • Patent number: 6135156
    Abstract: The tube closure comprises a cap and a nut which work in concert with each other to effectively seal a nipple at the end of a threaded tube or pipe and which facilitate removal of the cap. The cap has a flared end portion, a narrowed neck portion, a head portion, and an inner cylindrical sealing surface which engages the nipple. The cap is removably engaged within the nut with the nut at the neck portion, and is sealingly engaged on a cylindrical surface of the nipple. The cap may be removed from the nut by withdrawing the head through the nut, with an axial separation force. Removal of the cap from the nipple requires an axial cap removal force. The required axial separation force is greater than the cap removal force. The engagement of the cap within the nut allows the unscrewing of the nut to provide an axial force on the cap to disengage the cap from the nipple without separating the nut from the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Fluoroware, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Donoho, Todd Maciej, Eric G. Soderstrom