Patents by Inventor Gary Tilton

Gary Tilton 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).

  • Method for greasing the mated threads of a threaded connector and related device
    Patent number: 9360130
    Abstract: A method for greasing the mated threads of a valve stem and a stem nut of a motor-operated valve without the need to actuate the valve and without the need for an internal grease path within the stem nut includes pressurizing one end of the thread interface defined by the mating threads with pressurized grease. A device for carrying out the method may include a thread lubricator that has a bore that receives the free end of the valve stem and an adapter nut that attaches the thread lubricator to the valve housing. Pressurized grease flows into the thread lubricator and to the one end of the tread interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: York Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Wurzbach, Gary Tilton, Evan Bupp, Lisa Williams
  • Method for Greasing the Mated Threads of a Threaded Connector and Related Device
    Publication number: 20140197348
    Abstract: A method for greasing the mated threads of a valve stem and a stem nut of a motor-operated valve without the need to actuate the valve and without the need for an internal grease path within the stem nut includes pressurizing one end of the thread interface defined by the mating threads with pressurized grease. A device for carrying out the method may include a thread lubricator that has a bore that receives the free end of the valve stem and an adapter nut that attaches the thread lubricator to the valve housing. Pressurized grease flows into the thread lubricator and to the one end of the tread interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: York Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Wurzbach, Gary Tilton, Evan Bupp, Lisa Williams