Patents by Inventor John K. Shaefer

John K. Shaefer 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: 20100127195
    Abstract: A valve for controlling flow of pressurized fluid from a confined area that is operable to relieve an overpressure condition as well as to allow flow of fluid in response to a pressure relief command. The valve including a valve body with a fluid passage therethrough, a reverse buckling rupture disc in the valve body in normally blocking relationship to the flow of fluid through the passage, and a selectively actuatable device carried by the valve body adjacent the convex surface. The actuatable device is operable to disrupt, without puncturing, the disc so as to initiate reversal and rupture of the disc and to permit flow of the pressurized fluid through the passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Fike Corporation
    Inventors: Mark McLelland, Bradford T. Stilwell, Bon F. Shaw, Michael D. Krebill, DeVang Patel, John K. Shaefer