Patents by Inventor Kenneth Paul Girod

Kenneth Paul Girod 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).

  • Universal fitting nipple
    Patent number: 7014218
    Abstract: A permanently attachable hose coupling for a pressurized conduit end having a generally tubular nipple and a generally cylindrical shell permanently attached to the nipple and generally surrounding the conduit end. The nipple has a longitudinal axis, first and second ends, a series of circumferential grooves located between the first and the second ends, a longitudinal through bore, and an insert portion adjacent the plurality of grooves for insertion in the conduit. Each of the series of circumferential grooves fixedly receive at least one of an inside surface, an end surface and an outside surface of the generally cylindrical shell and each of the grooves has a generally flat base portion parallel to the longitudinal axis, a first substantially vertically oriented sidewall adjacent the generally flat base portion and a second substantially vertically oriented sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin
    Inventors: William C. Fisher, Charles Lee Chapman, Kenneth Paul Girod, Kenneth L. Huebner, Gregory Kreczko, Maxim Levine, Thomas B. Lininger, Joshua D. Shircliff, Sung Taek We
  • Universal fitting nipple
    Publication number: 20040251683
    Abstract: A permanently attachable hose coupling for a pressurized conduit end having a generally tubular nipple and a generally cylindrical shell permanently attached to the nipple and generally surrounding the conduit end. The nipple has a longitudinal axis, first and second ends, a series of circumferential grooves located between the first and the second ends, a longitudinal through bore, and an insert portion adjacent the plurality of grooves for insertion in the conduit. Each of the series of circumferential grooves fixedly receive at least one of an inside surface, an end surface and an outside surface of the generally cylindrical shell and each of the grooves has a generally flat base portion parallel to the longitudinal axis, a first substantially vertically oriented sidewall adjacent the generally flat base portion and a second substantially vertically oriented sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 16, 2004
    Inventors: William C. Fisher, Charles Lee Chapman, Kenneth Paul Girod, Kenneth L. Huebner, Gregory Kreczko, Maxim Levine, Thomas B. Lininger, Joshua D. Shircliff, Sung Taek We