Patents by Inventor LaCroix Robert

LaCroix Robert 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).

  • Microbarb tubing connector
    Patent number: 8109538
    Abstract: A connection assembly for coupling a soft tubing to a tubular element of a torque fitting comprises a barbed connector and a shell adapted to contain the barbed connector. The barbed connector comprises a neck having a barb disposed on an exterior surface of the neck and a substantially cylindrical sealing portion disposed between the barb and a tubing end of the neck. The barbed connector further comprises a mating surface adapted to form a fluid-tight seal when compressed against a mating end of the tubular element. A tubing connection comprises the connection assembly having a length of soft tubing attached to the neck of the barbed connector and a tubular element compressed against the mating surface of the barbed connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Diba Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Helstern, LaCroix Robert, Jose Almeida
  • MICROBARB TUBING CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20110018260
    Abstract: A connection assembly for coupling a soft tubing to a tubular element of a torque fitting comprises a barbed connector and a shell adapted to contain the barbed connector. The barbed connector comprises a neck having a barb disposed on an exterior surface of the neck and a substantially cylindrical sealing portion disposed between the barb and a tubing end of the neck. The barbed connector further comprises a mating surface adapted to form a fluid-tight seal when compressed against a mating end of the tubular element. A tubing connection comprises the connection assembly having a length of soft tubing attached to the neck of the barbed connector and a tubular element compressed against the mating surface of the barbed connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Gary Helstern, LaCroix Robert, Jose Almeida