Patents by Inventor Lance D. Karpp

Lance D. Karpp 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: 6813978
    Abstract: A universal gas pressure adjustment tool for a plurality of gas pressure regulators each of which is connected in line with a pressurized natural gas supply conduit and having a pressure adjusting member which adjustably controls the outlet gas pressure of gas exiting from the regulator. Each of the adjusting members within each regulator have a different structure for engagement with, and rotatable moveable by, a particular different adjustment tool drive end configured for engagement with the particular adjusting member to effect regulation of the gas outlet pressure. The adjustment tool has an elongated body having a plurality of different end configurations, each of which is structured for mating substantially coaxial alignment and engagement with, and for axial rotatable adjustment of, a particular adjusting member. Each of the end configurations is readily accessible for use with one particular corresponding adjusting member without interference from any of the other end configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Inventor: Lance D. Karpp