Patents by Inventor Larry Dean Pothast

Larry Dean Pothast 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: 7059585
    Abstract: Fluid valve control members having contoured sealing surfaces and methods of making the same are disclosed. An example fluid valve control member includes a body portion having a sealing surface configured to engage a sealing ring within a fluid control valve. A first portion of the sealing surface has a first spherical radius with respect to a first point along a centerline of the body portion and a second portion of the sealing surface has a second spherical radius with respect to a second point along the centerline of the body portion. The first and second points are offset from each other and the second spherical radius is sized to be smaller than the first spherical radius to form a substantially seamless transition between the first and second portions of the sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International
    Inventors: Paul Russell Dalluge, Larry Dean Pothast, Gary Alan Witt