Patents by Inventor Michael D. Santorella

Michael D. Santorella 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: 9163772
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated cryogenic fluid transfer hose provides a fluid conduit and high-pressure fitting with a highly-insulative vacuum jacket which enables convenient access to the fitting. An interface collar is mounted to an end of the transfer hose with the fluid conduit and the fitting extending therethrough, a bellows fastened at a first end to an interior of the interface collar and fastened at a second end to a pass-through collar, a slide cuff mounted to the pass-through collar and extending over the bellows and the interface collar, and a connecting nut mounted to the pass-through collar. The slide cuff is displaceable relative to the interface collar between a retracted position, wherein the connecting nut, the pass-through collar, and the bellows are retracted to expose and provide access to the fitting, and an extended position, wherein the fitting is entirely covered by the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger B. Fish, Michael D. Santorella
  • Patent number: 8998269
    Abstract: An enclosure for providing a fluid conduit and high-pressure fitting of a fluid transfer hose with a highly-insulative vacuum jacket and for providing convenient access to the fitting. The enclosure includes an interface collar mounted to an end of the transfer hose with the fluid conduit and the fitting extending therethrough, a bellows fastened at a first end to an interior of the interface collar and fastened at a second end to a pass-through collar, a tubular slide cuff mounted to the pass-through collar and extending over the bellows and the interface collar, and a connecting nut mounted to the pass-through collar. The slide cuff is axially displacable relative to the interface collar between a retracted position, wherein the connecting nut, the pass-through collar, and the bellows are refracted to expose and provide access to the fitting, and an extended position, wherein the fitting is entirely covered by the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger B. Fish, Michael D. Santorella
  • Publication number: 20140001747
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated cryogenic fluid transfer hose is disclosed. The fluid transfer hose provides a fluid conduit and high-pressure fitting with a highly-insulative vacuum jacket which enables convenient access to the fitting. An interface collar is mounted to an end of the transfer hose with the fluid conduit and the fitting extending therethrough, a bellows fastened at a first end to an interior of the interface collar and fastened at a second end to a pass-through collar, a slide cuff mounted to the pass-through collar and extending over the bellows and the interface collar, and a connecting nut mounted to the pass-through collar. The slide cuff is displaceable relative to the interface collar between a retracted position, wherein the connecting nut, the pass-through collar, and the bellows are retracted to expose and provide access to the fitting, and an extended position, wherein the fitting is entirely covered by the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Roger B. Fish, Michael D. Santorella
  • Publication number: 20140001746
    Abstract: An enclosure for providing a fluid conduit and high-pressure fitting of a fluid transfer hose with a highly-insulative vacuum jacket and for providing convenient access to the fitting. The enclosure includes an interface collar mounted to an end of the transfer hose with the fluid conduit and the fitting extending therethrough, a bellows fastened at a first end to an interior of the interface collar and fastened at a second end to a pass-through collar, a tubular slide cuff mounted to the pass-through collar and extending over the bellows and the interface collar, and a connecting nut mounted to the pass-through collar. The slide cuff is axially displacable relative to the interface collar between a retracted position, wherein the connecting nut, the pass-through collar, and the bellows are refracted to expose and provide access to the fitting, and an extended position, wherein the fitting is entirely covered by the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Roger B. Fish, Michael D. Santorella