Patents by Inventor Michael Merlyn Klein

Michael Merlyn Klein 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).

  • FLOW VALVE
    Publication number: 20140124066
    Abstract: A flow valve that may act as either an excess flow valve or a pressure relief valve has a seat and a valve body for sealing against the seat. The valve body has an integral spring arm for biasing the valve body towards or away from the seat to seal or open a flow of fluid, and a magnet cooperating with the spring arm to position the body relative to the seat to maintain the body in a first position during a normal flow condition and maintain the body in a second position in an abnormal flow condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: BrassCraft Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Mark Koeroghlian, Michael Merlyn Klein
  • Flow valve
    Patent number: 8714189
    Abstract: A flow valve that may act as either an excess flow valve or a pressure relief valve has a seat and a valve body for sealing against the seat. The valve body has an integral spring arm for biasing the valve body towards or away from the seat to seal or open a flow of fluid, and a magnet cooperating with the spring arm to position the body relative to the seat to maintain the body in a first position during a normal flow condition and maintain the body in a second position in an abnormal flow condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Brasscraft Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Mark Moses Koeroghlian, Michael Merlyn Klein
  • FLOW VALVE
    Publication number: 20120181471
    Abstract: A flow valve that may act as either an excess flow valve or a pressure relief valve has a seat and a valve body for sealing against the seat. The valve body has an integral spring arm for biasing the valve body towards or away from the seat to seal or open a flow of fluid, and a magnet cooperating with the spring arm to position the body relative to the seat to maintain the body in a first position during a normal flow condition and maintain the body in a second position in an abnormal flow condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Moses Koeroghlian, Michael Merlyn Klein
  • Packaging
    Patent number: D414410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Assignee: Brass-Craft Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Michael Merlyn Klein, Douglas Wayne Mirth