Patents by Inventor Philip A. Liles

Philip A. Liles 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).

  • Universal indicator post
    Patent number: 9541218
    Abstract: An indicator post has a head assembly for use with an underground post indicator valve or a wall mounted post indicator valve. The head assembly includes an upper body having a removable cap rotatably supporting an operating stem coupled to an operating rod for engaging the valve. A leading bogie assembly is threadably mated to a threaded sleeve of the operating stem and includes open and shut targets slideably supported on the bogie assembly to allow adjustment of the targets for valves that open and shut with different numbers of revolutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NIBCO INC.
    Inventors: Philip A. Liles, Ken A. Rinkenberg
  • UNIVERSAL INDICATOR POST
    Publication number: 20140360422
    Abstract: An indicator post has a head assembly for use with an underground post indicator valve or a wall mounted post indicator valve. The head assembly includes an upper body having a removable cap rotatably supporting an operating stem coupled to an operating rod for engaging the valve. A leading bogie assembly threadably mated to a threaded sleeve of the operating stem and includes open and shut targets slideably supported on the bogie assembly to allow adjustment of the targets for valves that open and shut with different numbers of revolutions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: NIBCO INC.
    Inventors: Philip A. Liles, Ken A. Rinkenberg