Patents by Inventor Phillip L. Hale

Phillip L. Hale 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: 5010743
    Abstract: A tubular adapter fitting for attachment to the service connector of a refrigeration unit enabling receipt of a quick disconnect coupler to attach the coupler end of refrigeration tubing in flow communication therewith. The fitting in comprised of a tubular body adapted at one end for mounting onto a service connector. A contoured periphery serves to receive a quick connect coupler almost instantaneously in a pressure tight interlock relation thereon. Two adapter fitting embodiments are disclosed, one of which is particularly suited to a threaded service connector of a type normally provided with the refrigerant unit of a vehicular air conditioning system. The second embodiment of the adapter fitting is more suited to servicing non-vehicular refrigerant systems in which a service connector is not normally provided in advance by the manufacturer of the equipment but must be provided by the serviceman on site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: Richard E. Glaser
    Inventor: Phillip L. Hale