Patents by Inventor Steven R. Tuckey

Steven R. Tuckey 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: 7086572
    Abstract: A valve is provided with a peripheral attachment portion by which the valve may be attached to a dispensing structure through which can be discharged a product from a supply of the product. The valve includes a flexible, peripheral sleeve extending from the peripheral attachment portion. The sleeve has a central elongate portion and two shorter end portions at opposite ends of the elongate portion so that the central elongate portion and the two shorter end portions together define an interior volume. The valve also has a flexible, elongate head extending from the peripheral sleeve. The head includes at least one elongate slit defining two, opposed, elongate, openable regions in the head which are normally closed and which open to permit the discharge of the product therethrough in response to a pressure differential across the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy R. Socier, Gregory M. Olechowski, Steven R. Tuckey, Jason D. Hatton, Stuart R. Brown
  • Patent number: 6547808
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser is provided with a fluid containment unit and a support unit. The fluid containment unit includes a bulb, a nipple, and a tether connecting the bulb to the nipple. The support unit includes a face plate, a retaining ring, and a releasable latch for securing the face plate and retainer ring together to clamp between them the fluid containment unit when the fluid containment unit is in a folded configuration locating the bulb and nipple in communication with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Tuckey, John M. Hess, III
  • Publication number: 20030018359
    Abstract: A fluid dispenser is provided with a fluid containment unit and a support unit. The fluid containment unit includes a bulb, a nipple, and a tether connecting the bulb to the nipple. The support unit includes a face plate, a retaining ring, and a releasable latch for securing the face plate and retainer ring together to clamp between them the fluid containment unit when the fluid containment unit is in a folded configuration locating the bulb and nipple in communication with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven R. Tuckey, John M. Hess
  • Patent number: 6155793
    Abstract: A fuel pump module constructed to be disposed in a vehicle fuel tank has a primary fuel pump with a fuel inlet disposed adjacent the bottom of the module and a fuel outlet which delivers pressurized fuel to an engine and also a jet pump disposed in a recess of the module and closely adjacent the bottom of the fuel tank to draw fuel into the module from the fuel tank in response to fuel flow through the jet pump. Disposing the jet pump in the recess of the module and closely adjacent to the bottom of the fuel tank enables the jet pump to draw substantially all of the fuel from the fuel tank into the module to ensure that the primary fuel pump can deliver an adequate supply of fuel to the engine even during extremely low fuel level conditions in the fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Walbro Corporation
    Inventors: Charles H. Tuckey, Joseph M. Ross, Edward J. Talaski, Steven R. Tuckey
  • Patent number: 6112952
    Abstract: A dispensing system is provided for dispensing liquid from a container. The system includes a discharge conduit defining a flow passage for establishing fluid communication with liquid from the container. A resilient valve is provided to extend across the discharge flow passage. The valve has an interior side for being contacted by the liquid and an exterior side exposed to ambient external atmosphere. The valve defines a dispensing orifice that opens when pressure on the valve interior side exceeds the pressure on the exterior side by a predetermined amount. A resilient baffle is located upstream of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: AptarGroup, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Hess, III, Timothy R. Socier, Steven R. Tuckey