Patents by Inventor Theodore Thomas Amling

Theodore Thomas Amling 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).

  • Retention and anti-rotation for bulkhead fittings
    Patent number: 10344894
    Abstract: A bulkhead fitting has a partially assembled configuration and a fully assembled configuration on a bulkhead. The bulkhead includes an interior surface that define a hole. The bulkhead fitting includes a fitting body having a head portion and a shank portion. The shank portion includes a threaded portion, a relief portion, and a locking portion. The locking portion includes a tapered locking surface and a cylindrical locking surface. The locking surfaces prevent rotation of the fitting body and retain the fitting body in the interior surface when the fitting is in its fully assembled position and during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip A. Landis, Nathan Lynn Green, Burleigh George Bailey, Theodore Thomas Amling, Le Yu, Jose Pagan
  • RETENTION AND ANTI-ROATATION FOR BULKHEAD FITTINGS
    Publication number: 20150091296
    Abstract: A bulkhead fitting has a partially assembled configuration and a fully assembled configuration on a bulkhead. The bulkhead includes an interior surface that define a hole. The bulkhead fitting includes a fitting body having a head portion and a shank portion. The shank portion includes a threaded portion, a relief portion, and a locking portion. The locking portion includes a tapered locking surface and a cylindrical locking surface. The locking surfaces prevent rotation of the fitting body and retain the fitting body in the interior surface when the fitting is in its fully assembled position and during assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Phillip A. Landis, Nathan Lynn Green, Burleigh George Bailey, Theodore Thomas Amling, Le Yu, Jose Pagan