Patents by Inventor Wesley Gray Alvis

Wesley Gray Alvis 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).

  • Publication number: 20190186664
    Abstract: A hose coupling assembly includes a male stem, a ferrule, and a retainer for coupling the ferrule to the male stem. The male stem may include an elongated body with a latch groove, and the ferrule may include a latch. The retainer may be disposed on the male stem and may be configured to couple the ferrule to the male stem such that the latch is aligned with the latch groove. A method of assembling a hose coupling assembly may include contacting an inner surface of a retainer with a shoulder of a male stem; deflecting, via the shoulder, a retention feature of the retainer; aligning a portion of the retention feature with a latch groove of the male stem; contacting a latch of a ferrule with an outer surface of the retention feature; deflecting, via the latch, the retention feature; and aligning the latch with the latch groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Marvin Miller, Keith E. Zulauf, Stephen M. Pamas, Charles C. Gray, Wesley Gray Alvis