In Each Of Plural, Isolated Passages Patents (Class 220/203.02)
  • Patent number: 10670189
    Abstract: A system includes a storage tank storing gas. The storage tank includes a storage tank interface portion made from a first material. The system also includes a nozzle that includes a nozzle interface portion and a first portion. The first portion is made from a second material different from the first material. Additionally, the system includes a connection formed by coupling the storage tank interface portion and the nozzle interface portion to one another, and the connection is configured to maintain a leak rate of the gas equal to or less than 1×10?4 standard cubic centimeters per second (std. cc/s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ernst Wolfgang Stautner, Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson, Anbo Wu, Alexander Kagan, Minfeng Xu, Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Justin Michael Ricci
  • Patent number: 9409476
    Abstract: Fuel fill apparatus for use with fluid delivery systems are described. An example fuel fill apparatus includes a body defining a throat area adjacent an opening of the body where the opening is configured to receive a fuel cap. A fuel fill portion defines a first passageway extending at a non-perpendicular angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the opening and a vent portion defines a second passageway. The first passageway is fluidly coupled to the second passageway via the throat area and a fuel nozzle retainer is disposed within the throat area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Randolph, Tony Slabaugh, Patrick Roach
  • Patent number: 9222450
    Abstract: Pressure relief apparatus for use with fuel delivery systems are described herein. An example pressure relief apparatus includes a pressure relief system coupled to a body of a fuel cap to define a first side of the body and a second side of the body. The pressure relief system comprises a plurality of fluid valves to enable fluid flow from the first side of the body to the second side of the body when a first pressure differential across the pressure relief system from the first side to the second side is greater than a first reference pressure and to enable fluid flow from the second side of the body to the first side of the body when a second pressure differential across the pressure relief system from the second side to the first side is greater than a second reference pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sean Whelan, Robert Tate, Brian Scott
  • Patent number: 8567628
    Abstract: A fuel cap includes a filler-neck closure including a pressure-relief valve and a vacuum-relief valve and a handle arranged to overlie the filler-neck closure. The fuel cap also includes a torque-transmission ring arranged to lie between the handle and the filler-neck closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Stant USA Corp.
    Inventors: Gary L. Dunkle, Louis T. Frank
  • Patent number: 8434634
    Abstract: A cap may include a threaded inner body and an outer cover. A ratchet mechanism may be operatively positioned between the inner body and the outer cover to directly transmit rotation from the outer cover to the inner body in the cap-unthreading direction and to transmit no more than a predetermined amount of torque from the outer cover to the inner body in the cap-threading direction. A gauge assembly may include a float, an indicator dial, and a pointer. The float is supportable at a level of fluid within the container, and the pointer is movable in response to movement of the float with the level of fluid in the container. The pointer cooperates with the indicator dial to indicate the level of fluid in the container. A translucent crystal may be positioned over the indicator dial and the pointer. The crystal may be fixed relative to the inner body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Kevin W. Bork, Michael J. Holz
  • Patent number: 8347781
    Abstract: A food cooling device includes a cover, an electric motor powering a fan, and an automatic switch. The cover defines air intake openings beneath a motor housing, a bottom orifice, and vents between the air intake openings and the orifice. The bottom opening rests on a table, covering a plate containing hot food. A fan blade directs air toward the food, the air cools the food, and the heated air escapes through the vents. The cooling device is portable, light in weight, and easy to operate, making it suitable for use by small children as well as handicapped persons of all ages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: William Joseph Stack
  • Patent number: 8020723
    Abstract: A container lid for use with a container with a neck. The lid includes a top and bottom, a skirt extending downward from the circumference of the lid, and a circumferential flange extending radially outward from the lid. The skirt preferably includes at least one integral bead shaped to engage the neck or rim of the container. The lid preferably includes a convex center section including at least one vent. The at least one vent is preferably integral with the lid, and is opened by the steam pressure buildup inside the container when the contents are heated. When the cover is locked on the container, the skirt provides a seal against the outside of the container neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Stull Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Auer, Jason Wesley Stull
  • Publication number: 20100101426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an airtight preservation system of a consumer fluid within a container, and in particular a system for the preservation of said fluid, typically intended for alimentary consumption, from contamination by contact with outside atmosphere, in particular during the phase of delivery. The system according to the present invention is of easy installation, by virtue of a compact structure applicable to any container size and of an operation marked by utmost rationality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: Mauro De Mei
  • Publication number: 20080290090
    Abstract: A pressure cooker with a handle with an operating element, wherein the operating element comprises a rotating shaft. Also, a pressure cooker with an operating element with which pressure from the pressure cooker can be relieved through an aperture, wherein means are provided with which the pressure can be relieved with at least two specified different pressure relief rates or with at least one specified pressure relief rate and with a pressure relief rate which can be set to greater values than the specified value. Also, a pressure cooker with an operating element for opening and closing an aperture of the pressure cooker, wherein a second operable aperture of the pressure cooker is provided, as well as a pressure cooker with a pressure acquisition device having a mechanical part with at least one part, movable by the pressure, and an electronic part, which can acquire the position of the movable part in order to determine the pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: WMF WUERTTEMBERGISCHE METALLWARENFABRIK AG
    Inventors: Michael Kindler, Guido Metz, Maria Mormone, Martin Neumayer, Dieter Reinhard, Werner Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20080116202
    Abstract: A container lid for use with a container with a neck. The lid includes a top and bottom, a skirt extending downward from the circumference of the lid, and a circumferential flange extending radially outward from the lid. The skirt preferably includes at least one integral bead shaped to engage the neck or rim of the container. The lid preferably includes a convex center section including at least one vent. The at least one vent is preferably integral with the lid, and is opened by the steam pressure buildup inside the container when the contents are heated. When the cover is locked on the container, the skirt provides a seal against the outside of the container neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Auer, Jason Wesley Stull
  • Patent number: 7143783
    Abstract: A fuel tank cap provides a safety valve mounted on a tubular vent stem for venting fluids from a fuel tank. The safety valve is adapted for engagement with the tubular vent stem so that the fluids may enter the safety valve. A pair of upper cavities communicate with the vent stem through small channels offset therefrom. The upper cavities contain valve balls seated by gravity against valve seats for restricting fluid flow from the vent stem into the upper cavities. One upper cavity provides a biasing spring seating its valve ball against the its valve seat. The upper cavities provide restrictors positioned for limiting movement of the valve balls away from their valve seats, and a cover sealingly engaged with the safety valve to form a small chamber. The upper valve body further provides exit channels for conducting the fluids to exit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Inventors: Siegfried Emke, Timothy F. Emke, Cristian Fischer
  • Patent number: 6698611
    Abstract: A tank cap having an upper breather chamber, a lower breather chamber and a separator having a communication bore permitting communication between the chambers. An auxiliary separator in the lower breather chamber is connected to the separator and is provided with upper and lower transverse bores extending from an annular chamber section surrounding upper and lower central chamber sections in the lower breather chamber to the upper and lower central chamber sections, respectively. This arrangement provides an effective damping function against liquid entering into the lower breather chamber to inhibit the flowing of the liquid from the lower breather chamber into the upper breather chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunori Matsubara, Yoshikazu Yamada
  • Patent number: RE37776
    Abstract: A filler neck closure assembly for a vehicle fuel tank filler neck, comprising: a housing configured to be mounted in the filler neck and formed to include a sealing surface and a pressure-relief valve positioned to lie in the housing and provided with a nozzle-receiving portion and a sealing portion, wherein the nozzle-receiving portion is formed to include a nozzle-receiving opening sized to receive a pump nozzle during refueling of the fuel tank and the sealing portion is movable with the nozzle portion and relative to the housing between a closure-sealing position sealingly engaging the sealing surface and a pressure-relief position away from the sealing surface to define an opening to vent fuel vapor from the fuel tank when tank pressure exceeds a predetermined maximum pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Stant Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventor: Dean C. Foltz