With Packing Or Gasket Patents (Class 220/304)
  • Patent number: 12066021
    Abstract: A positive displacement pump includes a suction cover disposed in a suction access bore defined in the fluid end and housing, where the suction cover is configured to cover the suction access bore. A retainer nut is configured for abutting against the suction cover and retaining the suction cover within the suction access bore. A suction gland has an inner circumferential threaded interface configured to engage an external circumferential threaded interface defined on the retainer nut, and the suction gland has a plurality of threaded openings configured to receive a plurality of threaded fasteners that can be used for securely fastening the suction gland to the fluid end housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Lane Poehls, Connor Robert Landrum, David Theodore Figgs
  • Patent number: 11400851
    Abstract: Disclosed is a breather valve for controlling a pressure of a transfer channel of a valve assembly. The valve assembly controls charging and discharging of hydrogen in a hydrogen fuel cell-based vehicle. The breather valve includes a vent ring movably received in a distal portion of the transfer channel and having a ventilation hole communicating with a main portion of the transfer channel; and a vent valve received in the distal portion of the transfer channel and screw-coupled to the transfer channel to open or close the ventilation hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: UNICK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang-Hoon Lee, Eui-Dong Roh, Jung-Tae Kim, Ji-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 11371640
    Abstract: A threaded plug includes a structure which extends along an axis and includes a head, a body provided with an outer thread, and a clamping flange inserted between the head and the body; wherein the head includes, along the axis, at least one first portion having an outer lateral surface which features a first profile and at least one second portion having an outer lateral surface which features a second profile which is not coincident with the first profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: POLYKAP S.R.L.
    Inventor: Davide Luppi
  • Patent number: 11260187
    Abstract: A CPAP device for delivering pressurized, humidified breathable gas for a patient includes a flow generator configured to pressurize a flow of breathable gas. The flow generator includes an air outlet and a removable water container configured to humidify the pressurized breathable gas received from the flow generator. The water container includes an air inlet and an air outlet. The CPAP device further includes a first elastomeric face seal configured to sealingly abut against a substantially flat portion of the water container surrounding the water container air inlet, the first elastomeric face seal being located at an intermediate position between the flow generator air outlet and the water container air inlet when the water container is placed into position to pneumatically communicate with the flow generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Barton John Kenyon, Arthur Kin-Wai Yee
  • Patent number: 11203470
    Abstract: A modular bottle closure comprises one or more exterior surfaces defining a hollow interior, a plurality of spaced engagement elements outwardly protruding from the exterior surfaces, a bottle cap interface element formed within the interior, and a coupling section coinciding with, or recessed from, a terminal edge of the closure. The coupling section frictionally engages engagement elements of another closure, whereby to couple together one or more closures. The plurality of engagement elements, which may protrude from the upper surface, are arranged by regions. A side of each engagement element of a region defines a locus of contact surfaces of substantially equal shape and length as the perimeter of the selected coupling section portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Inventors: Ben Ezra, Eyal Ovadya, Harel Shwarts
  • Patent number: 11059619
    Abstract: A bottle can has a curl part at an opening end of a mouth part thereof. The curl part has an upper end curved part in which an upper part of a neck shoulder part of the mouth part is curved outward and an outer wall part extending downward from the upper end curved part. A predetermined angle at which an outer edge side of a lower end face of the outer wall part opens is formed between the lower end face of the outer wall part and the neck shoulder part. An inner edge of the lower end face comes into contact with the neck shoulder part when a downward load is applied to the curl part from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hasegawa, Masaomi Tamura, Tomohiko Nakamura, Nobuhiro Sasajima, Takeshi Murase
  • Patent number: 11047417
    Abstract: A fastening assembly includes a panel, a fastener and a primary anode insert. The panel defines an aperture and the fastener includes a shaft portion disposed within the aperture. The primary anode insert may be disposed adjacent to a reaction region of the fastener. Alternatively, the fastening assembly may include a fastener and a primary anode insert. The fastener includes a shaft portion which is configured to be disposed within at least two aligned component apertures. The primary anode insert may be also be disposed adjacent to a reaction region of the fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Pei-Chung Wang, Bradley J. Blaski, Steven Cipriano, Mark O. Vann
  • Patent number: 11014441
    Abstract: A fuel tank filler apparatus comprises a capless filler neck closure adapted to be mated with an outer end of a fuel-tank filler neck. The capless filler neck closure may be removable from the fuel-tank filler neck for service or repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: STANT USA CORP.
    Inventors: Miguel Costa, Jan Nimrichter, Paul C. Wetzel
  • Patent number: 10742008
    Abstract: A stub-up form for providing access to an in-slab connector has an opening with a threaded element of a select diameter corresponding to size of an elongate tubular element to be received therein. The form comprises a hollow unitary plastic body comprising an elongate tubular wall having a shoulder connected to a narrowed cylindrical neck closed at a distal end wall to define an interior space. The elongate tubular wall is of a diameter greater than the select diameter and the neck has a size to be removably received in the opening and is engageable by the threaded element. A receptacle extends from the distal end wall inwardly into the interior space for receiving a tool head for removal of the form from an in-slab connector, in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: CSUE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Krause
  • Patent number: 10597933
    Abstract: A glass panel unit includes a first pane of glass, and a second pane of glass facing the first pane of glass with the panes of glass spaced a predetermined interval apart. The glass panel includes a seal disposed between the panes of glass and joined to them in an airtight manner, and an interior space encompassed with the panes of glass and the seal. The glass panel unit includes: a partition wall disposed in the interior space and divides the interior space into a first space as a vacuum space and a second space; an air release vent formed in a first or second pane of glass and communicates with the second space; and a blocking member provided in the air release vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Abe, Eiichi Uriu, Kazuya Hasegawa, Masataka Nonaka, Tasuku Ishibashi
  • Patent number: 10578026
    Abstract: A seal system for a gas turbine engine includes a cover plate with a radial flange; a seal carrier adjacent the cover plate; an outer compliant seal supported by the seal carrier; an inner compliant seal supported by the seal carrier, the inner compliant seal engaged with the radial flange; and a spring between the cover plate and the seal carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Lefevre, John J. Korzendorfer, Peter Balawajder, Paul W. Palmer, Paul J. Colucci, Mahamoud Coulibaly
  • Patent number: 10479557
    Abstract: A servicable draw and return tube assembly for use in fuel tanks is disclosed. The assembly may include a draw tube and a return tube secured to a plate, wherein the plate may be removably secured to a flange, which is fixedly secured to a fuel tank. The process of removably securing the plate to the flange allows for use of different sizes and materials to be utilized in manufacture of the assembly, thereby saving installation time and manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ken Watson, Evan Waymire, John Loffink
  • Patent number: 10428814
    Abstract: A piston fuel pump for an internal combustion engine includes: a pump cylinder; and a pump piston which is movably accommodated in the pump cylinder. The pump piston is guided radially with the aid of at least a first and at least a second guide section which are spaced axially apart from each other, the first guide section being situated in a pump cylinder of the piston fuel pump, and the second guide section being situated radially outwardly in the area of the end section facing the drive. The piston fuel pump has a supporting and sealing unit for the pump piston on the first guide section, which includes a guidance area for the radial guidance of the pump piston in the pump cylinder and a sealing area having a sealing lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Ropertz, Achim Laub, Heiko Jahn, Thomas Sebastian, Soeren Stritzel
  • Patent number: 10415752
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for securing a seal between a thermoplastic liner and a metal boss for a composite cylinder. A metal boss can be integrated with a thermoplastic liner during a molding process. A bushing can be inserted into the metal boss and coupled thereto via threading. The bushing can further include a relief space region having a sidewall that is deformed from a first position to a second position in order to decrease a distance of the metal boss to the sidewall of the bushing, wherein the decrease provides a seal between the metal boss and the thermoplastic liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Wojciech Janusz Borkowski, Stanislaw Kubicz
  • Patent number: 10334937
    Abstract: A lid assembly for a beverage container is described. The lid assembly includes an outer ring, a spout, and a base member. The outer ring is rotated by the user to drive the spout toward the base member. The movement of the spout opens and closes openings or fluidic passages of the lid assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: THERMOS L.L.C.
    Inventor: Marvin Lane
  • Patent number: 10273059
    Abstract: A closure stopper for pharmaceutical applications has a sealing flange seating in a sealing manner on an end face of the container's closure mouth. The sealing flange has a lower sealing surface and a boundary plane contacting an area protruding farthest downwardly and extending perpendicularly to the closure stopper's center axis. An engagement portion extending below the sealing flange is formed with a smaller radial extent than the sealing flange. Preferably a handling portion extends above the sealing flange. A circumferential sealing projection also is formed on the engagement portion and protrudes by a radial dimension with respect to an axial portion of the engagement portion initially adjoining the sealing flange from underneath and having a portion-radius. The sealing projection, at least with respect to its base portion, vertically overlaps a set-back region formed on the sealing flange and set back with respect to the contact plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Datwyler Pharma Packaging International NV
    Inventors: Ronny Prosper Elisabeth Vrijens, Reinhard Louis Jozef Waeben
  • Patent number: 10266381
    Abstract: A water dispenser is provided. The water dispenser may include a water tank to store water, a cooling module provided in the water tank to circulate cooling water to cool the water to make cold water, a drain valve that connects to the water tank and protrudes from the water tank to discharge the cooling water in the water tank, and a foam insulator that covers an outer circumferential surface of the water tank and contacts the drain valve to prevent the drain valve from being exposed to air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seulki Kim
  • Patent number: 10077116
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a compressed gas tank assembly are disclosed. According to various embodiments, a compressed gas tank assembly is provided comprising a liner, an inside fastener coupled to the liner, an attachment feature removably coupled to the inside fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Wilfred Ray McBurnett, Jayant V. Deshpande
  • Patent number: 10046490
    Abstract: A container comprises: a body having a neck extending to a mouth defining a body opening; a spout fitment having a spout within the body opening, an outer wall surrounding an upper portion of the neck, and an intermediate wall between the outer wall and the spout; and a cap having sidewall. An external thread of the cap sidewall is engaged to an internal thread of the intermediate wall. The spout fitment has one or more projections extending mouthward from the outer wall in backlocked engagement with one or more features of the neck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Plastek Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter A. Piscopo
  • Patent number: 9944451
    Abstract: An attachment (1) for a bottle which holds a first liquid, wherein the bottle has a bottle opening and is surrounded by a wall, and wherein the attachment is delimited from the surrounding area by an outer wall (18) and has a bearing surface (2) for bearing sealingly against the bottle, a reservoir (4) which is designed to hold a second liquid, a channel (6) which connects the bottle opening to an outlet of the attachment, and a passage (20) which connects the reservoir to the channel. In order to ensure secure fastening of the attachment (1) to the bottle, the attachment is designed to be attached concentrically to the bottle outside of the bottle opening and the attachment has a bearing surface which is provided with a seal (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Inventors: Harald Ruhnau, Axel Finkler
  • Patent number: 9821652
    Abstract: A structure for opening and closing a fuel filler opening having a main flap and a dust flap that are opened or closed in accordance with insertion or removal of a fuel gun to a filler pipe. The dust flap is arranged at an outer end side with respect to the main flap, and is constituted by a plurality of flaps arranged flush with each other. The dust flap is opened such that ends of the respective flaps are separated from each other by the fuel gun inserted into the filler pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: YACHIYO INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Hirohara
  • Patent number: 9731887
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rubber seal for a vacuum receptacle. The rubber seal is not released by a negative pressure developed in the vacuum receptacle. In addition, the rubber seal is excellent in sealing force, and has a body portion that does not bulge outward while being readily mounted on a lid body. The rubber seal includes: the body portion that surrounds the lateral side of an inner space and extends vertically; an elastic sealing wing portion formed to extend outward from the body portion and provided along the circumference of the body portion; and a multi-functional wing portion formed to extend outward from the body portion above the elastic sealing wing portion, and provided along the circumference of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: BORU INTERNATIONAL CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Young Park
  • Patent number: 9610995
    Abstract: A passenger bar for motorcycles is disclosed. The passenger bar is affixed to the gas tank of a motorcycle forward of the motorcycle driver such that a passenger behind the motorcycle driver with arms wrapped around the driver may grip the passenger bar to secure himself/herself while the motorcycle is accelerating, decelerating, or experiences lateral forces. The passenger bar comprises a mounting plate, in one embodiment, and a handle inclined away from the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Inventor: Charlie Hon
  • Patent number: 9541025
    Abstract: In a sealing structure, a seal ring stands between an outer peripheral member and an inner peripheral member installed thereto. A taper-like outer peripheral surface having smaller diameter toward an inserting direction of the inner peripheral member and an installation portion outer peripheral surface extending from the small diameter end portion are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner peripheral member. A stepped surface positioned closer to the inserting direction side and directed to an opposite direction to the inserting direction, and an installation portion inner peripheral surface extending from an outer diameter end of the stepped surface in the opposite direction are formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer peripheral member. The seal ring is arranged in a compressed state between the taper-like outer peripheral surface and the installation portion outer peripheral surface, and the stepped surface and the installation portion inner peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Hikaru Tadano, Keijin Fuma, Hiromichi Yasuda
  • Patent number: 9533802
    Abstract: A tamper evident closure and spout are provided. The closure includes an outer wall and a central wall supported from the outer wall. The closure defines a passage extending between an upper edge and a lower edge of the closure and located between an inner surface of the outer wall and an outer surface of the central wall. The closure includes a tamper-indicating band extending from the central wall. The spout includes a wall portion and a central channel extending through the wall portion between an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The spout includes a structure located below the inlet opening the first and second exterior surfaces are both angled toward the central axis of the spout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Silgan White Cap LLC
    Inventor: Gary Berge
  • Patent number: 9458757
    Abstract: A motor vehicle coolant pump for supplying coolant to an engine includes a two-part pump housing comprising a pump rotor housing part and a body housing part. The pump rotor housing part comprises a first mounting flange, and the body housing part comprises a second mounting flange which together fix the housing parts with respect to each other and allow a mounting of the housing parts on each other in every rotary position. A pump rotor is arranged in the pump rotor housing part. An axial coolant inlet and a tangential coolant outlet are provided on the pump rotor housing part. A rotary fixation comprises a recess at the pump rotor housing part and a nose which engages in the recess. The rotary fixation allows the pump rotor housing part and the body housing part to be mounted with respect to each other in only one single rotational angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Stephan Schreckenberg, Thomas Wienecke, Bjoern Isenberg
  • Patent number: 9366278
    Abstract: A male fastening tool body includes a body part, a flange part which has a seat surface, an annular concave part formed between the body part and the seat surface, and a resinous ring-shaped member disposed at the annular concave part. The annular concave part has an annular concave peripheral edge portion. The resinous ring-shaped member has an annular projected part which fills almost the entire annular concave part and a lower surface of which is projected downward beyond the seat surface and an annular peripheral part, having a tapered bottom surface or a curved bottom surface, which is formed between the annular projected part and the outer edge of the resinous ring-shaped member and becomes gradually thinner, with an outer edge of the resinous ring-shaped member being located at an outer edge of the annular concave peripheral edge portion or slightly toward the side of the body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: MEIRA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rikiya Ishida
  • Patent number: 9295567
    Abstract: A suspension liner sleeve adapted to provide an interface between a residual limb and a prosthetic socket, and having outer and inner surfaces. The liner sleeve includes an elongate, generally conical body portion formed from at least one material segment defining the liner outer surface. The at least one material segment being at least radially elastically extensible from a relaxed non-extended condition and including proximal and distal end areas. The liner sleeve includes a layer of polymeric material disposed on the at least one material segment and defining the liner sleeve inner surface, and a plurality of resilient seal elements protruding radially from the liner sleeve outer surface. The plurality of seal elements extend around at least one peripheral portion of the liner body portion. A pair of opposed annular recesses may be adjacently located above and below each of the at least one seal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: OSSUR hf
    Inventors: Egill Sveinbjorn Egilsson, Sigurdur Asgeirsson
  • Patent number: 9260151
    Abstract: A saddle riding type vehicle without a case body for surrounding rear direction indicators. A rear portion of a motorcycle includes a rear cowl covering sides of a vehicle body frame, a grab rail disposed on vehicle body sides of a rear occupant seat of a tandem seat above the rear cowl, a rear lamp assembly in the rear of the rear occupant seat and a rear mudguard under the rear lamp assembly. The grab rail includes a lower plate and an upper plate attached on the lower plate with the grab rail extending to a rear of the rear occupant seat. A left and a right of the grab rail are integrated with each other to wrap around the rear of the rear occupant seat. The grab rail has an opening portion opened to the rear with the rear lamp assembly being collectively housed in the opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Tako, Akira Omae
  • Patent number: 9249823
    Abstract: A piercing nut element having a strength in the range between 700 and 900 MPa which is designed to be pressed into the sheet metal part. The nut element is characterized in that the self-piercing attachment of the nut element into a sheet metal part of higher strength, or into a sheet metal part with a thickness greater than 3.5 mm, the nut element is designed in such a way that the piercing section has a peripheral extending groove below the sheet metal contact surface and in that the piercing section has a piercing edge at its free end face with the piercing edge being spaced from the boundary of the groove adjacent to the piercing section by a peripheral surface having an axial height which corresponds to at least 30% and preferably to at least 50% of the sheet metal thickness, wherein the radial wall thickness of the piercing section in the region of its free end face from the outer side of the piercing section up to the nominal diameter of the thread corresponds to a thickness between 1.2 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: PROFIL VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jiri Babej, Christian Sowa, Richard Humpert, Michael Vieth
  • Patent number: 9222502
    Abstract: A self-piercing nut element having a strength in the range between 700 and 900 MPa is designed for press fitting into a sheet metal part, for the self-piercing attachment of the nut element into a higher strength sheet metal part, such that the piercing section merges directly into the sheet metal contact surface and such that the piercing section has a piercing edge at its free end face, with the piercing edge being spaced apart from the sheet metal contact surface by a peripheral surface having an axial height which corresponds to at least 30%, and preferably at least 50%, of the sheet metal thickness. The radial wall thickness of the piercing section in the region of its free end face from the outer side up to the nominal diameter of the thread corresponds to a thickness between 1.2 times, to 1.8 times, the provided sheet metal thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: PROFIL VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH & CO., KG
    Inventors: Jiri Babej, Christian Sowa, Richard Humpert, Michael Vieth
  • Patent number: 9187217
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is a cap provided with a guarantee seal. The guarantee seal consists of guarantee portions comprising an engagement portion and a connecting portion. The seal further comprises bridges for connecting adjacent guarantee portions to one another and a safety portion that makes the engagement portion integral with the handling portion. The safety portion is structurally suitable for keeping the engagement portion constrained in the broken seal configuration, for preventing the forming of dangerous spikes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Guala Pack S.p.A.
    Inventor: Luigi Bisio
  • Patent number: 9157467
    Abstract: A thread-forming screw comprising, at least in part, a shaft (1.1) provided with a screw thread (2) and further comprising a screw tip (1.2) at one end of the shaft (1.1), wherein the shaft (1.1) comprises a thread-forming screw-threaded portion (4) that extends away from the screw tip (1.2) and an adjoining load-bearing screw-threaded portion (3), wherein the load-bearing screw-threaded portion (3) has a round cross-section, characterized in that the load-bearing screw-threaded portion (3) displays, in the direction away from the screw tip (1.2), an increase d in a flank diameter DF and/or an outside diameter DA of the screw thread at a gradient of from 1:50 to 1:500 based on a length LG of the load-bearing screw-threaded portion (3), preferably at a gradient DA or DF to LG of from 1:100 to 1:400, wherein the increase d in the flank diameter DF and/or the outside diameter DA remains constant over the length LG of the load-bearing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Baier & Michels GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Olaf Ambros
  • Patent number: 9102228
    Abstract: A fuel-filling aperture open-closing device is provided in one end of a filler pipe communicating with a fuel tank. The open-closing device includes a tube member internally forming a pathway, and connected to one end of the filler pipe; a first valve device provided inside the pathway, and opening a valve by being pressed by a fuel-filling nozzle inserted from an outer end side of the pathway; and a second valve device provided on an outer end side more than the first valve device inside the pathway, and opening a valve by being pressed by the fuel-filling nozzle inserted from the outer end side of the pathway so as to allow the fuel-filling nozzle to pass through. The first valve device opens by a load smaller than that of the second valve device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: NIFCO INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9103501
    Abstract: A gas cylinder safety purge and anchor system features a gas cylinder with a plurality of cylinder apertures located around a neck outside periphery. The system features a cylindrical purge deflector with a plurality of deflector apertures located on a internal deflector cap component wall that align with the cylinder apertures when the purge deflector is positioned on the neck. The system features a valve on the cylinder. The system features an anchor assembly having a linear outer tube and a linear inner shaft located in the outer tube. In a first position, a first anchor projection, a second anchor projection, a third anchor projection, and a fourth anchor projection are each located perpendicularly with respect to the outer tube. In a second position, the first anchor projection, the second anchor projection, the third anchor projection, and the fourth anchor projection are each retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Inventor: Cai Yang
  • Patent number: 9050494
    Abstract: A controlled pressure resistance unit engagement system for bicycle training devices uses a clutch arrangement to limit the maximum torque applied. By doing so, a consistent, correct pressure on a bicycle tire by the resistance unit is achieved, thereby avoiding damage to the resistance unit and the bicycle tire and allowing a more consistent resistance unit power curve to be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Saris Cycling Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin R. Bass, Mark A. Dahl, Randy J. Hilgart
  • Publication number: 20150128810
    Abstract: A number of variations may include a growler, which may include a cap that may include an a sealing means such as an o-ring, and a container defining a cavity and having a neck portion constructed and arranged to mechanically engage and sealing close the cavity when the cap is connected to the container. A method may include providing a growler, filling the growler with a fermentable liquid, sealing the growler, and fermenting the liquid within the sealed growler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Deep Wood Brew Products, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Lehman
  • Publication number: 20150108132
    Abstract: A container comprises a releasable metal closure 14 formed with an end wall 15 and a depending skirt 16 and having an annular layer 18 of sealing compound provided on the inside of the end wall adjacent the skirt and a container body 1 comprising a neck 2 with an annular sealing surface 4 surrounding a circular opening and adapted to seal against the annular layer of sealing compound over an annular sealing interface in the closed position of the closure on the container body. The container body 1 and the closure 14 are formed with no mechanical means for coupling them together to form or maintain a seal therebetween and the seal is provided by a partial vacuum formed in the container during processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Laura Jane McGirr, Anne Elizabeth Nicholis, Christopher Paul Ramsey
  • Publication number: 20150096989
    Abstract: A composite closure having a double-wall configuration facilitates convenient use by consumers, and permits in-shell formation of a sealing liner. The closure includes an outer closure cap having inner and outer annular skirt portions arranged in concentric relationship with each other. The closure includes a sealing liner formed in the closure cap at the inside surface of the top wall portion of the closure cap. A method of compression-molding the sealing liner is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Ramesh Kamath
  • Publication number: 20150096988
    Abstract: A bung closure for gas-tight and liquid-tight closure of a bung opening of a container, includes a cup-shaped basic body made from metal and having a disk-shaped base and an adjoining, upwardly open, tubular ring part; at least one interlocking element in the form of a shaped sheet-metal strip or a tab provided within the cup-shaped basic body for engagement with a screwing tool for screwing the bung closure into, and out of the bung opening of the container; and a stable plastics layer provided on the outer side of the ring part, with an external thread formed on an outside of the plastics layer for threaded engagement with the internal thread of the bung opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Mauser-Werke GmbH
    Inventor: Detlev Weyrauch
  • Patent number: 8999703
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods and devices that improve the process of culturing cells and/or shipping cells from one location to another. They have the capacity to reduce the risk of contamination, regulate pressure in the medium surrounding cells, and maintain cells in a uniform distribution throughout transit. This leads to an improved level of process control relative to current methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Inventors: Daniel P. Welch, John R. Wilson
  • Patent number: 8991633
    Abstract: An externally threaded closure plug for tightly closing off the internally threaded opening in shipping and storage containers such as drums, pails and the like. The plug is formed as a cup having a bottom wall and threaded cylindrical sidewall terminating in a circumferentially enlarged rim. Immediately beneath the rim of the plug is a gasket seat defined by the undersurface of the plug rim, the plug sidewall and an annular gasket retaining lip lying in a plane parallel to the undersurface of the plug rim. In use, the plug is screwed into and out of a container wall opening, having an internally threaded portion and an unthreaded portion, the sealing gasket being compressed between the unthreaded opening portion and the plug gasket seat and lying in close proximity to the internal thread. The gasket seat acts to prevent interengagement of the sealing gasket and the opening internally threaded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Greif International Holding BV
    Inventors: Cornelis R. Van De Klippe, Herman P. Kars
  • Publication number: 20150060457
    Abstract: A pre-assembled container closure assembly (1) has a plastic spout body (2) with a tubular neck (4) delimiting a product passage (6) that extends to a mouth opening (8) of the neck. A rotational cap (30) is secured in closed position on the neck. The cap has a cap body including a top wall (31)and a skirt (32). The cap body further includes an annular inner sealing ring (40) depending from the top wall. The inside of the neck is provided with an inward tapering annular guide surface (15) that is contacted by the inner sealing ring when the cap is secured onto the spout body and then causes an elastic deformation of the inner sealing ring and/or the neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: IPN IP B.V.
    Inventor: Peter Jan Van Der Molen
  • Publication number: 20150034650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a container (1) which includes a body (2) forming an opening, a mobile ring (4) capable of pivoting relative to said body (2), and a seal (3) made of a flexible, resilient material, connected to said body (2) as well as to said ring (4), capable of being twisted by pivoting the ring (4). According to the invention, said body (2) includes a circular peripheral wall (10) ending in a free edge that defines said opening, and said ring (4) is intended for being positioned around said wall (10); and one of said peripheral wall (10) or said ring (4) includes a series of grooves (11 and 15) and the other one of said ring (4) or said peripheral wall (10) includes a lug, the movement of said lug in said series of grooves enabling guided axial movement of the ring (4) relative to the wall (10) when the seal (3) starts to twist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Nicolas Frolin
  • Patent number: 8944269
    Abstract: A watercraft fuel cap having the ability to lock in place to a common fuel filler receiver and having a series of unique downward slot designs and necessitating a matching downward slot designed key for tightening or removing the fuel cap from the fuel filler receiver. The fuel cap would also have the ability for a tethering device which attaches the fuel cap and the fuel receiver together. When the fuel cap is removed for the re-fueling process the tether allows for removal but limits the distance the fuel cap can be moved away from the fuel filler receiver. The tether keeps the fuel cap from being missed placed or falling into the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Vehicle Enhancement Labs
    Inventor: Michael Philip Green
  • Publication number: 20150028035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions (compounds) which can be used as seal material in vessel caps under sterilization conditions. More specifically, the invention relates to such compositions that are suitable for vessel caps or vacuum caps that can be unscrewed, such as cam screw caps and in particular Press-on/Twist-off® caps, and that demonstrate a reduced migration of undesirable substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Actega DS GmbH
    Inventor: Dany Mängel
  • Publication number: 20150008223
    Abstract: A synthetic resin cap comprises: a cap body having a top plate and a cylinder that is vertically lowered from the peripheral edge thereof; and a liner provided on a lower surface of the top plate. The liner has a flat plate; an inter-seal projection that contacts an inner-edge side of an opening end and has an outer-seal projection that contacts an outer-edge side of the opening end. An outer edge of the liner is spaced apart from the cylinder at an internal side and is formed to ensure a space between the outer edge and the cylinder. The outer diameter of the outer-seal projection is smaller than an outer diameter of the opening end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: Closure Systems International Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Harada, Masataka Hisano, Akiko Ogino
  • Patent number: 8881929
    Abstract: A two-part closure for use in conjunction with a liner. An upper part of the closure is substantially plate like and clips or snaps onto the lower part of the closure. The lowest part of the closure has sidewalls with interior threads or a snap-on rib, as desired. The upper portion of the lower part is open, with crossing ribs positioned a spaced distance above the sealing lip for the lower part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Phoenix Closures, Inc.
    Inventor: Len Ekkert
  • Patent number: 8875913
    Abstract: An airless baby bottle includes: a) an elongated shaft having an open top and an open bottom and having a constant internal cross-section, and having attachment means for securing a nipple piece fastening collar thereto; b) a nipple piece fastening collar; c) a nipple piece having a main body with an outer rim and having a nipple with at least one liquid-release orifice and nipple having a plurality of accordion segments so as to create a rest short nipple position and so as to permit a stressed elongated nipple position when a baby sucks on it; d) a piston to sealably and moveably fit within the elongated shaft, the piston having external sides with a peripheral upper blade and a peripheral lower blade, each of said peripheral upper blade peripheral lower blade having a plurality of peripheral ridges running perpendicular to the elongated shaft elongation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Inventor: Priska I. Diaz
  • Publication number: 20140319144
    Abstract: A synthetic resin cap mounted on a lip section of a container filled with a carbonated beverage includes a top plate section and a cylindrical section extending downward from a circumferential edge of the top plate section, wherein an annular inner seal projection fitted into the lip section and an outer seal projection abutting an outer surface of the lip section are formed at an inner surface of the top plate section. An annular abutting convex section abutting the inner surface of the lip section is formed at an outer surface of the inner seal projection. The outer seal projection has an inner surface having an inner diameter reduced toward a distal end, and a minimum inner diameter section, which is a lower end of the inner surface, abuts the outer surface of the lip section at a position spaced apart from an opening end section toward a container main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Closure Systems International Japan, Limited
    Inventors: Mitsuo Tsuzuki, Fuminori Takazawa, Shoji Yamamoto