Washington University

James Norlin

Eric Leuthardt

Lihong V Wang

Gregory Zipfel

Colin Derdeyn

Srikanth Singamaneni

Guy M Genin

Philip V Bayly

Brittany Scheid

Albert Kim

Chandu Vemuri

Ralph Dacey

Eric Arias

A breakaway connector generally includes a first valve having a first rotating-type fluid control member, and a second valve that is attachable to the first valve and has a second rotating-type fluid control member. Each of the fluid control members has an open position in which fluid is permitted to flow through the respective valve, and a closed position in which fluid is prevented from flowing through the respective valve. Each one of the valves is configured to engage the fluid control member of the other one of the valves to move the fluid control member from the open position to the closed position upon detachment of the valves from one another.

Breakaway connector

Growing community of inventors

St. Louis, MO, United States of America

James Norlin