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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation, Emporia, KS (US);
Inventor:
Lynn Curtis Strong, Emporia, KS (US);
Assignee:
Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation, Emporia, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/04 (2006.01); G01L 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/0496 (2013.01); G01L 17/00 (2013.01); B60C 23/0408 (2013.01); B60C 23/0494 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pressure gauge broadly comprising a conduit, a pressure indicator, and a tip assembly. The tip assembly extends from the distal end of the conduit and includes an inner shaft, an annular seat, and an outer tip. The inner shaft engages a valve stem core of a valve. The annular seat cradles and provides support to the outer tip. The outer tip forms a seal against a valve stem tube of the valve and has an outer surface having a semi-spherical, dome, or frusto-conical shape for ensuring that the seal is formed regardless of the angle at which the tip engages the valve.