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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Colder Products Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
David A. Burdge, Richfield, MN (US);
Charles W. Extrand, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Koray Sekeroglu, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Colder Products Company, Roseville, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/40 (2006.01); F16L 37/42 (2006.01); F16L 37/084 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/40 (2013.01); F16L 37/42 (2013.01); F16L 37/0841 (2013.01);
Abstract
This document describes devices and methods for reducing liquid spillage, such as fluid coupling devices that include one or more apertures that reduce spillage when the fluid coupling devices are disconnected. In some embodiments, the one or more apertures are designed with features to increase a level of acceleration that liquid within an internal volume of the fluid coupling devices would need to be exposed to in order to spill from the internal volume via the one or more apertures.