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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:
Mar. 10, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franz I Berghammer, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Douglas Pyle, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Tai H Do, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Vahid Zare-Ardestani, Corona, CA (US);
Wilhelm F Schepergerdes, El Toro, CA (US);
Thomas E Harbin, Westminster, CA (US);
Assignee:
VSI Corporation, Carson, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285 92 ; 285156 ; 285158 ; 285179 ; 285330 ;
Abstract
A fluid connector fitting nut lock includes a sleeve that fits down over the nut and that has an integral locking mechanism to fix the sleeve in a raised position that allows the nut to be turned and in a locked position that prevents the nut from backing off due to vibration or other external forces. The integral locking mechanism eliminates the need for a separate lockwire or clipwire.