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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:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David S Densel, Whitehouse, OH (US);
Michael P Wells, Holland, OH (US);
Assignee:
Aeroquip Corporation, Maumee, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ; F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
251148 ; 285353 ;
Abstract
A coupling for sealing an outer cylindrical wall of a member of a fluid flow system extending along an axis. The coupling has a body and nut encircling the cylindrical wall which are configured to receive either a conventional O-ring or packing. The body includes a recess having a wall surface tapering at an angle in the range of 7.degree. to 20.degree. relative the axis and cooperates with the nut and cylindrical wall of the member to define an open area for receiving either an O-ring or packing.