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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:
Jun. 19, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Jerry E. O'neill, Kirkland, WA (US);
Charlie Whitney, Rock Island, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jerry E. O'Neill, Kirkland, WA (US);
Charlie Whitney, Rock Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
Accor Technology, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 51/00 (2006.01); F16L 37/084 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fluid coupling having an outer housing with an internal bore, an O-ring fitted within the bore, a spacer bushing fitted against the O-ring, a gripper ring fitted against the axially outer side of the spacer ring, the gripper ring having axially and radially inwardly protruding circumferentially spaced gripping teeth, and an end bushing holding the gripper ring, spacer bushing, and O-ring within the outer housing. A second gripper ring and a second spacer ring are used in some embodiments.