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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Bruce A. Stevens, Oakland, MI (US);
Robert M. Krupp, Rochester, MI (US);
Inventors:
Bruce A. Stevens, Oakland, MI (US);
Robert M. Krupp, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
TK Holdings, Inc., Armada, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/274 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/274 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas seal for containing a pressurized fluid in a container. The gas seal includes a rupturable portion having a stress riser formed therein, and an extension coupled to the rupturable portion proximate the stress riser such that a predetermined minimum force applied to the extension is transferred to the stress riser to produce a rupture of the rupturable portion.