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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Mark A. Smith, Plainfield, IL (US);
Inventor:
Mark A. Smith, Plainfield, IL (US);
Assignee:
DS Smith Plastics Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 15/06 (2006.01); F16K 27/02 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 27/0209 (2013.01); B29C 45/1676 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7506 (2013.01); F16K 15/063 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fluid flow connector and a method of manufacturing the same wherein the fluid flow connector utilizes a valve having a plunger which is made by overmolding a soft exterior to a hard core. The soft exterior being overmolded to the hard core by either insert or multi-shot methods. The method also including attaching the soft exterior to the hard core mechanically and/or by molecular bonding.