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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:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2010
Applicant:
Keith Ferrara, Stratford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Keith Ferrara, Stratford, CT (US);
Assignee:
PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/10 (2006.01); F16B 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 49/10 (2013.01); F16B 7/20 (2013.01); Y10T 403/7009 (2015.01);
Abstract
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to couplers that can be used to provide a seal between a source assembly and a vacuum chamber. In certain examples, the seal can be provided upon movement of a moveable component of the coupler. In some examples, rotation of the moveable component is operative to provide an axial force to a stationary component coupled to the moveable component such that the stationary component is biased to provide a suitable seal to the vacuum chamber.