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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8029023 | Device and method for contamination-free and/or sterile sealing between at least two interconnectable connecting means A method and a device are provided for contamination-free and/or sterile sealing between two interconnectable connecting elements having opposing openings. Interconnection allows transfer of a fluid between the openings. Sealing elements are arranged on the connecti... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7922211 | Method and device for interconnecting, sealed against contamination, the ends of elongate elements such as tubes or pipes A method and a device are provided for interconnecting, sealed against contamination, the ends of tubes by two cooperating connecting components, each having an inlet and an outlet for connection to each other. The connecting components each have a connecting plane,... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7314238 | Fluid connection A fluid connection comprised of a first fitting having a body with a first end and a second end. A passage extends through the body from the first end to the second end. A bracket is mounted to the second end of the body. The bracket defines a space adjacent the sec... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7052046 | Method and apparatus for a retractable pneumatic line coupling protector The invention protects an at least two component pneumatic coupling. One embodiment contains a spring stop rigidly coupled to one of the pneumatic coupling components, and a spring between the spring stop and a housing. The invention includes a method of protecting ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6296284 | Housing of a heating or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle and method thereof A housing and a housing assembly method of a heating or air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle has at least two housing parts that can be sealingly connected to one another along their separating plane. The peripheries of each housing part has a tongu... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6120064 | Air hose coupler with extended grip An air hose coupler for use in a tractor-trailer air brake system incorporates a body with a first air passage formed therethrough and a first mating face. The first mating face includes a first air orifice which communicates with the first air passage. A... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6102443 | Fluid line latching assembly A latching assembly for a first fluid line connector, such as a standard "glad hand" connector, to prevent disengagement of the first fluid line connector from a second fluid line connector with which it is interconnected. The latching assembly includes a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5251666 | Brake hose coupling A brake hose coupling for coupling to a glad hand body. The glad hand body has a primary port and a pair of primary flanges bordering and angularly spaced about the primary port. The brake hose coupling has a coupling body with a complementary port and a ... | 10/12/1993 |
| 4941768 | Quick disconnect device A transfer boom assembly for transferring workpieces in a workpiece manufacturing environment such as for example in an automobile manufacturing and assembly facility and which includes a quick disconnect device having nestable interfitting coupling parts... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4634202 | Coupling system, especially for a connector A hermaphroditic coupling system, especially for an optical fibre (or electrical) connector member. The connector member 10 has a body 12 with a cylindrical portion 14 and a semi-cylindrical extension 16, defining a stepped end profile comprising rearward... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4342524 | Material fastening structure and method A compression member positioned against a member to which other material is to have an opening therethrough and fastening means extending through the openings in the compression member into engagement with a surface of the member to which other material i... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4340097 | Connector member for sealed conduits An improved connector member is provided for providing sealed and preferably sterile connection between a pair of conduits which each terminate in a hollow, transparent housing where some of the wall portion of each housing comprises an opaque wall portio... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4325417 | Connector member for sealed conduits utilizing crystalline plastic barrier membrane A connector member for a fluid flow path is provided which comprises a transparent housing enclosing an opaque barrier membrane or wall portion blocking flow through the flow path. The barrier membrane is adapted to be openable by exposure to radiant ener... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4265280 | Connector member for sealed conduits An improved connector member is provided for providing sealed and preferably sterile connection between a pair of conduits which each terminate in a hollow, transparent housing where some of the wall portion of each housing comprises an opaque wall portio... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4143987 | Connector for sections of oil containment boom A connecting assembly comprising a pair of substantially identical connecting members having a base ring connected to an upper tubular inflatable portion of an oil containment boom, and a depending arm adapted to engage a depending skirt of an oil contain... | 03/13/1979 |
| 3953057 | Pipe and tube coupling A pipe and tube coupling arrangement in which two coupling members are provided with transversely interfitting formations resisting axial separation and are thereby brought into axial alignment. A sleeve can then be axially shifted over the joint to preve... | 04/27/1976 |
