Douglas B Mcclure

US Patent:

20180195651, Jul 12, 2018

Filed:

Mar 6, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/912632

Inventors:

- Solon OH, US
Mark D. Bearer - Akron OH, US
Cal R. Brown - Lyndhurst OH, US
Stephen J. Zaborszki - Northfield OH, US
Douglas S. Welch - Chesterland OH, US
Ronald P. Campbell - Shaker-Heights OH, US
Gregory S. Kalata - Avon OH, US
Douglas J. McClure - Mentor OH, US

International Classification:

F16L 13/14
F16L 19/02

Abstract:

A preassembly for a conduit fitting includes an annular fitting component and a conduit gripping device. The annular fitting component has an interior wall extending along a central axis from an inboard end to an outboard end. The interior wall includes an inboard surface having a first diameter, an outboard surface having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and an intermediate surface recessed from the inboard surface by an outward facing inboard radial wall and recessed from the outboard surface by an inward facing outboard radial wall. The conduit gripping device is retained within the annular fitting component and includes a projection extending radially outward of an outer circumferential surface of the conduit gripping device, and axially toward an inboard end of the conduit gripping device, with an end portion of the projection being axially captured between the inboard radial wall and the outboard radial wall.

US Patent:

20170227151, Aug 10, 2017

Filed:

Jan 26, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/416048

Inventors:

- Solon OH, US
Mark D. Bearer - Akron OH, US
Cal R. Brown - Lyndhurst OH, US
Stephen J. Zaborszki - Northfield OH, US
Douglas S. Welch - Chesterland OH, US
Ronald P. Campbell - Shaker Heights OH, US
Gregory S. Kalata - Avon OH, US
Douglas J. McClure - Mentor OH, US

International Classification:

F16L 13/14
F16L 19/02

Abstract:

A preassembly for a conduit fitting includes an annular fitting component and a conduit gripping device. The annular fitting component has an interior wall extending along a central axis from an inboard end to an outboard end. The interior wall includes an inboard surface having a first diameter, an outboard surface having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and an intermediate surface recessed from the inboard surface by an outward facing inboard radial wall and recessed from the outboard surface by an inward facing outboard radial wall. The conduit gripping device is retained within the annular fitting component and includes a projection extending radially outward of an outer circumferential surface of the conduit gripping device, and axially toward an inboard end of the conduit gripping device, with an end portion of the projection being axially captured between the inboard radial wall and the outboard radial wall.