Plug for a fluid coupling, corresponding valve, bottle and filling method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9909716
SERIAL NO

14405638

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A stopper for fluid coupling and including a self-locking sheath designed to be slipped onto a connector, the sheath extending about a central longitudinal axis and including on its inner surface and at a first end, a tapped portion designed to engage with a mating threaded portion formed on the outer surface of the connector where the tapped portion includes at least one recess parallel to the longitudinal axis, where the inner surface of the sheath includes, at a second end opposite the first end, a spindle extending inside the sheath in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis towards the second end of the sheath as far as a free end located between the first and second ends of the sheath, the free end of the spindle being designed to form a protective cover for a surface of the connector designed to engage with a filling tool.

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  • L'AIR LIQUIDE, SOCIETE ANONYME POUR L'ETUDE ET L'EXPLOITATION DES PROCEDES GEORGES CLAUDE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Frenal, Antoine Ezanville, FR 57 169

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