IP Library Granted Patent US 10,495,246
Granted Patent B2
US 10,495,246 · App. 14/975,183 · Granted Dec 3, 2019

Fluid line connection device and method of operation thereof

Inventors: Matthew J. Lyon (Moraga, CA); Samuel M. Lopez (San Francisco, CA); Joshua A. Guyot (Deer Isle, ME)
Assignee: Hydrapak LLC
F16L37/0841F16L37/0982F16L37/38F16L37/40F16L37/413F16L37/44
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Patent No.
US 10,495,246
App. No.
14/975,183
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connection device is disclosed comprising a receptor having a recess; a securing clip at least partially inside the recess and comprising a clip head and a pair of clip legs, wherein the clip head has a receiving portion, wherein a portion of each of the pair of clip legs intrudes into a channel space of the connection device when the securing clip is in an unbiased configuration; and a dial comprising a first side and a second side, wherein the dial comprises a catch, wherein the catch is configured to intrude into the receiving portion, and wherein the dial is configured to strain the securing clip into a release configuration when the dial is rotated in a first angular direction.

Claims (42)

1. A connection device comprising:

a receptor having a recess;

a securing clip at least partially inside the recess and comprising a clip head and a pair of clip legs connected to the clip head,

wherein the clip head has a receiving portion defined on a surface of the clip head,

wherein a portion of each of the pair of clip legs intrudes into a channel space of the connection device when the securing clip is in an unbiased configuration; and

a dial comprising a first side and a second side,

wherein the dial comprises a catch,

wherein the catch is configured to intrude into the receiving portion, and

wherein the dial is configured to strain the securing clip into a release configuration when the dial is rotated in a first angular direction.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the catch protrudes from the second side of the dial, wherein the second side is directly under the first side of the dial.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the receiving portion is a cavity defined on the surface of the clip head facing the second side of the dial.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the dial has a first position when the securing clip is in the unbiased configuration and a second position when the securing clip is in the release configuration,

wherein the dial is rotated, without lifting the dial, from the first position to the second position by a dial angle when the securing clip is in the release configuration, and

wherein the dial angle is between 10 degrees and 45 degrees.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the receptor is configured to attach to a bottle through a coupling structure.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the dial is configured to strain the securing clip into the release configuration when the dial is rotated in a second angular direction.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a poppet, wherein the poppet occludes an aperture of the connection device when the receptor is in an empty configuration.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first side of the dial comprises one or more ridges extending in a radial direction from a perimeter of the dial toward a center of the dial.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein an inner perimeter face of each of the pair of clip legs comprises a sloped face.

10. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a stop protruding from the second side and a bumper protruding from the recess.

11. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a channel nozzle of the connection device,

wherein the channel nozzle has channel slots, and

wherein the portion of each of the pair of clip legs intrudes into the channel space through the channel slots.

12. The device of claim 1 , further comprising an adaptor having a grooved space and wherein the adaptor is secured by the securing clip when a portion of each of the pair of clip legs intrudes into the grooved space.

13. A connection device comprising:

a receptor having a recess;

a securing clip at least partially inside the recess and comprising a clip head, wherein the clip head has a receiving portion; and

a dial comprising a first side and a second side,

wherein the dial comprises a catch,

wherein the catch is configured to intrude into the receiving portion of the clip head,

wherein at least part of the dial is inside the recess,

wherein the dial is radially surrounded by the receptor, and

wherein the dial is configured to strain the securing clip into a release configuration when the dial is rotated in a first angular direction.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the catch protrudes from the second side of the dial, wherein the second side is directly under the first side of the dial.

15. The device of claim 13 , wherein the receiving portion is a cavity defined on the surface of the clip head facing the second side of the dial.

16. The device of claim 13 , wherein the dial has a first position when the securing clip is in the unbiased configuration and a second position when the securing clip is in the release configuration,

wherein the dial is rotated, without lifting the dial, from the first position to the second position by a dial angle when the securing clip is in the release configuration, and

wherein the dial angle is between 10 degrees and 45 degrees.

17. The device of claim 13 , wherein the receptor is configured to attach to a bottle through a coupling structure.

18. The device of claim 13 , wherein the dial is configured to strain the securing clip into the release configuration when the dial is rotated in a second angular direction.

19. The device of claim 13 , further comprising a poppet, wherein the poppet occludes an aperture of the connection device when the receptor is in an empty configuration.

20. The device of claim 13 , wherein the first side of the dial comprises one or more ridges extending in a radial direction from a perimeter of the dial toward a center of the dial.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2018
From: HYDRAPAK, INC.
To: HYDRAPAK LLC
Reel/Frame 047571/0219 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2015
From: LYON, MATTHEW J.; LOPEZ, SAMUEL M.; GUYOT, JOSHUA A.
To: HYDRAPAK, INC.
Reel/Frame 037333/0516 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62165585 · May 22, 2015
Related Publication 20160341348A1 · Nov 24, 2016
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