Gordon A Valentine
Engineers at Birch St, Denver, CO

4487462, Dec 11, 1984

Jan 24, 1983

6/460149

Edwin J. Gale - Aurora CO
Gordon Valentine - Denver CO

Stanley Aviation Corp. - Denver CO

H01R 464

339 14R

A threaded coupling assembly is provided for joining a pair of confronting conduit members and minimizing electrostatic charge buildup between the conduit members. Each conduit member has an annular flange fixed to the confronting ends thereof. A threaded coupling interconnects the two flanges and includes, in one embodiment, a coupler having an internal annular groove for releasably holding a first annular bonding jumper and an externally threaded outer end. A nut is threaded onto the coupler and has an internal annular bonding jumper retaining groove for a second annular bonding jumper. These bonding jumpers include an annular ring having a plurality of bonding jumper contact flanges at the inner edge which engage the surface of the flanges and made electrical contact therewith and have at least a plurality of spaced retaining tangs at the outer edge which snap into the retaining grooves in the coupler and the nut. In addition, the bonding jumper retained by the nut also includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced coupler contact tangs which are interspersed with the retaining tangs and contact the outer end of the coupler beyond the threads. In a second embodiment, a spacer coupling is provided between the conduit flanges which is threaded at both ends and receives a nut on each end containing a bonding jumper as described above.

4429905, Feb 7, 1984

Dec 29, 1981

6/335362

Gordon A. Valentine - Denver CO

Stanley Aviation Corporation - Denver CO

F16L 3500, F16L 1908, F16L 2300

285 93

A fluid-conveying coupling assembly in which a pair of torsionally deflectable seal rings establish a redundant seal between interconnected coupling structures and in which the seal rings are oriented and deflected in such a manner that they impose non-cumulative radially directed forces on the interconnected structures.

4438959, Mar 27, 1984

Dec 2, 1981

6/326521

Gordon A. Valentine - Denver CO

Stanley Aviation Corporation - Denver CO

F16L 1908, F16L 2500, F16L 3500

285340

A fluid-receiving assembly having a pair of relatively axially displaceable structures, a torsionally deflectable seal ring for establishing a seal between the structures, and a pair of formations engaging diagonally opposite corner edges of the seal ring to torsionally deflect it to its seal establishing condition, one of the formations being formed on one of the structures and the other of the formations being formed in part by the other structure and in part by an adapter ring.

4625999, Dec 2, 1986

Nov 19, 1981

6/322926

Gordon A. Valentine - Denver CO
Edwin J. Gale - Aurora CA

Stanley Aviation Corporation - Aurora CO

F16L 3500

285 24

A remotely-operable connector comprising a pair of female end fittings, each adapted to be permanently fixed one to each of a pair of pipes to be coupled together, and a jumper assembly having a jumper pipe terminating at opposite ends in male end fittings which are received one in each of the female end fittings. Each mating pair of male and female fittings is received in a pivot housing which is mounted for universal articulation on the female fitting for enabling the housing to be angularly aligned with the end of the male fitting which is received in the female fitting.

4522433, Jun 11, 1985

May 14, 1982

6/378410

Gordon A. Valentine - Denver CO
Edwin J. Gale - Aurora CO

Stanley Aviation Corporation - Denver CO

F16L 3500

285 93

Flexible fluid couplings incorporating spherical seats which permit the interconnected pipe section to move axially and/or articulate relative to each other. O-ring seals in the coupling are protected against pressure induced extrusion. The center of articulation is located in a plane which passes close to the O-ring seals.