Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Umbrella check valve assembly having retention plate
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Application No.: US18103440Application Date: 2023-01-30
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Publication No.: US11873913B2Publication Date: 2024-01-16
- Inventor: Charles R. Rhodes , Jonathan O. Schultz
- Applicant: LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Agency: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Main IPC: F16K15/14
- IPC: F16K15/14

Abstract:
A check valve assembly includes a first port fitting and a second port fitting with a base secured therebetween. The base has an annular sleeve encircling a seat, the seat having a central mounting hole and one or more flow channels passing therethrough. An umbrella valve includes a flexible sealing disk having an outer surface and an opposing inner surface, a mounting stem extending from the inner surface and projecting into the mounting hole of the base, the sealing disk being movable between a first position wherein at least a portion of the sealing disk sits on the seat so as to cover the one or more flow channels and a second position wherein the sealing disk is resiliently flexed so as to at least partially uncover the one or more flow channels. A retention plate is disposed between first port fitting and the seat of the base so that the retention plate sits against the outer surface of the sealing disk.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230184347A1 UMBRELLA CHECK VALVE ASSEMBLY HAVING RETENTION PLATE Public/Granted day:2023-06-15
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