Retention system for gas cylinder valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10801674-B2
Application number	US-201916368239-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2019
Priority date	Oct 13, 2016
Publication date	Oct 13, 2020
Grant date	Oct 13, 2020

Abstract

A retention assembly for a valve assembly of a charged cylinder may comprise a first fitting coupled to the valve assembly and a second fitting coupled to the charged cylinder. A retaining member may be coupled between the first fitting and the second fitting. The retaining member may be disposed within an interior chamber of the charged cylinder.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method for retaining a valve assembly to a charged cylinder, comprising:
coupling the valve assembly to a first port of the charged cylinder, the valve assembly including a first fitting;
inserting a retaining member into a second port, the retaining member including a flange extending radially outward from the retaining member, the flange contacting a second fitting in response to inserting the retaining member into the second port; and
coupling the retaining member to the first fitting of the valve assembly and to the second port of the charged cylinder by rotating the retaining member to thread the retaining member to the first fitting.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first port and the second port are disposed at opposing ends of the charged cylinder.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the coupling the retaining member to the valve assembly further comprises disposing the retaining member within an interior chamber of the charged cylinder.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the retaining member is configured to axially retain the valve assembly proximate the charged cylinder.

Assignees

• Goodrich Corp

Inventors

• Schmidt Ryan
• Baglini Jr James
• Ruegsegger Nick

Classifications

• F17C1/00 Primary

  Pressure vessels, e.g. gas cylinder, gas tank, replaceable cartridge (pressurised apparatus for purposes other than storage, see the relevant subclasses such as A62C, B05B; associated with vehicles, see the appropriate subclass of classes B60 - B64; pressure vessels in general F16J12/00 {; autoclaves B01J3/04; tank vehicles B60P3/22; railway tank wagons for carrying fluent materials B61D5/00; accumulators for supplying fluid under pressure F15B1/04; liquefied gas stoves F24C3/00}) · CPC title

• F17C2205/0323

  Valves · CPC title

• F17C2201/0104

  cylindrical · CPC title

• F17C13/04 Primary

  Arrangement or mounting of valves (valves per se F16K {; snap-coupling of nipples F16L37/00}) · CPC title

• F17C2270/0105

  Ships · CPC title