LexDanaLexDanabeta
USPatentGranted
S1

Fluid coupling

Granted 24 Mar 2026 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Colder Products Company · originally Colder Products

Law firm: Law firm · Log in to unlock

Attorney: Attorney · Log in to unlock

Inventors: Xin Zhang, Grant A. Wilhelm, Yogesh Mohan Bhat, Junxiao Chen +2 · Examiner: George J Ulsh · AU 2925 · TC 2900

Application
29/964,666
filed 24 Sep 2024
Publication
Not published
not published
Patent· this page
US D1120238
granted 24 Mar 2026
1
Claims
1 independent
2044
20-year term
term adjustment not held
none
Litigation
checked
1
Classifications
167
Citations
166 cites · 1 cited by

Life of the patent

3 dated events
⤢ drag to zoom20242026202820302032203420362038204020422044ProsecutionTerm & fees
ProsecutionTerm & feeshover for detail · click to open

Description

1 parts
›FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of the fluid coupling.

FIG. 2 is a first side view of the fluid coupling.

FIG. 3 is a second side view of the fluid coupling.

FIG. 4 is a third side view of the fluid coupling.

FIG. 5 is a fourth side view of the fluid coupling.

FIG. 6 is a top view of the fluid coupling; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the fluid coupling.

The dashed broken lines illustrate portions of the fluid coupling that form no part of the claimed design. The dash dot broken lines shown in the figures depict boundaries of the claim and form no part thereof.

the grant prints no section headings; every part label below is ours, taken from that part's own first words

Claims

1 · 1 independent · depth 1
1 granted claims

Classifications

1 codes
USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/262

Claim changes

Soon
Coming soonHow the claims changed between publication and grant

See which claims were amended, added or cancelled during examination, with every added and removed word marked.

AmendedAddedCancelledUnchanged

The published claims of this patent are not paired with the granted ones in what we hold.

File wrapper

Pendency
1.5 y
546 days filing → grant
Office actions
0
on the grant's record
Examiner
George J Ulsh
art unit 2925 · TC 2900
Law firm
Law firm · Log in to unlock
Citations: 166 back · 1 forward

Term & fees

See the term timeline — pendency span, in-force span, the maintenance fees paid and both computed expiry dates.

Log in to unlock

Worldwide family

15 members · 4 offices
US8EP5CN1WO1
this patentIP5 & PCTother officessolid = grantedhover for detail · click to open
Members
15
DOCDB simple family 80353846
Offices
4
US · EP · CN · WO
Granted
6 of 15
grant date present
Non-English titles
4
shown as filed, never translated
›IP5 & PCT — 15 members
OfficePublicationKindPublishedFiledStatusTitle
USUS-2022065376-A1A13 Mar 202219 Aug 2021publishedFluid couplings
USUS-11566738-B2B231 Jan 202319 Aug 2021grantedFluid couplings
USUS-2023184359-A1A115 Jun 202327 Jan 2023publishedFluid couplings
USUS-D1052698-SS126 Nov 20248 Sep 2021grantedFluid coupling
USUS-D1053997-SS110 Dec 20248 Sep 2021grantedFluid coupling
USUS-2026009486-A1A18 Jan 202615 Sep 2025publishedFluid couplings
USUS-12565956-B2B23 Mar 202627 Jan 2023grantedFluid couplings
USthis patentUS-D1120238-SS124 Mar 202624 Sep 2024grantedFluid coupling
EPEP-4204727-A1A15 Jul 202319 Aug 2021publishedFluid couplings
EPEP-4204727-A4A429 Nov 202319 Aug 2021publishedFlüssigkeitskupplungde
EPEP-4204727-B1B119 Nov 202519 Aug 2021grantedFlüssigkeitskupplungde
EPEP-4675146-A2A27 Jan 202619 Aug 2021publishedCouplage fluidiquefr
EPEP-4675146-A3A318 Mar 202619 Aug 2021publishedFlüssigkeitskupplungde
CNCN-115702306-AA14 Feb 202319 Aug 2021publishedFluid coupling
WOWO-2022046509-A1A13 Mar 202219 Aug 2021publishedFluid couplings

Validity challenges

See the validity challenges on record — reexaminations, IPRs and PGRs, with their institution decisions and outcomes.

Log in to unlock

Citations

See every patent this one cites and every patent that cites it back — publication, assignee, and how each one was found.

Log in to unlock