US 12,247,673 B2
Schrader valve adapter and optimizer
Henry J. Kuo, Orange, CA (US)
Assigned to Fieldpiece Instruments, Inc., Orange, CA (US)
Filed by Fieldpiece Instruments, Inc., Orange, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/214,749.
Prior Publication US 2025/0003514 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. F16K 27/02 (2006.01); F25B 45/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 27/0209 (2013.01) [F25B 45/00 (2013.01); F16K 2200/501 (2021.08); Y10T 137/3724 (2015.04)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A Schrader valve adapter and optimizer comprising:
a female flare adapter having a female input and a male output;
an adjustment collar having a threaded female socket at a first end and an internal shoulder adjacent a second end, the threaded female socket engaging the male output of the female flare adapter;
an internal conduit having an internal bore, a first end, a second end, an external ridge between the first and second end and an external slot between the second end and the external ridge, the internal conduit extending through the female flare adapter and the adjustment collar, the first end having a core depressor socket within the female flare adapter and the second end and external slot extending beyond the second end of the adjustment collar second end;
a hose adapter having a first end and a second end, the first end having a male flare fitting with an internal Schrader valve, the second end having a socket sealingly engaged to the second end of the internal conduit creating a sealed conduit from the male flare fitting at the first end of the hose adapter to the core depressor socket within the female flare adapter; and
a snap ring engaging the external slot of the internal conduit to maintain the internal shoulder of the adjustment collar in contact with the external ridge of the internal conduit.