US 12,292,150 B2
Water port closure assembly
Piotr Kroczek, Nieciszów (PL); Dariusz Homa, Gliwice (PL); and Monika Kotwica, Bolesławice (PL)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/192,749.
Claims priority of application No. 22461535 (EP), filed on Apr. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0323994 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 55/10 (2006.01); F16K 1/24 (2006.01); F16K 27/12 (2006.01); F16L 55/115 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 55/1018 (2013.01) [F16K 1/24 (2013.01); F16K 27/12 (2013.01); F16L 55/115 (2013.01); F16L 55/1157 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A closure assembly for a fluid port having a fluid flow channel defined along an axis, the channel ending in a port opening, the closure assembly comprising:
a closure cap extending in a first plane arranged to seat across, and close the port opening, in use, in a closed state,
a guide arm extending from the cap in a second plane substantially perpendicular to the first plane;
a lifting guide to accommodate and retain the guide arm for movement of the guide arm in the second plane as the cap moves axially away from the opening; and
a pivot mechanism between the guide arm and the lifting guide about which the cap is able to pivot relative to the lifting guide to an open position;
wherein the lifting guide defines a receptacle to receive the guide arm such that the guide arm can move in and axially relative to the lifting guide.