Patent ID: 7258139
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: F15B,F16K,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bridge fitting for use in a fluid manifold system for being in fluid communication with two or more surface mounted fluid components having an inlet port and an adjacent outlet port, the bridge fitting comprising: a housing comprising a first port disposed at a first end portion of the housing connected to a second port disposed at a second end portion of the housing, with an internal fluid passageway joining said first port and said second port and spacing the first port and the second port apart; a first projection extending from less than an entirety of a substantially planar surface of the first end portion of the housing and a second projection extending from less than an entirety of a substantially planar surface of the second end portion of the housing, wherein at least one of the first and second projections is spaced apart from the first and second ports.