US 11,703,365 B2
Automatic fluid flow system with push-button connection
Michal Tourchak, Atlanta, GA (US); Jason Jishen Cheng, Avondale Estates, GA (US); and Rohit Sinha, Lawrenceville, GA (US)
Assigned to C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed by C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,535.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/051,760, filed on Jul. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018692 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G01F 1/56 (2006.01); F16M 11/22 (2006.01); G01F 15/18 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 1/56 (2013.01) [F16M 11/22 (2013.01); G01F 15/18 (2013.01); F16M 2200/024 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic fluid flow measuring system, comprising:
a ring connector configured to be coupled to a fluid collection system and including a first electrical contact disposed on a first surface; and
a load cell including a second electrical contact disposed on a second surface, the load cell configured to engage and retain the ring connector such that the first electrical contact engages the second electrical contact along an axis extending perpendicular to both the first surface and the second surface.