| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 285027000 | Guide | 19 |
| 20080265562 | "Pipe/Connector Weld Joint, and Methods of Welding Same" - The present invention is directed to a method for welding a pipe section and a connector, wherein each of the pipe and connector have inner and outer beveled surfaces and the joint is comprised of an angular alignment land. In one embodiment, an outer beveled surface on the pipe and an inner beveled surface on the connector cooperate to define the angular alignment land. In yet another illustrative embodiment, the inner beveled surface of the connector and the outer beveled surface of the pipe have a bevel angle of approximately 30 degrees, while the outer beveled surface of the connector and the inner beveled surface of the pipe have a beveled angle of approximately 45 degrees. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090085347 | FLANGE-FORMING SYSTEM FOR TUBE AND RELATED METHODS - A system is configured for forming a flange at an end of a tube. The system includes a collar configured to receive the tube. A first roller engages the collar and a second roller is configured to cooperate with the first roller to rotate the collar and the tube. A rotatable cam is disposed about the second roller and includes a cam surface configured to bend the end of the tube to thereby form the flange. The collar may be configured to restrict axial movement of the tube relative to the collar. Additionally or alternatively, the collar may be configured to restrict rotational movement of the tube relative to the collar. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20100052309 | Umbilical Bullet Connector - The invention described herein is directed to a bullet connector for umbilicals, and for a method of disconnecting an umbilical from a bullet connector. The bullet connector described herein comprises a tapered nose cone, a body comprising a cylindrical housing, a cylinder removeably mounted in the cylindrical housing, and a locking plate removeably fastened to the lower region of the cylinder. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100230948 | COUPLINGS FOR WATER FED POLES - A coupling for joining a first pole section and a second pole section is provided. The coupling includes a male portion secured to the first pole section and a female portion secured to the second pole section. The male portion has a first male guide, a second male guide, and a first threaded section between the first and second male guides. The female portion has a first female guide, a second female guide, and a second threaded section between the first and second female guides. The guides are spaced from one another and from the first and second threaded sections so that the first male and female guides are engaged with one another and the second male and female guides are engaged with one another before the threaded sections engage with one another. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110095519 | PIPE CLAMP WITH SELF-ALIGNING MECHANISM WHILE CLOSIING OF SAME - The invention relates to a pipe clamp. The invention provides an improved external clamp for use on pipes, provided with a self-aligning mechanism. The self-aligning means is particularly useful in combination with a band pipe clamp or a band pipe coupling. The means comprising a first and a second rounded wedge-like shapes, the wedge base of the two shapes being disposed at an acute angle to each other when installed, the rounded wedge tips being in contact with each other, the metal band of the pipe coupling or clamp, when tightened by at least one screw fasteners reducing the acute angle between the bases of the wedge-like shapes. The wedge like position being provided with at least one aperture allowing passage for at least one screw fastener therethrough. The first wedge being provided with an alignment projection while the second wedge being provided with a complementary recess. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20120133122 | COUPLING DEVICE - A coupling device for connecting a first coupling housing ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120193906 | RISER BENDING RELIEF JOINT - A connector for use with a subsea riser installation is provided. The connector comprises a body, wherein the body comprises a first connecting face comprising a through-passageway and adapted for connection to a first external conduit element and a ball joint within the body, wherein the ball joint comprises a through-passageway which is substantially aligned with the through-passageway in the first face, and a second connecting face on an opposite side of the connector to the first connecting face and adapted for connection to a second external conduit element. The connector further comprises at least one detent mechanism adapted to engage a corresponding locating feature on the ball joint, wherein the through-passageway are maintained in alignment and wherein the ball joint is prevented from moving relative to the body until a predetermined bending moment is applied to the ball joint across the axis of the through-passageway in the ball joint. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20130001942 | POKA-YOKE FOR A SET OF HYDRAULIC FITTINGS - A hydraulic manifold assembly having a block including a plurality of fluid ports provided on a common surface of the block, and a set of hydraulic fittings. Each fitting is assigned to a prescribed one of the ports. Each fitting includes a hollow bolt insertable into the prescribed fluid port, and a banjo block having a first aperture for receiving the hollow bolt and a second aperture intersecting the first aperture. The second aperture provides an external fluid port for fluidly coupling a remote device. The plurality of banjo blocks includes at least one adjacent pair of banjo blocks that are unique from each other and have exterior shapes complementary to each other to control the relative orientation therebetween when coupled to the prescribed fluid ports. The exterior shapes of the adjacent banjo blocks cooperate to prevent misassembly. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130106093 | Misalignment Connector Utilizing Interleaved Bearings | 05-02-2013 |
| 20150108748 | MULTIPLE PLATE QUICK DISCONNECT SANDWICH FITTING - A fitting allowing a quick connection and disconnection of liquid color conduits includes a quick disconnect plate assembly having three plates layered on top of each other, the top plate including guides sized to receive projections extending off structure to which the fitting is to be connected, with the middle plate including stops engaging with the same projections upon rotation of the structure. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150300555 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Assembly of an Exhaust Aftertreatment Component - An exhaust aftertreatment assembly for treating exhaust gas. According to various embodiments, a first housing has a first end and a second housing has a second end, the second end being coupled to the first end. At least one alignment bracket is coupled to the first housing proximate the first end. An annular gasket is supported on the at least one alignment bracket between the first and second ends. The at least one alignment bracket may comprise a base having a curved surface conforming to the interior surface of the housing, the base having a length that is less than a circumference of the interior surface. A stop arm extends substantially transversely from the base. A support arm extends substantially transversely from the stop arm and substantially parallel to the base. An insulation receiving space is defined between the base, stop arm, and support arm. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150344016 | HOLDING ASSEMBLY - A holding assembly for securing a flange part which is provided on a braking device on an bulkhead of a motor vehicle, which bulkhead divides an engine compartment from a vehicle interior, wherein a holding plate is fastened on the side of the bulkhead facing the engine compartment and is provided with a form-locking connection that engages with the flange part. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160025250 | CONNECTING DEVICE FOR TUBES AND GUIDE RING WITH FORCED CIRCULATION IN POTENTIAL RETENTION AREAS - A connection device comprising a body defining a channel having at least one tube end reception segment. Centering means for centering the tube end are arranged in a zone extending between the outer surface of the tube, a facing surface of the segment, and the sealing element. The centering means include positioning elements that are arranged to co-operate with a surface of the segment and with an outer surface of the tube and to define at least one sweeping duct for sweeping the zone, the duct having at least one inlet in the vicinity of which there extends at least one deflector arranged to insert, into the sweeping duct, fluid diverted from the flow traveling through the device, and at least one outlet for returning the fluid that has passed through the sweeping duct back to the flow. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160040814 | TUBE-FITTING STRUCTURE FOR PURE-WATER LINE - The present invention relates to a tube-fitting structure for a pure-water line of a water purifier or refrigerator. The present invention provides a tube connecting structure in which a tube fitted into a body having a fitting part formed therein is fixed by a cap, wherein a guide groove formed to have a receiving recess curved downward is formed on an outer circumferential surface of a tube link part of the body, and wherein a guide protrusion is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the tube corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the body to allow the guide protrusion to be coupled along the guide groove, so that the tube is easily assembled with the body while the cap is rotated due to an inclined surface of the guide groove. Thus, in spite of enhancing the air tightness of the fitting structure, the assembly is improved. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160074890 | HEAD AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING A DISPENSING MEMBER ON THE NECK OF A CONTAINER - A mounting head (T) for mounting a pump or a valve on a neck ( | 03-17-2016 |
| 285028000 | Plural noncommunicating | 4 |
| 285029000 | With latch or lock | 4 |
| 20090051161 | Multiconnector For a Conduit - Multiconnector for hoses ( | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090102182 | Connection apparatus and method - A connection apparatus. The apparatus comprises a wing mandrel having a first check valve disposed within an inner bore of the wing mandrel, a thread mandrel abutting the wing mandrel, with the thread mandrel having outer threads and a second check valve disposed within an inner bore of the thread mandrel. The apparatus further comprises a latch dog carrier disposed about the wing mandrel and the thread mandrel, with the latch dog carrier having a plurality of dogs, wherein the dogs having an inner portion with threads and an outer portion with outer ribs. The apparatus further contains a shell partially disposed about the latch dog carrier, with the shell having inner ribs, and wherein the inner ribs of the shell engage the outer ribs of the dogs. The apparatus further comprises a hydraulic port configured to deliver hydraulic fluid to the latch dog carrier so that the shell moves relative to the latch dog carrier in order to disconnect. A method of releasing a union is also disclosed. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090302597 | Liquid Tank Connector - A liquid tank connector for preventing leakage of contents in a liquid tank when removing a socket from a plug fixed to the liquid tank is provided. The liquid tank connector which includes a plug to be fixed to a liquid tank where liquid is stored, a socket which is able to be connected and disconnected with respect to the plug, and a sleeve for releasing a connected state between the plug and the socket by a relative movement with respect to the socket, and in which a liquid flow channels and gas flow channels are formed in a liquid deliverable state in which the plug and the socket are connected, and which includes: a cock which forms a gas flow channel in the liquid deliverable state, and the relative movement of the sleeve is controlled by the position of the cock in the liquid deliverable state. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100013213 | Structure for connection between integrated panel and fluid device - A connecting structure for an integration panel and a fluid device which, in order to promote integration of fluid pipes, can be further compactified is provided. In a concentric double flow path type connecting structure, an integration panel | 01-21-2010 |
