| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 285256000 | Deformation | 44 |
| 20080284164 | Non-Serviceable Fluid Coupling - A non-serviceable coupling includes a body with a tube receiving end bore and a hose receiving end bore. The tube includes a radial upset with a seal and spacer supported on the tube. The outer cylindrical surface of the tube is press fit into the reduced diameter bore at the tube receiving end to connect the coupling to the tube. The coupling body is crimped to the tube and to the hose to secure the hose and tube to the coupling. The tube is axially restrained between the crimp and an annular wall in contact with the tube end. In another embodiment, a second seal, outward of the upset is employed to prevent entry of contaminants. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080309075 | Connecting Device - A connection device for the connection of a hose to a fluid-transporting line or assembly. The connection device comprises a connecting nipple and a compression sleeve. The nipple includes a fluid channel and a cylindrical or conical peripheral surface, and an annular ring. The compression sleeve includes a hose fitting section and a plastically deformable connecting area associated with the annular ring. In an embodiment, the connecting area fastens the compression sleeve to the connecting nipple without engaging behind it or extending beyond the annular ring. Methods for establishing a hose connection are also disclosed. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309076 | Device and Method for a Fluid-Tight Connection - A device for connecting a fluid conduit to an orifice of a vessel includes a flexible fitting, a deformable fitting, and one or more compression fittings. The flexible fitting can fix a position of the fluid conduit with respect to the orifice of the vessel, and the deformable fitting can provide a fluid seal between the fluid conduit and the orifice of the vessel. A method for connecting a fluid conduit to an orifice of a vessel includes urging a deformable fitting against both a surface of the fluid conduit and the orifice, urging a flexible fitting toward a surface of the fluid conduit, and attaching the flexible fitting to the orifice. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090008933 | Method of manufacturing hose coupling fitting - A hose coupling fitting is furnished with a coupling head portion having a connecting hole, and a nipple portion having a nipple hole, and is fabricated through sequential cold forging steps carried out on a rod material. Specifically, a first pilot hole is formed along the center axis from a first end of the rod material, and a second pilot hole is formed along the center axis from the other end of the rod material. The second pilot hole is connected to the first pilot hole, and is formed with smaller diameter than the first pilot hole and larger diameter than the nipple hole. The surrounding area of the second pilot hole is then worked to form the nipple portion. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090072532 | Terminations for high-pressure/high-temperature hoses - A termination apparatus for use in providing a termination on a hose by crimping and a method of forming a termination. The apparatus includes a hose former adapted to be positioned at the hose end. The former has one or more, preferably annular, grooves, and a corresponding number of crimped rings crimped into the groove(s), so that the material of the hose is forced into a serpentine shape in cross-section. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090256353 | Tube To Hose Coupling - A tube-to-hose coupling includes an elongated hollow insert connected between an end of the tube and defining an insert receiving portion and the end of the hose defining an insert receiving portion. The insert is disposed in the insert receiving portion of the tube end and the insert receiving portion of the hose end in fluid tight sealing relation. Thermoplastic polymeric material is bonded between the insert and the hose during insertion of the insert into the bore of the hose. The tube is connected to the insert and the hose by plastic deformation. In one embodiment the polymeric material is a layer defining the internal bore of the hose. In another, the polymeric material defines an outer layer on the insert. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100059991 | FITTING CONNECTION FOR HIGH-PRESSURE HOSES - A connection assembly for a hose end. The assembly includes a fitting, a connector, and a shell formed of a pair of closable halves. The a fitting includes a nipple having a first end insertable in the hose end and a second end, a flange surrounding the nipple, and a sleeve disposed over the nipple first end. With the hose end being inserted between the sleeve and the nipple, the second nipple end being slidably received coaxially in the connector, and the shell halves being closed over the fitting with the flange being received in a first cavity portion thereof, and with the connector being received in a second cavity of the shell, the fitting is slidably movable in the shell responsive to fluid pressure from a release position to a locked position wherein the flange interferingly engages the first cavity portion preventing the shell halves from being opened. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100084860 | PIPE FITTING, PARTICULARLY FOR AIR CONDITIONING, CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS - A pipe fitting for rubber hoses, of the type with a thermoplastic substrate, particularly for air conditioning, conditioning and refrigeration systems, particularly for vehicles and the like, comprising a rigid insert which is adapted to be inserted in a hose to be connected, and a bell-shaped element which is adapted to be crimped around the hose, its particularity consisting in that it comprises a double-adhesive solution which is arranged on the outer surface of said rigid insert and is adapted to produce adhesion between said rigid insert and said thermoplastic material of said internal layer of the rubber hose. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100102552 | HOSE COUPLING AND HOSE - The hose includes an outer jacket which includes warp and weft fibers made of Vectran®. The process for making the hose, includes: forming an inner liner and coating the exterior thereof with adhesive; weaving, in a twill weave pattern, Vectran® yarn, in a repeating 2-4-2-4-2 pattern in both the warp and the weft directions; extruding polyurethane onto the woven vectran yarn, the polyurethane extending into pillars between the warp and weft yarn, forming an outer liner; inserting the inner liner coated with adhesive within the outer liner; and, pressurizing the inner liner with steam expanding the inner liner and the adhesive into engagement with the Vectran® yarn and polyurethane pillars of the outer liner. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100123309 | Crimpable or swageable fluid power ferrules couplings, systems and methods employing torque communication - A hose end coupling comprising a unitary one-piece stem having an exterior barb end portion and an exterior ferrule interface portion, with a unitary one-piece radially crushable ferrule disposed over the stem, with a crushable socket portion disposed about the barb end portion, a deformable attachment portion disposed about the ferrule interface portion, and a torque communication portion defined between the socket portion and the attachment portion. The socket portion may retain a “C” shaped insert, one or more coiled inserts, or a plurality of stacked inserts, for gripping a hose end and the socket portion might define a lip, with a seal disposed in the socket portion between the insert(s) and the lip. Some embodiments of a “C” shaped insert define inner-circumferential teeth and corresponding outer-circumferential depression indentions. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123310 | Crimpable or swageable fluid power ferrules, couplings, systems and methods - A hose end coupling comprising a unitary one-piece stem having an exterior barb end portion and an exterior ferrule interface portion, with a unitary one-piece radially crushable ferrule disposed over the stem, with a crushable socket portion disposed about the barb end portion, a deformable attachment portion disposed about the ferrule interface portion, and a torque communication portion defined between the socket portion and the attachment portion. The socket portion may retain a “C” shaped insert, one or more coiled inserts, or a plurality of stacked inserts, for gripping a hose end and the socket portion might define a lip, with a seal disposed in the socket portion between the insert(s) and the lip. Some embodiments of a “C” shaped insert define inner-circumferential teeth and corresponding outer-circumferential depression indentions. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100140926 | CRIMPABLE OR SWAGEABLE FLUID POWER FERRULES, COUPLINGS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING TORQUE COMMUNICATION - A hose end coupling unitary, one-piece radially crushable ferrule has a crushable socket portion, a deformable attachment portion, and a work hardened torque communication portion defined between the socket portion and the attachment portion. The torque communication portion may be formed in the unitary one-piece radially crushable ferrule, contiguous with the socket portion and the attachment portion. Corners of the torque communication portion may be strengthened and/or the torque communication portion work hardened by disposing a die set about the formed torque communication portion and pressing the torque communication portion into the die set, strengthening corners of the torque communication portion and work hardening the torque communication portion. A mandrel having a desired internal shape of the torque communication portion may be deployed inside the torque communication portion during pressing. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100187815 | HOSE FITTING AND METHOD FOR FASTENING THE HOSE FITTING TO A HOSE - A hose fitting and a method for fastening a hose fitting to a hose end section are disclosed. The hose fitting includes a connecting element and holding sleeve. The connecting element includes an insert section configured to be inserted into the hose end section. The holding sleeve includes a fixing section with a fixing part to engage a fixing counter part of the connecting element to fix the holding sleeve to the connecting element. A holding section of the holding sleeve may include radially inward projecting holding projections. The fixing and holding sections may be connected via an intermediate section arranged therebetween. In the fastened state, where the hose fitting is fastened to the hose end section, the holding projection may intrude into an outer sheathing of the hose end section. A clearance can be created between the hose end and the fixing part in the fastened state. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100194100 | TORSION-PROOF HOSE CONNECTION - A connecting device for connecting a hose in a fluid-conveying system including a nipple and a compression sleeve. The nipple has a rotation-symmetrical hose-receiving section and, at a distance therefrom, an anti-twist section that is configured in a non-circular manner, at least after a connection has been established between said hose and the nipple. The compression sleeve is configured to extend over the hose-receiving section and over the anti-twist section. The compression sleeve is further configured for a positive-locking engagement with respect to a relative rotation in the anti-twist section. The anti-twist section is configured as a non-circular deformation of at least part of the nipple. A method for establishing an anti-twist connection between a nipple and a hose using a compression sleeve is also disclosed. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100308575 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE HYDRAULIC HOSE - An electrically conductive hose apparatus includes a hose having a wire reinforcer therein that is electrically conductive, an end section with some hose material being cut away to expose ends of the wire reinforcer; a hose end stem engaging the hose but not the wire reinforcer; a conductive ferrule sleeve clamped onto the exposed ends of the wire reinforcer; an insulated wire in electrical contact with the exposed ends of the wire reinforcer and the sleeve to form an electrically conductive circuit; and a rotatable coupling nut for rotatably connecting the hose and stem to a high pressure hydraulic system but that is insulated from the electrically conductive circuit. The apparatus can be used in an existing pre-approved high pressure hydraulic hose, thus saving time and effort, while providing reliability and low cost. A related method is also provided. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110068572 | SWAGED COUPLING FOR HIGH-PRESSURE HOSE, HIGH-PRESSURE HOSE WITH SWAGED COUPLING, AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A hose coupling for high-pressure hoses includes a stem and a ridged outer ferrule connected to the stem, wherein a staggered portion is disposed on the stem in the proximity of the connection of the stem and the ridged outer ferrule, where the diameter of the staggered portion is larger than the diameter of the stem, and the staggered portion has an undercut and a cutting edge. Also, a high-pressure hose fitted with the above swaged coupling, and a method for producing it. In the method, prior to swaging, the cover of the hose is removed at the portion where the cover is in connection with the ridges of the ridged outer ferrule of the hose coupling, and the hose liner and an optionally included load distribution textile ply or cord fabric ply are also removed from the hose end before swaging at a length not longer than the length of the staggered portion of the stem. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110215567 | SACRIFICIAL HOSE FITTING ASSEMBLY - A hose fitting assembly is provided, wherein the components are operably engaged with a length of hose to form a sacrificial construction. An end fitting having an insertion stem is disposed within a portion of the hose, wherein a clamping sleeve receiving a length of the hose threadingly engages the end fitting. A swaging collar is slide along the hose to threadingly engage the clamping sleeve, such that complete threaded engagement of the swaging collar and the clamping sleeve circumferentially compress and deform a portion of the clamping sleeve to clamp a portion of the hose intermediate the clamping sleeve and the insertion stem, and partially deformed threads on at least one of the clamping sleeve and the swaging collar. The hose fitting assembly can cooperatively engage a flexible high pressure metal braided hose, wherein the metal braid is formed of a less than full tensile strength steel, such as half hard stainless steel. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110227333 | END PIECE FOR A CORRUGATED HOSE AND PARTS SET CONTAINING SUCH AN END PIECE - An end piece for a corrugated hose contains a bushing having a front region and a rear region opposite of a longitudinal direction. The rear region is located inside the hose in a mounted state of the bushing. The front region has a collar forming a groove for receiving the free end of the hose. The rear region has a plurality of flexible tongues, which have a relief direction that is oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the bushing and directed toward the outer chamber of the bushing. A portion of the flexible tongues contains a radially projecting detent protrusion for implementing an engagement active in the longitudinal direction of the bushing. A retaining sleeve, received by the bushing with precise fit and, in the mounted state of the end piece, extends in an inner chamber enclosed by the bushing, limits the radial play of the flexible tongue. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110309613 | Crimped or swaged couplings for cable reinforced hoses - A hose coupling for fitment to an end of a cable reinforced hose comprises a unitary stem having a cable trap groove portion having an outside diameter greater than an inside diameter of a tube of the hose and less than an inside diameter of the hose with the tube skived from the hose. A unitary ferrule defines at least one cable trap rib corresponding to the cable trap groove and having an inside diameter less than the outside diameter of the cable reinforced hose and greater than an outside diameter of the hose with material covering the cable skived from the hose. The groove width is at least the width of the rib plus twice the diameter of cable reinforcing the hose. Epoxy may be disposed between the hose tube and the stem for sealing or injected between the ferrule and the stem permeating the cable. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120133125 | Pipe joint - A pipe joint includes a soft pipe, a hard pipe and a sleeve. The hard pipe includes an insert portion inserted into an inside of the soft pipe from an end portion of the soft pipe. The sleeve is arranged radially outside of the insert portion and the soft pipe, and presses the soft pipe toward the insert portion. The insert portion includes a corrugated surface, which is arranged on an outer surface of the insert portion, and a column surface, which is arranged on the outer surface at a tip side of the insert portion. The sleeve includes a first small diameter portion, which is arranged radially outside of the corrugated surface and presses the soft pipe toward the corrugated surface, and a second small diameter portion arranged radially outside of the column surface and presses the soft pipe toward the column surface. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20130076024 | HOSE COUPLING WITH A NON-SWAGED PORTION - An umbilical hose end coupling that comprises a sleeve and an insert for the sleeve, the insert having a hose end for insertion into the hose and the sleeve having a hose end for covering the exterior of the hose and the insert, and the insert and sleeve each having a coupling end for engaging each other, and the sleeve having a first specified region that is subject to swaging and a second specified region that is not subject to swaging. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130099479 | CRIMPABLE OR SWAGEABLE FLUID POWER FERRULES, COUPLINGS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A hose end coupling comprising a unitary one-piece stem having an exterior barb end portion and an exterior ferrule interface portion, with a unitary one-piece radially crushable ferrule disposed over the stein, with a crushable socket portion disposed about the barb end portion, a deformable attachment portion disposed about the ferrule interface portion, and a torque communication portion defined between the socket portion and the attachment portion. The socket portion may retain a “C” shaped insert, one or more coiled inserts, or a plurality of stacked inserts, for gripping a hose end and the socket portion might define a lip, with a seal disposed in the socket portion between the insert(s) and the lip. Some embodiments of a “C” shaped insert define inner-circumferential teeth and corresponding outer-circumferential depression indentions. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130207384 | SOLDERLESS HOSE CONNECTION FOR A LINE SECTION OF AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A method for manufacturing a connection between a hose and coaxial line section is provided. The method includes providing an outer pipe, inserting an inner pipe along with a hose situated at least partially on an outer periphery of the inner pipe inside the outer pipe, and deforming the outer pipe, the inner pipe or both so that the hose becomes clamped between the inner pipe and outer pipe. A coaxial line section for a refrigerant circuit of a motor vehicle also is provided. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20140015247 | CONNECTOR FOR FLEXIBLE HOSES - A connector for flexible hoses, comprising: a hollow main body forming an element for coupling with a flexible hose comprising at least two ramp-like annular elements, separated by at least one circumferential recess and forming a housing for a sealing element; at least one sealing element, designed to be positioned in the recess; and at least one clamping element designed to apply a force in a radial direction on the outer surface of the flexible hose when the flexible hose is coupled with the hollow main body, and operating in conjunction with the sealing element to allow, in use, a sealed coupling between the flexible hose and the hollow main body. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140203549 | Armored Hose Assembly - A hose assembly is provided having a bendable inner hose, a bendable outer hose, and a ferrule, wherein both the inner and outer hose are connected to the ferrule. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140246851 | HOSE COUPLING - A hose coupling ( | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140252760 | Hose Connector Assembly For Coupling Pressurized Hoses - A hose connector assembly configured to repair or connect hoses, such as hydraulic hoses including a crimping sleeve, a hose insert and a first and second clamping nut. The hose insert is positioned within the crimping sleeve. The first clamping nut extends about the crimping sleeve on one side with the second clamping nut extending about the crimping sleeve on the other side. Whereupon, the tightening of the first clamping nut directs the crimping sleeve toward the hose insert to clamp a hose therebetween, and the tightening of the second clamping nut directs the crimping sleeve toward the hose insert to clamp a hose therebetween. The hose insert having a bore extending therethrough so as to place the hose portions in sealed fluid engagement through the bore. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140291981 | END CONNECTOR FOR HIGH PRESSURE HIGH TEMPERATURE REINFORCED RUBBER HOSE - An improved swage fitted end connector for high pressure large diameter reinforced flexible rubber hose utilizing sine-wave locking of the reinforcement and carefully machined internal grippers to cause a portion of the reinforcement wire to connect directly to the connector and particularly suited to the petrochemical and drilling industries is disclosed. A connector for use with high temperature-high pressure large diameter wire reinforced rubber hose is discussed along with other embodiments. All connectors will withstand the rated burst pressure and temperature of the hose without pumping off or leaking; thus, any hose that utilizes the improved device will fail before the connector pops off of the hose. Two alternate embodiments are discussed. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150021906 | Pipe Fitting Assembly - A pipe fitting assembly for use with pipes made of plastics materials. The pipe fitting assembly has a body which includes at least one male pipe engagement section which includes a plurality of engagement ridges. The pipe fitting assembly also includes swage collar over the or each male pipe engagement section which is secured at one end to the body and is swageable over its associated male pipe engagement section to hold a pipe securely to the pipe fitting assembly. The or each male pipe engagement section also includes at least one pipe engagement detection feature which is configured to allow relatively free movement of a pipe onto the or each male pipe engagement section, but is configured to resist movement of a pipe back off the or each male pipe engagement section. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150102597 | HYDRAULIC FITTING FOR A HYDRAULIC HOSE - A hydraulic hose fitting comprises a hydraulic hose engaging portion and a hydraulic port engaging portion. The hydraulic hose engaging portion includes a body having an axial bore extending therethrough and a stem press-fit into the axial bore. The hydraulic port engaging portion is coupled to the hydraulic hose engaging portion. The hydraulic port engaging portion may be a swivel nut. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150108753 | Hex Swaged Fluid Coupling and Method of Making Same - A fluid coupling including a cylindrical stem having a fluid conduit therethrough and a hollow shell provided over a first end of the stem. A tool engaging hexagonal shape on an outer surface of the shell is disposed radially outward from a swage joined portion of the shell to the stem. The tool engaging hexagonal shape includes six non-contiguous flats having rounded portions therebetween. The swage joined portion and the tool engaging hexagonal shape are located at the same axial location along a centerline of the hollow shell, and the swage joined portion has an axial length along the centerline corresponding to an axial length along the centerline corresponding to an axial length along the centerline of the tool engaging hexagonal shape. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160102795 | TWO PIECE MALE HOSE COUPLER AND METHOD FOR SECURING A GARDEN HOSE TO A COUPLER - Two piece male hose coupler assembly includes a nut and a separate expandable tube. The nut has a first end portion with male threads on the exterior surface, and a second end portion having a gripping collar on the exterior surface. The nut has an open through bore defining an interior surface. An expandable tube is positionable within the bore of the nut, wherein the tube is expanded outwardly to pinch one end of a hose between an exterior surface of the tube and the bore of the nut so that the hose is sealed between the tube and the nut. Further, the tube has a radial flange at one end that seats against a radial mating surface at or adjacent the first end of the nut. The assembly thus provides a relatively leak proof connection including sealing surfaces between the mating radial flanges, and also along the mating longitudinal surfaces of the nut and hose extending along the longitudinal axis of the hose. A method is provided for assembling the nut and tube at one end of the hose. | 04-14-2016 |
| 285257000 | Bendable spur fingers | 7 |
| 20100025986 | HOSE FITTING - A hose end fitting in which a connection body ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20110089683 | TUBE RETAINER - A retaining clamp for retaining a tube on a barbed connector. The clamp includes a collet, having a first portion sized to fit over a tube on a barbed connector, and a plurality of fingers extending from the first portion for fitting behind the barb of a connector, the fingers having inward extensions at their distal ends for urging the tube against the connector behind the barb. The clamp also includes a sleeve, sized to fit over the collet and to urge the fingers on the collet inwards to retain the tube on the connector. The collet and sleeve are held in position with a ratchet. In addition, one of the sleeve or the collet includes an inward projection for urging the tube against the end of the barb on the barbed connector in use. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120007356 | No-Skive Hydraulic Hose Coupling with Improved Hose Retention and Sealing - A hydraulic hose coupling, and method of assembling a coupling to a hydraulic hose are disclosed. The hydraulic hose and coupling assembly is designed to attach a coupling to a hydraulic hose in a no-skive fashion. Moreover, it does so with greatly enhanced sealing and retention capabilities relative to the currently available products. This is accomplished in many ways, some of which include the provision of a plurality of hose retention and sealing zones within the coupling, each of which include various combinations of radially inwardly directed barbs and radially inwardly and outwardly directed surface features on the inner stem of the coupling. With specific regard to the zone primarily directed to sealing, it includes a radially inwardly directed barb which works in conjunction with a straight cylindrical surface flanked by first and second radially inwardly directed recesses. But providing such structure, the inner liner of the hydraulic hose is compressed to a degree greater than any other zone, but at the same time mechanical strain in the liner is relived through the use of such recesses. Moreover, by providing barbs which are longer and more narrow in the first and second zones, the first and second zones provide improved retention capability. This is in combination with the surface features of first and second zones working in concert with the longer, narrower barbs to cause enhanced wire deflection and thus greater retention strength. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20140232107 | HIGH-FLOW HOSE FITTING - A high-flow hose assembly includes a hose, a fitting, and a ferrule. The hose includes an outer surface and an inner surface. In an unsecured configuration, an insertion portion of the fitting is positioned within a hose passage and the hose is positioned within a ferrule passage, and the inner surface of the insertion portion defines a first diameter and the outer surface of the insertion portion defines a second diameter. In a secured configuration, the inner surface of the insertion portion defines a third diameter greater than the first diameter and the outer surface of the insertion portion defines a fourth diameter greater than the second diameter, so that fitting barbs engage the inner surface of the hose and ferrule barbs engage the outer surface of the hose to secure the hose, the fitting, and the ferrule together. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140252761 | CRIMP FITTING HAVING REVERSED BARBS - A crimp fitting for a hose member including a nipple and a socket coupled thereto. The nipple has an outer surface provided with a plurality of axially extending reverse angled first barbs and a plurality of axially extending forward angled second barbs alternatingly formed thereon. The first barbs are configured to engage an inner surface of a hose member to increase a sealing engagement between the nipple and the hose member, and the second barbs are configured to engage the inner surface of the hose member to militate against a disengagement of the nipple from the hose member. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140291982 | PIPE COUPLING - A plastic pipe to metal pipe coupling includes a metal pipe, a plastic pipe and a metal retaining collar. The metal pipe has an inner diameter, a first end, a second end and a barbed outer portion proximate to the second end. The plastic pipe has an inner diameter, a first end and a second end. A portion of the plastic pipe proximate to the first end is disposed around the barbed outer portion of the metal pipe. The metal retaining collar is disposed around the portion of the plastic pipe and compresses the portion of the plastic pipe onto the barbed outer portion of the metal pipe. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150308598 | REVERSE BARB FLUID CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF FLUID CONNECTION - A fluid connector includes first and second clamping arms coupled together for movement between an open condition and a closed, clamping condition for clamping an end of a length of flexible tubing to a fluid fitting. The first and second clamping arms each have a curved interior surface and at least one barb on each curved interior surface. The barbs are configured to engage the exterior surface of the flexible tubing when the first and second clamping arms are in the closed, clamping condition to form a fluid tight connection between the fluid fitting and the flexible tubing. A fluid system and method of fluid connection using the fluid connector are also disclosed. | 10-29-2015 |
| 285258000 | Expanding internal member | 5 |
| 20090261580 | HOSE CONNECTING METHOD AND CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT - A method for providing a hose pipe connection is disclosed. Embodiments of the method start with a pipe having an enlarged end portion. A sleeve is introduced into the end of the flexible hose. The sleeve has an inner diameter that is equal to the inner diameter of the hose. In an embodiment, the inner diameter of the sleeve is increased while the end of the hose is already placed on the sleeve. The hose fitted with the sleeve is then introduced into the enlarged end of the pipe. Crimping of the enlarged end will then secure the sleeve and the hose and provide a fluid tight and mechanically sturdy connection. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20110031742 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING A HYDRAULIC HOSE TO A CONNECTING NIPPLE - A hydraulic connection comprises a connecting nipple, preferably of steel or of another metal, whereby, on said nipple's tube-shaped extension, a hydraulic hose is held by compression by means of a fitting. A swelling element is arranged between the extension and the hydraulic hose, said element being swellable in the hydraulic fluid. If hydraulic fluid were to advance through to the swelling element, said element will swell and block the path to more hydraulic fluid. Furthermore, by swelling, said element deforms the hydraulic hose in radially outward direction. In this region, the hydraulic hose is held by a fitting in the form of a metal sleeve so that said hose may not be displaced. In this manner, the force of pressure on the hydraulic hose is increased in an annular zone. A durable seal is achieved. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110148099 | LOW STRESS HOSE COUPLING - An improved umbilical hose end coupling that comprises a sleeve and an insert for the sleeve, the insert having a hose end for insertion into the hose and the sleeve having a hose end for covering the exterior of the hose and the insert, and the insert and sleeve each having a coupling end for engaging each other, and the sleeve having an interior surface for gripping the hose, the interior surface having at least a length that extends beyond the end of the teeth region onto the hose. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120280491 | HOSE CONNECTING METHOD AND CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT - A method for providing a hose pipe connection is disclosed. Embodiments of the method start with a pipe having an enlarged end portion. A sleeve is introduced into the end of the flexible hose. The sleeve has an inner diameter that is equal to the inner diameter of the hose. In an embodiment, the inner diameter of the sleeve is increased while the end of the hose is already placed on the sleeve. The hose fitted with the sleeve is then introduced into the enlarged end of the pipe. Crimping of the enlarged end will then secure the sleeve and the hose and provide a fluid tight and mechanically sturdy connection. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130099480 | Expansion Connector for a Fluid Connection Hose - A fluid connector, having: (a) a flexible tube; (b) an outwardly expandable barbed fitting receivable into a distal end of the flexible tube, wherein the outwardly expandable barbed fitting can be deformed outwardly against an inner surface of the flexible tube; (c) a collar received around the flexible tube; and (d) a hose end connector receivable onto the collar. | 04-25-2013 |
