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Pipe joints or couplings December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/10

20100327574 - Socket for pipe joint and pipe joint: A socket that receives and locks a plug includes a cylindrical socket body having a plug-receiving part, a first through-hole, and a second through-hole rearward of the first through-hole, a plug-locking element movable in the first through-hole between a locking position for preventing the plug from being pulled out and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20100327575 - Quick fill fluid connector: A fluid connector having a longitudinal axis and selective open and closed conditions, the connector only in its closed condition adapted to threadedly engage a mating fluid fitting. The fluid connector includes an elongate conduit member extending along the longitudinal axis, an annular collar disposed about and having axial movement... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20100327576 - Pipe coupler and gasket with positive retention and sealing capability: A coupler for joining a pipe to another pipe, a tee, or other fitting, and more particularly, to a coupler which provides positive retention of the gasket about the circumference of the coupler sufficiently to precisely position and hold the gasket during placement about pipe ends and/or fittings to be... Agent: Matthews Edwards LLC

20100327577 - Fitting connection: A fitting connection for a capillary has a sealing bushing, a compression bushing, and a backing bushing. The backing bushing has a bore for pressing the sealing bushing and the compression bushing into the backing bushing, and the sealing bushing and the compression bushing are each provided with a central... Agent: ZieglerIPLaw Group, LLC.

20100327578 - Coupling structure for absorption refrigeration circuit: An inexpensively manufactured coupling structure (21) for an absorption refrigeration circuit includes a gasket (27) held between two coupling members (23, 26). The gasket has a protruding part (32) that elastically de-forms when clamped between adjoining faces (22, 25) of the two coupling members.... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20100327579 - Fluid fitting: A fitting for securing a first fluid conduit to a second fluid conduit includes a coupling body and a die ring. The coupling body includes a first end and a second end defining an enclosed passage along a longitudinal axis therethrough. The first end of the coupling body includes a... Agent: Marjama Muldoon/ppc

20100320745 - Method for coupling corrugated pipe segments: A method for coupling corrugated pipe segments is disclosed. The method includes providing first and second thermoplastic corrugated pipe segments arranged to form a fluid flow path and aligning ends of the pipe segments adjacent one another to form a joint. The method further includes providing a coupling assembly having... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20100320746 - Piping connector and method on connecting pipe: A method to connect piping and a piping connection, having the features of a ring connector configured to snugly fit around an external diameter of a pipe; and a piping shield connected to the ring connector, the piping shield having at least one observation window cut into the shield, wherein... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - PhiladelphiaIPDepartment

20100320747 - Socket for pipe joint and pipe joint: A socket that receives and locks a plug has a cylindrical socket body, a plug-locking element provided in a first through-hole of the socket, a sleeve-operating element provided in a second through-hole of the socket, a sleeve, and a collar. The collar is movable between a first position (FIG. 1)... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20100320748 - Device and method for fluidic coupling of fluidic conduits to a microfludic chip, and uncoupling thereof: A system for fluidic coupling and uncoupling of fluidic conduits and a microfluidic chip, wherein the fluidic conduits are connected mechanically to a first structural part and the microfluidic chip is carried by a second structural part. The structural parts are moved perpendicularly toward and away from each other by... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20100320749 - Anchor system for pre-insulated piping: An anchor system is shown for use with a pre-insulated piping system having an inner steel carrier pipe surrounded by a layer of foam insulation and then by an outer protective jacket. The anchor system includes an inner carrier pipe for insertion within the length of the piping system at... Agent: Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20100320750 - Anchor system for pre-insulated piping: An anchor system is shown for use with a pre-insulated piping system having an inner steel carrier pipe surrounded by a layer of insulation and then by an outer protective jacket. The anchor system includes an inner carrier pipe for insertion within the length of the piping system at a... Agent: Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20100320751 - Fitting assembly for use in a pool wall: A pool wall fitting assembly includes a tubular member extending through an opening in the pool wall. An inner flange member is threaded onto the inner end of the tubular member and includes a flange portion arranged to overlap the inner surface of the pool wall about a periphery of... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20100320752 - Joint assemblies: A joint assembly for coupling a first conduit to a second conduit includes a first collar configured to be mounted on the first conduit and a second collar configured to be mounted on the second conduit. The second collar may have a central longitudinal axis that is generally aligned with... Agent: Honeywell/ifl Patent Services

20100320753 - Method of manufacturing a pipe coupling component, method of manufacutring a casing structural member, and pipe coupling sturcture for a hollow part: In a first step of this method, a first intermediate product 42 having a coupling portion forming portion 16d and flat portions 21 is produced. In a second step, there is produced a second intermediate product 44 which is larger in the bending depth of the coupling portion forming portion... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100320754 - Reverse sliding seal for expandable tubular connections: An expandable threaded connection between segments of expandable tubulars that provides a high bearing pressure seal at a specific area along the pin and box members is disclosed. The invention utilizes a “groove” in a surface of the box member and a corresponding “rib” on the pin nose. The radial... Agent: Howrey LLP-hn

20100320755 - Apparatus and method of zero clearance connection with optional sensing function: Apparatus and method for mechanically attached connections of conduits may include a conduit gripping member (34), a drive member (36), and a seal member (48), the drive member (36) causing axial movement of the conduit gripping member (34) to indent into an outer surface of the conduit when the assembly... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20100320756 - Deformable mechanical pipe coupling with shoulder pipe elements: A mechanical pipe coupling formed of segments attached end to end surrounding a central space is used to connect pipe elements having a raised circumferential shoulder in end to end relationship. The segments have arcuate surfaces and arcuate landings which subtend an angle less than 180° and which have a... Agent: Ballard Spahr LLP

20100320757 - Apparatus and method for supporting a pipe coupling: A pipe coupling support having a substantially rigid body with an inner surface formed to mate with at least a portion of the exterior surface of a pipe coupling installed on pipe. In many cases, the exterior surface of the installed pipe coupling will be non-cylindrical. For example, when pipes... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20100320758 - Pipe coupler with split gasket and gripping clips: A pipe coupler has two arms, a gasket lacking a centered ridge, and clips upon the arms that grip pipes regardless of their end condition. The hinged arms define an annular opening that encircles the gasket and the ends of coupled pipes. The arms connect with a hinge located to... Agent: Paul M. Denk

20100314862 - Quick tap connector: For combination with a faucet having an upper surface, and a downward water outlet below the upper surface, the combination comprising a cup shaped flexible gasket that opens upwardly, the gasket having an annular wall adapted to interfit the faucet outlet, the gasket having a lower portion defining a discharge... Agent: William W. Haefliger

20100314863 - One touch pipe joint: [Means for Solving Problems] A one-touch joint (1) of the invention includes a joint body (2) having an engagement receiving section (9, 23) on the outer periphery of an opening-side end section of the joint body, a lock ring holder (6) having an engaging ring section (17) having, formed on... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20100314864 - Pipe coupling: A pipe coupling for connecting pipes of the same or different diameters. The coupling has a barrel sleeve with clamping rings on each end. The clamping rings each carry nested seals. An inner portion of each nested seal may be removed so as to adapt the clamping ring to different... Agent: Vantage Law PLLC

20100314865 - Joining metal pipes: A metal pipe 10 is joined to another metal component 12 by shrinking the outer component onto the external circumference of the pipe. The internal diameter b of the outer component is initially smaller than the external diameter a of the pipe, but the outer component is heated so that... Agent: Burr & Brown

20100314866 - Joint through a vehicle frame: A joint for a fluid line of a vehicle for conveying a fluid through a vehicle frame member includes a unitary body having a first end adapted for engagement to a first fluid conduit and a second end adapted for engagement to a second fluid conduit. The body is sized... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20100314867 - Air hose connector device: A service station air machine air hose end-connector for outdoor winter operation having an internal hollow chamber for capturing and storing system-clogging ice particles is disclosed. The hollow storing chamber defines an empty section of the fitting's cylindrical ferrule further having an internal air stream screen which collects the blocked... Agent: Oriz W. Johnson

20100314868 - Lock for cam-and-groove coupler: A lock for a cam-and-groove coupler comprises a collar member positionable around the cam-and-groove coupler. The collar member comprises at least first and second wall portions. The first wall portion is positionable adjacent the first lever arm of the cam-and-groove coupler to prevent movement of the first lever arm to... Agent: Bereskin And Parr LLP/s.e.n.c.r.l., S.r.l.

20100314869 - Pipe connector: A pipe connector in accordance with the present invention comprises a hollow body, a rotator rotatably and co-axially sleeved on one end of the hollow body, a positioning device co-axially mounted between the hollow body and the rotator, and a holder co-axially mounted to rotator for holding the positioning device... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20100314870 - Pipe clamp: A system for temporarily joining two pipe ends securely in a reversible manner, where the joined pipe will carry fluids or mixed fluids and solids under high pressure and volume. Two clamshell clamps each grip a pipe near its end where two pipes are to be joined and. The clamshell... Agent: Bennett Jones LLP C/o Ms Roseann Caldwell

20100308572 - Tube coupling system for a pressurised fluid system: This invention relates to a tube coupling system (1) for a pressurised fluid system comprising a coupling body (3) for receiving a tube (5) of a pressurised fluid system, a leakage sealing means (7) for preventing fluid supplied from the pressurised fluid system via the tube to enter the coupling... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20100308573 - Hydraulic rotating joint without gasket: The invention relates to a hydraulic rotating joint (100) without gaskets between a fixed part and a movable part of a collector group, comprising a fixed part or stator (1), integral with the fixed part of the collector group, and a movable part or rotor (2), integral with the movable... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20100308574 - Double pipe apparatus: To provide a double pipe apparatus which prevents gas flowing through an outer pipe and an inner pipe from leaking outside the outer pipe. The double pipe apparatus (10) according to an embodiment includes an outer pipe (11) and an inner pipe (12) inserted into the outer pipe (11), and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

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... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20100308576 - Pipe joint: A pipe joint includes a joint body and a fastening member. The fastening member includes a screw part screwed to the joint body to connect a pipe to the joint body, and a holding part configured to be nonrotatably held by a fastening tool. The screw part and the holding... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20100308577 - drill pipe system and method for using same: A tubular threaded connection for coupling drill pipe segments to form a drill string is provided. Each of the segments has a tubular pipe body having a wall thickness of >0.5 inches (1.27 cm). The threaded connection comprises a pin end with an external thread, and a box end with... Agent: The Jl Salazar Law Firm PLLC

20100308578 - Pipe coupling with multi-combed self-pressurizing seals: This invention relates to pipe coupling with multi-combed, self-pressurizing internal seals and an integral pipe fastening system to join and seal pipes of all sizes, fluid contents and line pressures. The invention embodies a coupling body, two pressure responsive seals installed in recessed seal grooves located at opposite outside edges... Agent: Michael Skellern

20100308579 - Integral face seal: A fluid seal generally comprising a first fitting portion (50) and a second fitting portion (28), wherein at least one of the fitting portions can be deformed or deflected in a sealing relationship relative to the other fitting portion to form the fluid seal. A fitting includes a first fitting... Agent: Patterson Thuente Christensen Pedersen, P.A.

20100308580 - Fluid passage connection device: A fluid passage connection device includes a positioning mechanism that incorporates a male coupler attached to a stationary base member and a female coupler attached to a movable member, and that positions the movable member with respect to the base member so that it becomes possible to connect the male... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20100301596 - Coupling for interconnecting at least two pipes: A coupling for interconnecting at least two pipes (1) of a geothermal heat exchanger system, including at least one female coupling part (2) and at least one male coupling part (3) that can be inserted therein, with at least one fluid seal (4) being provided between the coupling parts (2,... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20100301597 - Reverse flow wye connector: A subsea fitting is disclosed. The subsea fitting includes a body. The fitting includes at least two passages through the body. The passages are in fluid communication within the body. A diverter is located in at least one of the passages. The diverter may be movable between an open position... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20100301598 - Hose end fittings: An end fitting for a composite hose of the type comprising a tubular body of flexible material arranged between inner and outer gripping members. The end fitting comprises a first member adapted to be disposed within the hose, and a second member adapted to be disposed around the outside of... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20100301599 - Latching female fluid tubing coupler: A latching female tubing coupler comprises an opening, a collet finger, and an actuation member. The opening is adapted to guide a male connector along a first line of action as the male connector passes into the opening to be received within the female connector. The collet finger includes an... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20100301600 - Threaded joint for pipes: In a threaded joint for pipes constituted by a pin and a box, each having a contact surface comprising a threaded portion and an unthreaded metal contact portion, the contact surface of the pin has a solid corrosion protective, preferably transparent coating based on a UV-curable resin and the contact... Agent: Clark & Brody

20100301601 - Fluid coupling for a direct injection engine: A fluid coupling for a fuel system in a direct injection internal combustion engine having a body with a ball portion and a fluid passageway extending through the ball portion. The body also includes external threads which extend concentrically around the ball. A tube has an outwardly flared end while... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100301602 - Interfitting tubular members: An arrangement for fixing two concentric tubes (1, 2) together by means of one or more pressure inducing members, preferably each formed as a pad (6); the member acts to press the tubes together; a support (3), preferably formed as a collar fixed inside the outer tube (1), is provided... Agent: Winstead PC

20100301603 - Threaded connection comprising at least one threaded element with an end lip for a metal tube: A threaded tubular connection includes a female threaded portion at a first tubular component end and a male threaded portion at a second tubular component end, the female threaded portion including a female thread, at least one female sealing surface on its inner peripheral surface, and at least one female... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.