Abstract: A hydraulic coupling and method for producing such having a tubing with an end portion of a tubing wall outwardly bent and return bent upon itself to form a flattened double flanged end. The method of production using three separate press hits to secure a sleeve to the tubing, to form an annular V-shaped flange in the tubing wall and to compact the V-shaped flange into a flattened double flanged end.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 17, 1992
Date of Patent:
February 8, 1994
Assignee:
Curtis Products, Inc.
Inventors:
Eugene F. Davenport, Curtis R. Heckaman, Benjamin R. Kessler, Jay A. Simpson