Patents Examined by David Bochna
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Patent number: 11761306Abstract: An insulated tubular assembly includes jointed insulated tubing segments, all with inner and outer tubes concentrically disposed about in order to define a vacuum annulus in between and closed at both ends by annular bridges. Insulated tubing segment are provided with either male or female threads to threadably engage and form a joint directly with each other or through a coupling jointed to adjacent insulated tubing segments. An insulating sleeve held around such joint includes a first tubular shell adapted to cover at least part of one insulated tubular segment and a second tubular shell overlapping either internally or externally part of the first tubular shell, such that the second tubular shell extends axially about the threaded joint from one annular bridge to the adjacent one, with high tolerances on lengths of the insulated tubing segment extension extending beyond their respective annular bridges.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: VALLOUREC TUBE-ALLOY, LLCInventor: Gabriel Roussie
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Patent number: 11761565Abstract: A clamp ring type metal seal gas pipe joint is connected to one end of a gas pipe, and includes a fitting joint, a nut, and a clamp ring. Axial contact surfaces of the clamp ring and the fitting joint are respectively provided with a convex portion configured in a convex V shape and a concave portion configured in a concave V shape matched with each other, so that an end part of the gas pipe is compressed and self-flared to form a sealing part when the fitting joint is tightened. In the process of tightening the nut and the fitting joint, the end part of the metal bellow is compressed and self-flared by the convex portion of the clamp ring and the concave portion of the fitting joint to form a cone surface to realize limit fixation and form a double sealing.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: NINGBO HONGWU PIPE INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventors: Shuangwu Huang, Jiaqi Sun, Yifeng Jiang
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Patent number: 11761518Abstract: Provided is a linear movable rotary union including a driving shaft comprising a plurality of fluid supply paths; a hollow middle housing surrounding an outside of the driving shaft and comprising a plurality of first through holes in a sidewall; a plurality of first sealing members provided between the middle housing and the driving shaft to prevent leakage of a fluid; a hollow outer housing surrounding an outside of the middle housing and comprising a plurality of second through holes in a sidewall; and a plurality of second sealing members provided between the middle housing and the outer housing to prevent leakage of the fluid, and wherein the driving shaft is installed to be capable of rotational motion in the middle housing, and the middle housing is installed to be capable of reciprocating motion in an axial direction in the outer housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: SEALINK CORP.Inventor: Hee Jang Rhee
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Patent number: 11761566Abstract: A connecting pipe has a connecting pipe portion having, at the opposite ends thereof, connection opening end portions. The connecting pipe has a bendable portion provided between the opposite ends of the connecting pipe portion to allow the connecting pipe portion to be bent relative to the longitudinal axis of the connecting pipe portion. The connecting pipe further has rigid portions extending from the bendable portion to the connection opening end portions, respectively. The rigid portions have a higher rigidity than the bendable portion. Bending the connecting pipe portion at the bendable portion allows the connection opening end portions at the opposite ends to be fitted to associated pipe end portions, respectively. The connecting pipe portion has an elastic restoring force to maintain the state where the connection opening end portions are fitted to the associated pipe end openings, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazumasa Kaiya, Hiroshi Nishitsuji
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Patent number: 11761570Abstract: A coupler, adapted for being assembled and connected with a water sprayer, includes a sleeve and a coupling member adapted for being assembled and connected with the water sprayer. The coupling member and the sleeve are sleeved with each other and respectively have a first corresponding end and a second corresponding end which correspond to each other. The first corresponding end and the second corresponding end are adapted to be engaged with each other, so that the sleeve and the coupling member are capable of being mutually locked and into a non-rotatable state through the engagement and rotation meshing operation. The sleeve can be disengaged with the coupling member through axially moving the sleeve so that the sleeve is allowed to be axially rotatable.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: YUAN MEI CORP.Inventor: Wei-Kai Huang
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Patent number: 11753878Abstract: A two-step threaded connection for steel pipe includes an intermediate seal and intermediate shoulders. A pin 2 has an inner male-threaded section 23 and an outer male-threaded section 26. A box 3 has an inner female-threaded section 33 and an outer female-threaded section 36. The pin 2 has a pin intermediate critical cross section PICCS located near an end of the first male-threaded section 23. The box 3 has a box critical cross section BCCS located near an end of the inner female-threaded section 33 and a box intermediate critical cross section BICCS located near an end of the outer female-threaded section 36. The pin 2 and the box 3 satisfy the following relationships: PICCSA+BICCSA>BCCSA, and 0.70?PICCSA/BICCSA?0.95.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventors: Keita Inose, Masaaki Sugino, Shin Ugai, Hikari Nakano
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Patent number: 11746940Abstract: A pipeline telescopic joint configured to compensate for dimensional changes has: a first pipe section having a first diameter; a second pipe section having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter is slidingly coupled to the first pipe section; an end assembly, which is fixed to the second pipe section an annular seat bounded by two facing cylindrical faces; and an annular gasket, which is housed within the annular seat and has a polymeric casing and a spring housed within the polymeric casing, wherein the polymeric casing is in contact with the cylindrical faces.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: SAIPEM S.P.A.Inventors: Marcello Cassetti, Carlo Canali
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Patent number: 11739870Abstract: A spring clamp with integrated installation and removal capability allows a user to install or remove the spring clamp safely using common shop tools or by hand. The spring clamp includes two tangs with a fastener extending between them. The fastener may be used to draw the tangs together or apart, to thereby open or close the spring clamp, and to safely change the potential energy of the spring clamp. The user may turn the fastener or a nut on the fastener using common shop tools or by hand to expand the spring clamp so that it can be slipped over a hose and to allow the spring clamp to tighten around the hose.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Inventor: Jerry Seimears
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Patent number: 11728635Abstract: An apparatus for joining extended lengths of conduit. The apparatus provides a means for decreasing the time required to assemble extended lengths of conduit. The apparatus comprises an apparatus head, an extender joining body and a conduit interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Inventor: John Fedowitz
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Patent number: 11719365Abstract: A threaded connection for large diameter steel pipe exhibits high torque resistance and high sealability and, at the same time, provides a shear resistance that suits the size of the steel pipe to be connected. The threaded connection includes a tubular pin provided on a tip of a steel pipe with large diameter, and a tubular box 20 adapted to be drawn up on the pin as the pin is screwed in. The pin includes a male threadform made with a taper thread. The box includes a female threadform made with a taper thread. Each of the threadforms are wedge threads and have a dovetail-shaped cross section. The male threadform is designed such that the width of the thread in an end region of the male threadform closer to the tip is set to a size corresponding to the size of the pipe body of the steel pipe.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignees: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCEInventors: Yousuke Oku, Sadao Douchi
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Patent number: 11713837Abstract: A tube assembly (12) including an inner tube (13) having an outer thread (15), an outer tube (14) having an inner thread (16) engaging the outer thread (15), at least for securing an angular position between the inner tube (13) and the outer tube (14) is provided. Such a tube assembly should facilitate mounting and maintenance of a reverse osmosis system. To this end, the inner tube (13) includes at least an groove (17) on its outer surface and the outer tube (14) includes an recess (18) on its inner surface, wherein a blocking element is arranged in a space formed by the recess (18) and the groove (17) in overlapping relation with the groove (17) and the recess (18).Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Danfoss A/SInventors: Stig Kildegaard Andersen, Tommi Kolb
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Patent number: 11708925Abstract: A ring member is disposed on a ring member mounting position. The ring member mounting position is a region between a pair of locking walls and is formed in a straight pipe shape. The ring member is in a substantially C shape with an opening at a part of its circumferential direction. The ring member may also be formed in a ring shape being connected at ring member joint parts. The ring member includes a reduced diameter part and first click parts protruding from the reduced diameter part substantially parallel in the pipe axial direction to form a slide guide. The ring member also includes second click parts of which outer diameters expand gradually from the reduced diameter part toward their tip ends. A male fitting part and a female fitting part are fitted with each other using the above ring member to obtain an electrical conduit.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuki Kimura, Satoshi Kozawa, Yuzo Nakajima
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Patent number: 11708923Abstract: Tubing retention systems are described herein. A tubing retention system includes a spigot, a tubing, and a collar. The spigot includes a spigot body and a spigot extension extending from the spigot body, wherein the spigot extension comprises a flared portion opposite to the spigot body and the spigot body and the spigot extension cooperatively define a spigot lumen. The tubing includes an outer surface and a tubing lumen, wherein a coupling portion of the tubing is disposed around the spigot extension, permitting fluid communication between the tubing lumen and the spigot lumen. The collar is disposed radially around the outer surface of the tubing and axially between the flared portion and the spigot body, wherein the collar radially engages the coupling portion of the tubing disposed around the spigot extension to axially and radially retain the tubing with the spigot.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.Inventor: Wantjinarjo Suwito
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Patent number: 11703156Abstract: A faucet includes a base and a spout. The base is configured to be coupled to a mounting surface. The spout is rotatably coupled to the base. The spout includes a plurality of magnetic joints each including a different number of magnetic members, and a plurality of conduits rotatably coupled to each other by a magnetic joint of the plurality of magnetic joints. The spout extends from the base to a free end configured to discharge a fluid. The plurality of magnetic joints are arranged such that the number of magnetic members on each magnetic joint progressively increases from the free end to the base.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Chanseol Chung, Linghua Chen
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Patent number: 11703164Abstract: A ratchet fitting includes a screw portion and an operating portion. One of the screw portion and the operating portion has an engaging member, and the other one of the screw portion and the operating portion has an elastic member and a holding member formed separately from the elastic member. The elastic member and the engaging member are fitted such that a rotational force is transmittable to each other due to engagement of the projection and the protrusion and engagement between the projection and the protrusion is releasable due to deformation of the elastic member. The elastic member has a first fitting portion, the holding member has a second fitting portion, and the holding member and the elastic member are fitted such that the first fitting portion and the second fitting portion are fitted to each other in a rotation direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Shimadzu CorporationInventor: Jun Yanagibayashi
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Patent number: 11703163Abstract: A threaded connection for steel pipe is provided that can be made up quickly and appropriately. The threaded connection includes a steel pipe 20m, a steel pipe 20f, and a coupling 50 for connecting the steel pipes 20m and 20f. The pipe bodies 21m and 21f of the steel pipes 20m and 20f include annular marking grooves 23m and 23f, respectively, formed on the outer peripheries of the pipe bodies 21m and 21f.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATIONInventors: Michihiko Iwamoto, Yusuke Toyota, Yasuhiro Kochi
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Patent number: 11703168Abstract: A press fitting for a pipe connection is provided. The press fitting includes a fitting body for connecting the press fitting to a pipe, a press sleeve fixed to the fitting body and having a substantially cylindrical pressing portion and at least one projecting element which delimits the substantially cylindrical pressing portion in the axial direction, and a tubular banderole which surrounds the substantially cylindrical pressing region of the pressing sleeve, wherein the tubular banderole is arranged rotatably relative to a surface of the pressing sleeve, is held in the cylindrical pressing region by the at least one projecting element and is at least partially destroyed when the pressing sleeve is pressed with a pressing tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: UPONOR INNOVATION ABInventors: Stephan Müller, Rainer Dittmar, Jörg Clauβen, Maik Altmann
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Patent number: 11697971Abstract: A threaded connection between adjacent drill string components comprises a threaded female connection end adapted to receive a correspondingly threaded male connection end, the two ends each having first and second portions of different tapers. Tubular members, drill string tools and other drill string components comprising the female or male ends described herein are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Complete Group Technologies Ltd.Inventor: Steven Lee Campbell
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Patent number: 11697970Abstract: A directly connected drill pipe applicable to extreme conditions includes a tool joint pin and a tool joint box, where an external pipe section is located on an external side of a threaded section of the tool joint pin, and an annular groove is formed between the external pipe section and the threaded section of the tool joint pin. An insertion section of the tool joint box can be inserted into the annular groove in a matched manner. A main shoulder of the tool joint pin is located at an end of the external pipe section, a main auxiliary shoulder of the tool joint pin is located on a bottom surface of the annular groove, and an auxiliary shoulder of the tool joint pin is located at a small end of the tool joint pin. The tool joint box has three corresponding shoulders which form a 3-stage sealing with the tool joint pin.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: INSTITUTE OF EXPLORATION TECHNIQUES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCESInventors: Hao Yin, Jian Liang, Xinmiao Li, Jianhua Sun, Kuan Li, Xiumei Liu
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Patent number: 11698157Abstract: This disclosure relates to a quick connector adapted to display a code that verifies that a latch member is engaged to retain an installed pipe to the quick connector. The quick connector comprises a connector body having a receiving portion surrounding an internal passage, the internal passage arranged to receive the pipe therein. A latch member retained on the receiving portion is arranged to be movable between a pipe insertion position and a latched position. In the pipe insertion position, the latch member allows the pipe to be inserted into the internal passage. A code readable by a scanning device becomes readable when the latch member is moved to the latched position verifying that the pipe is installed and latched in the connector body.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Gocha, Brian James Cardwell, Angela Greiner