Patents by Inventor Albert J. Brons

Albert J. Brons has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4204707
    Abstract: Vibration absorbing connector for use in high pressure fluid piping systems such as the refrigerant lines in an automotive air conditioning system incorporates a thin bellows member whose ends are restrained against axial movement by a restraining means such as a plurality of axially extending flexible cables or a braided metal sleeve which surrounds the bellows member. A molded-in-place elastomeric layer fills in the external bellows corrugations to prevent their deformation under load and encapsulates the restraining means. The design permits a 3 inch long bellows having a 0.005" wall thickness to perform as well as a 7 inch long bellows having a 0.020" wall which has a conventional configuration under internal fluid pressures that would collapse the thin wall bellows corrugations in the absence of the elastomeric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Assignee: UOP Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas N. Lincicome, John M. Spiro, Albert J. Brons