Invention Grant
- Patent Title: No contact connectors
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Application No.: US15623634Application Date: 2017-06-15
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Publication No.: US10371296B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Scott C. Farnham , Kevin J. Bretzman , Steven R. Ford , Rex G. Forbes , Hans C. Lassen , Zachary J. Gentile, Jr.
- Applicant: The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Wabash
- Assignee: The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee: The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Wabash
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Main IPC: F16L25/02
- IPC: F16L25/02 ; F16L19/02 ; F16L58/18 ; F16L25/00 ; F16L25/14 ; F16K5/06

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a pipe coupling that includes a coupling body, a first pack joint nut, and first and second sleeves. The coupling body is made of a first metal material and the first pack joint nut is made of a second metal material. The first pack joint nut is configured to receive a portion of a first pipe. The pipe is made of a dissimilar metal material to the first and second metal materials of the coupling body and the first pack joint nut, respectively. The first sleeve is configured to line at least a portion of an inner periphery of the coupling body. The second sleeve is configured to line at least a portion of an inner periphery of the first pack joint nut. The first and second sleeves are made of non-metallic materials, and serve as physical non-metallic barriers between the first/second metal materials of the coupling/first pack joint nut, and the dissimilar metal material of the first pipe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170363235A1 No Contact Connectors Public/Granted day:2017-12-21
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