Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bushings and fittings, tubing assemblies, and methods incorporating the same
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Application No.: US16385580Application Date: 2019-04-16
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Publication No.: US10883635B2Publication Date: 2021-01-05
- Inventor: Jordan Strunk
- Applicant: Titeflex Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Springfield
- Assignee: Titeflex Corporation
- Current Assignee: Titeflex Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Springfield
- Agency: Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
- Agent Brian R. Landry
- Main IPC: F16L11/11
- IPC: F16L11/11 ; F16L25/00 ; F16L11/15 ; F16L11/118 ; F16L33/26 ; F16L25/01 ; F16L11/115 ; F16L19/04

Abstract:
One aspect of the invention provides an elastomeric bushing including: a plurality of rigid members defining one or more internal annular ribs and one or more elastic members. The rigid members include: a first internal annular rib adapted and configured to engage a corrugation valley of corrugated tubing; and one or more trailing lips adapted and configured to extend through a central opening of a nut and engage said nut, thereby preventing axial movement of the bushing when a corrugated tubing is advancing through the bushing. The one or more elastic members are adapted and configured to: hold the plurality of rigid members in a substantially annular configuration; allow the plurality of rigid members to expand to allow a corrugation peak to pass under the first internal rib; and hold the plurality of rigid members against the corrugated tubing so that the first internal rib lies within a corrugation valley.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190242507A1 BUSHINGS AND FITTINGS, TUBING ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS INCORPORATING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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