Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Expansion joints for a tubular transportation system
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Application No.: US15452107Application Date: 2017-03-07
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Publication No.: US11421809B2Publication Date: 2022-08-23
- Inventor: Luke Pearse , Blake Cole
- Applicant: HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Assignee: HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Los Angeles
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: F16L51/00
- IPC: F16L51/00 ; B61B13/10 ; F16L27/12 ; F16L17/10
Abstract:
A tubular structure includes at least one exterior tube and at least one interior tube, at least a portion of the interior tube is disposed within the exterior tube. The tubular structure further includes at least one expansion joint provided between the exterior tube and the interior tube and the expansion joint allows lateral expansion or contraction of the exterior tube and the interior tube and maintains a pressure within the exterior and the interior tubes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170254456A1 EXPANSION JOINTS FOR A TUBULAR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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