Invention Grant
- Patent Title: One-piece flexible tube connector and method of making the same
- Patent Title (中): 一体式柔性管接头及其制造方法
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Application No.: US11513399Application Date: 2006-08-30
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Publication No.: US07647802B2Publication Date: 2010-01-19
- Inventor: Gary Lee Knirk , Scott S. Sheppard , Gary Orelyn Crawford
- Applicant: Gary Lee Knirk , Scott S. Sheppard , Gary Orelyn Crawford
- Applicant Address: US MI Vanderbilt
- Assignee: Sunspring America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Sunspring America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Vanderbilt
- Agency: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
- Agent Brian R. McGinley; Adam C. Rehm
- Main IPC: B21D3/02
- IPC: B21D3/02

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a one-piece flexible tube connector includes obtaining a tube blank having an initial length, an initial outer diameter, and an initial wall thickness. The tube blank is secured in a fixture and fed longitudinally into a forming tool. During the forming process, one of the tube blank and the forming tool is spun increasing an initial wall thickness of a portion of the tube blank to a second wall thickness, while the initial outer diameter of the tube blank is controlled. The thickened portion of the tube blank extends along a second length of the tube blank that is less than the initial length. After the spinning process, an attachment feature, such as a barbed feature, is formed or machined into the thickened portion of the tube blank to produce the one-piece flexible tube connector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080053177A1 One-piece flexible tube connector and method of making the same Public/Granted day:2008-03-06
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