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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5482330 | Apparatus for the flexible connection of pipes in exhaust lines of motor vehicles An apparatus for an elastic connection of pipe, particularly in exhaust lines of motor vehicles. A first pipe end and a second pipe end are connected by a flexible line elements such as a metal bellows. A casing accommodates at least one damping cushion a... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5397157 | Bellows with screw thread folds and lug and slot end connectors A bellows that is affixable by way of a connecting sleeve to a machine part, and is made of polymer material and has folds formed, at least in one partial area, in the shape of a screw thread. The connecting sleeve is provided with at least two retaining ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5366255 | Expansion seal assembly An expansion seal assembly for sealingly connecting first and second conduits which experience relative thermal expansion and contraction due to the flow of hot material through the conduits. The conduits each comprise a plurality of hollow tubes integral... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5340165 | Flexible connector A flexible connector for connecting adjacent ends of substantially successive pipes in an exhaust system. An input coupler and an output coupler have at least one articulated joint arranged between them. A flexible tubular bellows substantially surrounds ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5299837 | Device for articulately interconnecting members of an exhaust line, in particular of an automobile vehicle Device for articulately interconnecting members of an exhaust line, in particular of an automobile vehicle wherein the device comprises at least one flexible conduit element (1) interposed between the members (2,3) of the exhaust line, and damping means (... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5299841 | Safety flow restrictor for expansion joints An expansion joint for coupling two conduits in a manner allowing relative axial movement therebetween and including an external shell or housing receiving the ends of both conduits and receiving an end of at least one of the conduits in a manner allowing... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5158061 | Exhaust gas recirculation supply tube for automotive engine An exhaust gas recirculation supply tube for an automotive engine includes an inlet tube with a first end adapted for connection with a source of exhaust gas from an engine and a second end having one portion of a telescoping joint, and an outlet tube wit... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5083817 | Apparatus for the decoupling of two pipe parts with wire mesh cushions For the vibration-based decoupling of two pipe parts, such as the exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine and the exhaust system, at least two compressed absorber cushions of braided, knitted, tangled or similar wire are arranged so as to absorb or ... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4932687 | Flexible fluid transfer fitting with zero reactive force A fitting that is adapted for use between two adjacent frame members that are mechanically isolated from one another. The fitting has two flanged members one fixed to each frame member and a pressurized liquid coolant flow channel with a pair of bellows u... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4697829 | Pipe connection joints A pipe connection joint comprises two coaxial tubular joint members which are telescopically engaged, one within the other. The outer joint member has a bore, and the inner joint member a through bore, of the same diameter as that of the pipeline with whi... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4685703 | Expansible and contractible duct A longitudinally expansible and contractible duct characterized by the employment of a pair of expansible and contractible bellows protected by internal, thermally insulated, baffles which are slidably secured to the external shell members of the duct to ... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4659117 | Flexible coupling for pipes in exhaust systems of motor vehicles For decoupling an exhaust system while suppressing or damping motion and cutting down noise as far as possible, a flexible joint or articulation for the exhaust system of a motor vehicle has a flexible duct part with support parts joined with its ends for... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4611827 | Compensator for the compensation of axial movements of pipe conduits A first sleeve is connected to a second sleeve by means of a bellows. Brackets are arranged at the mutual circumferential distance along the circumferences of the sleeves which brackets are welded to the first sleeve at an end section thereof. The opposit... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4594738 | Drain and overflow device for bathtubs A drain and overflow device for bathtubs having overflows at different heights and various slopes. By rotation of a turning knob (6) adjacent the overflow housing (15), the body (8) of the drain valve (1) can be raised and lowered by means of a Bowden dra... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4536018 | Rubber-backed expansion joint An expansion joint for connecting pipe ends includes a fluorocarbon polymer tube having a reinforcing fabric embedded within it. The ends of the tube have radially extending flanges which are adapted to be in sealing relationship with the pipe ends. The t... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4511162 | Leak indicating conduit A leak indicating conduit for conveying fluid includes an inner tube and an outer tube, in which the inner tube is separated from the outer tube by a space maintained at a pressure having a predetermined value from the range of values less than the pressu... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4311327 | Universal joint for multiple flowline system There is disclosed a universal joint for multiple flowline system wherein all of the conduits pass through the interior of the joint. The conduits whichpass through the universal joint on axes offset from the pivot axes of the joint are provided with flex... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4231595 | Waste dispensing device for recreational vehicles and the like A waste dispensing device for recreational vehicles includes an elongate longitudinally compressible and extensible hose which is connected to the waste outlet fitting of a recreational vehicle. The dispensing device includes an exterior housing structure... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4133347 | Waste evacuation attachment for recreational vehicles A waste evacuation attachment for a recreational vehicle comprises a rigid cylindrical housing readily mountable to the existing fittings of a sewage discharge outlet of the recreational vehicle, there being a telescoping hose contained within the housing... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4072329 | Flexible fluid connecting device A flexible linearly expansible expansion joint including a flexible sleeve utilized in the connection of one tubular member to a second tubular member. The flexible sleeve encircles the one tubular member and is attached at one end thereto, the opposed en... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4057268 | Disconnectable pipe union and device for manoeuvring same This invention relates to a union for assembling a smooth pipe end to a bush, composed of two half-unions fitted in each other and assembled by a nut fast with a toothed ring. Each half union comprises a jaw which cooperates with a sliding ring, which rin... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4046407 | Elongated cryogenic envelope An elongated cryogenic envelope is comprised of a plurality of sections each including an outer tube and a coaxial inner tube spaced therefrom by a support means. The outer tubes of each section are joined together to form a continuous outer tube. The inn... | 09/06/1977 |
