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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8075020 | Pipe fitting for a heatable piping of a SCR system A pipe fitting for a heatable piping of a SCR (“Selective Catalytic Reduction”) system presents a body defining a hydraulic connection to make flow an urea solution from/to such piping; the pipe fitting further presenting an electrical connection, which is provi... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7726697 | Structure for connecting heat exchangers A connection structure is provided for connecting heat exchangers (11, 12) to each other for exchanging heat between a first fluid flowing in body parts (13, 14) and a second fluid flowing in heat transfer pipes (15, 16) disposed in the body par... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7681922 | Connection between cooled pipe and uncooled pipe in a double-pipe heat exchanger A union connection between uncooled pipe and cooled double-wall pipe in a heat exchanger comprising a double-wall pipe comprising in turn an internal pipe traveled by a fluid to be cooled and an external pipe defining with the internal pipe an air space traveled by ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7290397 | Linearly-actuated cryo-fluid connection (LACC) for manufacturing machines An automatically actuated line connection and delivery system is disclosed for the delivery of a cryogenic fluid coolant to tools mounted on manufacturing machines such as vertical and horizontal machining centers, punching presses, thermal spray systems, welding sy... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284771 | Exhaust gas bellows expansion joint An exhaust gas bellows expansion joint for joining a first section and a second section of an exhaust pipe. The exhaust gas bellows expansion joint including a first corrugated pipe for conveying exhaust gas through the joint, a protective sleeve, which is inserted ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7234302 | Housing for a turbocharger A housing for a turbocharger forms a housing jacket (6, 7) which surrounds a rotor space (15) for receiving a turbine rotor (18). The housing jacket consists of sheet metal at least in part. A connection pipe (4′) provides for communica... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220947 | Pipe heater A heater for heating elongated objects includes an elongated strip of flexible material having first and second ends and elongated opposite side edges defining a width therebetween. The strip of material comprises a fiber reinforced elastomeric material having at le... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7192065 | System for providing communication between the interior and the exterior of a compartment A system for making a connection between the interior and exterior of a compartment, comprising a door opening through the compartment wall, a connector body which can engage with the wall, and having a connection port through it, and a removable cover on the connec... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7159645 | Low torque inner gimbal heat remover A cooling assembly for removing heat form an enclosed environment containing a gimbal device. The assembly comprises an exhaust bellows equipped with a device to draw heated air from the heat source to the outer environment an inlet bellows through which cool, outsi... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159905 | Material feed hose system and method of constructing a material feed hose system A material feed hose has a multilayered hose with an inflow end, an intermediate length, and an outflow end. The hose has an an armored crush-resistant outer layer and a heating layer disposed between an inner layer and an intermediate insulating layer. A pair of ho... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143788 | High temperature line expansion installation with bellows An flexible coupling is shown for an insulated piping system of the type used to convey steam and other high temperature fluids. The coupling uses a flexible bellows and additional insulating and joining components to couple conventional lengths of insulated pipe. T... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7114752 | Slip coupling for pipe A slip coupling. A tube having smooth outer walls is joined to a larger hollow outer casing using a slip coupling assembly. The casing has an interior cavity and a flanged end. An annular seal is placed adjacent the flanged end. A split flange is positioned adjacent... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100559 | Engine air intake manifold An engine air intake manifold has two main body sections that are divided along an airflow direction and mated tightly against each other at oppositely facing mating parts so as to form an air intake passage therein. A gas passage is formed along the mating parts. T... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101457 | Method and tool system for plastic pipe repair A repair method for a plastic pipe network allows a damaged pipe to be disconnected from a fixture carrying it in the network without damage to or removal of the fixture carrying the pipe to be removed or the disruption of connections of other pipes connected to tha... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7086422 | Respiratory gas hose system for supplying a respiratory gas A respiratory gas hose system for supplying a respiratory gas is provided, particularly for use in the frame work of CPAP therapy. The respiratory gas hose system comprises a flexible hose line including a flexible sheathing body to surround the flexible hose line, ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7044116 | Exhaust heat exchanger in particular for motor vehicles The invention relates to an exhaust heat exchanger (1), in particular an exhaust cooler for motor vehicles with exhaust recycling, comprising a housing sleeve (2) for a coolant and a nest of tubes (3) with exhaust flowing through and coolant cir... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040666 | Full port externally gimballed joint A gimballed joint includes an annular bellows seal circumscribed about a joint centerline mounted within forward and aft shrouds having clevises with lugs and a threaded hole disposed through each of lugs. A ring circumscribed about the lugs has counterbored holes. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037126 | Rotary joint for fluid electricity The present invention is directed to a rotary joint that includes a power slip ring and an electric signal slip ring, both for passing electricity between a stator and a rotor The system includes a plurality of slip rings (21,31) and a plurality of circumfere... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6969094 | Tube coupling A tube coupling for the detachable coupling of tube line sections of a high-pressure tubing system. The tube coupling includes two coupling blocks held together by a clamping screw, whereby one of the coupling blocks has a coupling plug that engages a plug socket pr... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6937030 | Testing electrical integrity of electrically heated subsea pipelines Method is provided for testing electrically heated subsea pipelines that are “electrical-ready,” that is, equipped for applying electrical power when it is needed for heating the pipeline at any time during the life of the pipeline. Time domain reflectometer app... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6932351 | Packing case for cooling compressors and other machinery A packing case for cooling compressors and other machinery is disclosed. A packing case includes an opening through which a movable machinery shaft may be inserted such that the packing case is mounted on the shaft. In an exemplary embodiment, the packing case conta... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6929034 | Coupling system, kit, and method A coupling system, comprising: a first bellows element; a fluid handling component; and a coupling assembly releasably connecting the first bellows element to the fluid handling component for maintaining a secure connection between the first bellows element and the ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6857670 | Plastic tube joint An apparatus for creating a permanent, leak-proof plastic tubing joint including a length of plastic tubing, a fitting component and a device capable of generating a local electromagnetic field. The fitting component is manufactured of a polymer containing nonpolyme... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6764110 | Remotely pretensioned threaded tubular connections This invention is a method and apparatus for making a pressure-containing threaded tubular connection, suitable for remotely operated connection and separation, utilizing electrical heating to reduce the amount of makeup torque required to produce reliable preloadin... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6688650 | Dry disconnect fluidic coupling An apparatus and method for a dry disconnect coupling. The dry disconnect coupling includes a first coupling member for coupling to a second coupling member. A circuit provides a first signal based on when the first coupling member is disconnected to the ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6423943 | Connecting clamp, connecting apparatus and connecting method A connecting clamp includes a heating member which surrounds a portion to be connected of a steel pipe and heats the portion to be connected, and a first clamp section and second clamp section positioned on opposite sides of the portion to be connected an... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6412822 | Rotary joint A mechanical seal rotary joint of the end-face contact type which permits slurry fluids, such as polishing solution, to pass through a fluid passage without leaking out of the relatively rotating contact area therein. The rotary joint of the present inven... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6412821 | Device for the vacuum-tight connecting of two bodies of different materials A device for connecting two bodies, especially a quartz body and a metallic body, which assures with few and simply formed components a high sealing ability at high temperature differences and at very low pressures and makes possible an easy assembly and ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6371693 | Making subsea pipelines ready for electrical heating Apparatus and method are provided for connecting electrical power for heating subsea pipelines after the pipeline is deployed. Electrical connections may be made subsea using wet-mateable connectors. The electrical power may be supplied from a boat or may... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6316751 | Apparatus for forming field joints on plastic coated pipe A system and apparatus for and method of fusing a wrap to a portion of a length of plastic-coated pipe are disclosed. The system comprises a thermoplastic piece shaped to conform to the portion of pipe, the piece including a heat-generating trace and the ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6227575 | Apparatus for the connection of line sections In order, in a particularly simple way, to allow multiple separation and connection of line sections of a line, through which a hot and highly compressed medium flows, in particular a pipeline, through which steam flows, there is provided a double-walled ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6220303 | Device for limiting the bending radius of a flexible duct The invention concerns a device for limiting the bending radius of a flexible duct comprising at least a bend stiffener arranged around one length of the flexible duct and fixed by a rear part on a fixed end support, characterized in that it further compr... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6127662 | Electrofusion method and device A method of joining a first pipe of a plastic material to a second pipe of a material which does not bond well to the plastic material, utilizes an electrofusion sleeve of a plastic material which bonds well to the plastic material of the first pipe and h... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6112545 | Single pipe closed loop reverse flow cooling and dehumidification system Multiple coil fittings are connected in series to a closed loop single pipe circuit. Each coil fitting provides a paralleled chilled water flow to a fan coil servicing an enclosure. The coil fitting has a housing enclosing a first tubing for directing chi... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6017066 | Threaded connection device for pipes Threaded connection device for pipes including a cylindrical sleeve having, at both its ends, fasteners for the connection with a flexible pipe, two internally threaded rings each one screwing on one end of the sleeve. These said rings have a circular rim... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6009907 | Flexible stiffener Stiffener designed for fitting to a piping consisting of a flexible conduit for use in a marine environment, carying a hot fluid, the said stiffener comprising a flexible casing located at least partially over the said flexible conduit, having structure (... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5865472 | Compensator for temperature-caused length changes A compensator 11 comprises a housing 14 and a sliding ram 13, which is displaceable along a sliding seat 17. The sliding ram 13 includes a flow channel portion 21, which transitions into an elbow bend 30, which, in the operating state, i.e., when hot poly... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5853198 | Thermal attachment device A mechanical coupling device for selectively connecting and disconnecting an apparatus to a thermal source. The coupling device includes a thermal bridge element comprised of a flexible structure having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, and a ther... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5732981 | Joint between an unrefrigerated pipe and a refrigerated pipe A joint between a hot and unrefrigerated pipe (1) and a refrigerated pipe (2). The end of the unrefrigerated pipe is bifurcated in cross-section, leaving two sections joined at one end. The exterior section (6) is fastened tight to the refrigerated pipe (... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5542711 | Device for fitting a hot element to a hollow body made of thermoplastic including at least one cold fluid inlet, and hollow body including such a device The device is used to fit a hot element (8) to a hollow body (1) including at least one cold fluid inlet pipe (2) and at least one fluid outlet pipe (3b), said hollow body (1) being made of a thermoplastic which cannot withstand the temperature of the hot... | 08/06/1996 |
