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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347456 | Sleeve for joining and sealing conduits An apparatus is provided for joining and sealing conduits, includes edge trim, a sleeve, and a retaining element. The edge trim is shaped to mount upon and engage an end of a conduit. The sleeve extends between the conduits and at least partially surrounds the edge ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347457 | Hose connection piece, a hose coupling and a hose fitting having a hose connection piece A hose connection piece is disclosed having a region for the reception of a hose end, wherein a peripheral sealing groove is provided on the outer side of the hose connection piece for the sealing of the hose connection. Also disclosed is a hose coupling having a ho... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7175208 | High temperature end fitting and method of use Embodiments of a system and method for sealing an end of a flowline to an end fitting are disclosed. Such methods include providing an end fitting housing having a bore, wherein a portion of the bore has a tapered inner surface, inserting an open end of a flexible p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6994378 | Sleeve for joining and sealing conduits The apparatus for joining and sealing conduits, includes edge trim, a sleeve, and a retaining element. The edge trim is shaped to mount upon and engage an end of a conduit. The sleeve extends between the conduits and at least partially surrounds the edge trim. The s... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6938932 | High-pressure hose with adhesively bonded hose coupling which can be post-assembled The invention relates to a hose comprising a steel coupling (1), in which the structural elements of the hose, namely the reinforcing plies (4), liner (12), carcass (7), and cover (9) are bonded. The main feature of the inve... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6923477 | End-fitting for flexible pipe A fixing end-fitting for a flexible tubular pipe, the pipe comprising an inner sealing sheath, a pressure vault comprising a short-pitch helical winding of a metal forming wire, an intermediate sheath and at least a web of tensile long-pitch wound armour wires and a... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6742813 | Method of securing reinforcement wires to an end termination of a pipeline or a cable, an end termination, and uses of the method and the end termination In a method of securing tensile reinforcement elements (7) of a pipeline or a cable to an end termination (18), the end termination is provided with a plurality of locking holes through which the reinforcement elements to be secured are pulled. Inserti... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6592153 | High temperature end fitting An end fitting in which to receive a flexible pipe end to be joined includes an annular seal unit comprised of a resilient elastomeric composition contained in a tapered rigid housing ring force fit in a tapered recess of a surrounding component so as to ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6494497 | Fluid-tight fluid conduit A diffusion-tight fluid conduit for hydrocarbon-containing fluids has a corrugated pipe of corrosion-resistant metal with a corrugated inner side and a corrugated outer side, wherein the outer side is exposed. An inner pipe of plastic material is arranged... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6412825 | Assembly of an end-fitting and a flexible pipe An assembly of an end-fitting and a flexible pressure pipe which is of a non-bonded structure and comprises a number of layers including at least one layer (5) having a number of helically wound flat metallic tensile armour wires with end parts which, in ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6379596 | Method of forming a fitting for a reinforced silicone tube A method for forming a fitting at an end of a braid-reinforced silicone tube. A short length of the outer layer surrounding the braiding is removed and the exposed braiding is folded back over a first silicone ring and then a second silicone ring is place... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6361080 | Method for attaching an ANSI stub-end flanged connector to a composite tubular member A method is disclosed for coupling a stub end flanged connector to a fiber reinforced plastic pipe. The method includes tapering an end of the fiber reinforced plastic pipe on the outside surface of its fiber overwrap. An inside surface of a stub end conn... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6196763 | Connection system for hoses, expansion joints and actuators Tubular structures are described which are composed of multiple layers of reinforced material. The structures include at least one terminal end portion which includes one or more wedges between adjacent layers of reinforced material. The structures may be... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6145895 | Sleeve for joining tubular conduits A sleeve for coupling together two fluid-handling conduits includes a compressible and resilient tubular core and a protective fabric cover which covers at least portions of the outer surface of the core and is substantially inexpansible in the radial and... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5443099 | Tube of composite material for drilling and/or transport of liquid or gaseous products, in particular for offshore oil exploitation and method for fabrication of such a tube A tube includes a tubular part of composite material with a thermosetting resin matrix. A metallic end coupling member is connected to one end of the tubular part and is engaged at least partially inside the tubular part. A tubular covering member of impe... | 08/22/1995 |
| 4955970 | Method of forming a joint between a connecting piece and a product formed of composite material, said joint, and said connecting piece for forming said joint A method for forming a joint between a product formed of composite material including reinforcing fibers and a connecting piece includes forming the connecting piece with a shoulder within a joint region thereof and during the formation of the product, gu... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4190088 | Chafe or fire sleeve for hose A chafe or fire sleeve for a hose is an integral coaxial structure having an inner layer of silicone and an outer layer of urethane in the range of 80%-20% urethane and 20%-80% silicone, respectively. The inner hose structure preferably comprises an elast... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4126157 | High-pressure filament reinforced hose having integral filament-bound couplings A pair of coupling collars are fixed on each end of a tubular mandrel. Each such collar carries a plurality of fixed bolt-hole sleeves projecting in a direction axially of the hose. Layers of rubber tape and continuous steel reinforcing cords are sequenti... | 11/21/1978 |
