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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7398798 | Flexible sleeve liner for a convolute duct An air induction system wherein the outlet air assembly includes a sleeve-lined convolute duct. A sleeve liner is disposed within a convolute duct which spans the convolutes, wherein an attached end of the sleeve liner is attached to a non-convolute portion of the c... | 07/15/2008 |
| 6902203 | Exhaust pipe decoupler for vehicles An exhaust pipe decoupler for vehicles including a bellows (10), an outer braid member (20) spaced from the bellows and braided with a predetermined angle, a retainer (30) having a support (31) inwardly curved at both ends thereof for eng... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6880861 | Pipe joint This pipe joint comprises a hollow cylindrical joint body made of elastic material such as heat-resistant rubber with a prescribed length, and a circular flange for connecting piping attached to the both sides of the joint body, on the side of the inner circumferenc... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6733231 | Vapor tube structure of gas turbine A vapor tube structure in a gas turbine comprises first connecting tubes fixed to a casing, second connecting tubes fixed to a blade ring, a recovery ring and a cooling recovery ring, a bellows tube of the flexible structure, springs, a tube and a piston rings provi... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6709023 | Flexible slide joint A flexible slide joint is provided for accommodating axial, rotational and angular misalignments between two fluid conveying members. The flexible slide joint basically has first and second tube members with a sliding sealing member and a axially compressible elemen... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6695358 | Controlled leak cryogenic bayonet pipe spool and system A cryogenic fluid piping system is provided with two or more coupled pipe spools, each spool having an inner and outer pipe, the inner for carrying cryogenic fluid. The pipe spools are also configured with a bayonet connection to allow expansion and contr... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6631928 | Expansion joint device Both ends of a bellows-type outer cylinder [31] capable of axial expansion and contraction are connected in a leakproof manner to a pair of connection passage ends [20], thereby constituting an expansion passage [30]. A cylindrical resin film [33] having ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6533334 | Vacuum-jacketed bayonet pipe spool and pipe spool system for cryogenic fluid A vacuum-jacketed bayonet pipe spool system for cryogenic fluid. The pipe spool comprises a male bayonet to fit within a female bayonet of an opposing pipe and an expansion-contraction second bellows about the outer end of the male bayonet for stress-free... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6488313 | Flexible connector assembly for exhaust system A flexible connector assembly is provided for an exhaust system. The exhaust system includes first and second rigid exhaust pipes. The flexible connector assembly includes a flexible metal hose section and a liner tube. The liner tube has a first, enlarge... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6464258 | Decoupler for exhaust pipe of automobiles A decoupler for exhaust pipe of automobiles includes a bellows for absorbing bending and expansion, the bellows being airtight with respect to exhaust gas therein, and an inner, cylindrical sleeve disposed in the bellows for protecting the bellows from th... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6460893 | Bellows seal with laterally offset adjusted liner An expansion joint for high temperature air or other gaseous flows, of the type in which two duct ends are separated by a gap, that is bridged by overlapping inner and outer liner ducts. The inner and outer liner ducts are surrounded by at least one insul... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6422611 | Contractible joint device for metal conduit An expansion joint device (10) used for metal conduits comprises an inlet short tube (1), an outlet short tube (2), and a sleeve (3). Both the opposed inside ends of the two short tubes (1, 2) are in the inside of the sleeve (3) and form a compensating ga... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6419280 | Exhaust pipe joint assembly An exhaust pipe assembly provided with a bellows pipe for connecting an upstream exhaust pipe and a downstream exhaust pipe is disposed so as to form a double pipe construction with a first joint pipe which is connected to the upstream exhaust pipe and a ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6382682 | Extendable pipe joint The present invention provides an extendable pipe joint wherein the cylindrical pipe joint comprises first and second external cylinders disconnectably connected to each other; a first pressure-balancing cylinder is set in the first external cylinder; a s... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6331019 | Conduit vibration decoupling device for use in exhaust systems A vibration decoupling device for use in exhaust systems of internal combustion engines, comprises a pair of axially spaced conduit connecting members connected with each other by a bellows-type connecting element, and a force transmitting means having at... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6324837 | Uncoupling element for uncoupling vibrations An uncoupling element is proposed for uncoupling vibrations in an exhaust gas conduit of an internal combustion engine, having a screw thread-shaped or annular waved, metal corrugated hose, which is inserted between a first conduit element arranged upstre... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6296282 | Articulated connecting element for piping elements A gas tight articulated connecting element for piping elements includes: a flexible gas tight tube element to be securely connected with the piping elements; a supporting element disposed at a distance from the tube element at an exterior region thereof a... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6193280 | Exhaust connector assembly and kit for a segmented exhaust manifold An exhaust manifold assembly for use with an internal combustion engine includes a segmented exhaust manifold with a first segment and a second segment. The first segment has an inlet end for connection with the internal combustion engine and an outlet en... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6164703 | Exhaust coupler This invention relates to a decoupler for the exhaust pipes of automobile. The preferred decoupler includes a conduit-type sleeve (10); a conduit-type cover member (20) generally covering the sleeve (10); a guiding member (30) extended from the end of the... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6151893 | Flexible tube for automobile exhaust systems A flexible tube for an automobile exhaust system which has a bellow assembly to absorb the first exhaust pipe and the second exhaust pipe for the an exhaust system having a cylindrical outer cover (5) made of plate to cover the outer periphery of the bell... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6131955 | Expansion joint with thermal transition connector A modified expansion joint to provide a transition from one conduit to an adjacent conduit. The expansion joint includes a flexible coupling member and an angled transition leg having insulation on both sides thereof. The flexible coupling member takes up... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6086110 | Vibration decoupling connector for exhaust systems A vibration decoupling exhaust connector is provided having a flange for mounting the connector to a flange or housing surface of an exhaust system component, such as an exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine. A liner tube is resiliently suppor... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6047993 | Arrangement for connection pipe pieces and method of making same An arrangement for connecting pipe pieces, particularly pipe pieces of exhaust systems of motor vehicles, is provided with end sleeves each fastened to the ends of the pipe pieces and pointing in each case to the other pipe end. In the interior of the end... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6032463 | Exhaust connector assembly and kit for a segmented exhaust manifold An exhaust manifold assembly for use with an internal combustion engine includes a segmented exhaust manifold with a first segment and a second segment. The first segment has an inlet end for connection with the internal combustion engine and an outlet en... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6003814 | Double-walled duct assembly for aircraft anti-icing conduit systems Disclosed is a duct assembly for conducting compressed air from a fixed component to a component that is movable with respect to the fixed component. The duct assembly contains at least two telescoping, tubular conduit sections with seals between adjacent... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5992896 | Flexible coupler apparatus A flexible coupler apparatus for joining successive lengths of fluid transmission member in an exhaust system for a vehicle. A pipe inner member is insertingly received in the adjacent ends of two pipe adapter members which are affixed to respective adjac... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5984372 | Integrated flange-mesh ring assembly for decoupler apparatus A vibration decoupling connector apparatus, for decoupling vibrations, for example, along the components of an internal combustion engine exhaust system. The flexible connector apparatus is provided for connecting first and second components in the exhaus... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5971439 | Flexible coupler apparatus A flexible coupler apparatus for decoupling vibrations, for example, along the components of an internal combustion engine exhaust system. First and second adapter members are connected together to accommodate axial and flexural relative movement between ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5957504 | Exhaust manifold attachment apparatus A flexible connector apparatus for decoupling vibrations, for example, along the components of an internal combustion engine exhaust system. The flexible connector apparatus is provided for connecting first and second components in the exhaust system, and... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5944363 | Flexible connector systems Flexible connector systems are provided for decoupling vibrations between two components of an exhaust system of a vehicle, for example an exhaust manifold and an exhaust down pipe. The flexible connector systems are configured for providing sealed, subst... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5904378 | Flexible joint A flexible joint is disclosed which comprises a first rigid wall portion, a second rigid wall portion, a flexible wall portion extending between the first and second rigid wall portions, the three wall portions defining a longitudinal passage through the ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5879032 | Flexible joint for a culvert A flexible joint for a culvert includes a pair of annular connecting members, a flexible sealing member fixed to the connecting members, bearing means provided radially inwardly of the flexible sealing member and fixed to the connecting members for suppor... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5806899 | Flexible connection tube for automotive exhaust system A flexible connection tube for an automotive exhaust system comprises a flexible metal bellows adapted to be connected between a run of exhaust piping for absorbing expansion or contraction of the exhaust piping, and an outer knitted metal-wire braid cove... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5794987 | Flexible joint for a culvert A flexible joint for a culvert includes a pair of annular connecting members, a flexible sealing member fixed to the connecting members, bearing means provided radially inwardly of the flexible sealing member and fixed to the connecting members for suppor... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5791697 | Device for the movable connection of pipe ends The invention relates to a device for the movable connection of pipe ends, particularly of motor vehicle exhaust systems, with a flexible pipe element, such as a metal bellows, hose or the like, and with damped, spring elastic elements acting between the ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5782506 | Flexible pipe In a flexible pipe having upstream side and downstream side inner tubes disposed internally of a bellows tube, the interference of the bellows tube with the inner tubes is prevented and the inner opening ends of both the inner tubes are disposed in the ve... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5704657 | Flexible joint for a culvert A flexible joint for a culvert includes a pair of annular connecting members, a flexible sealing member fixed to the connecting members, bearing means provided radially inwardly of the flexible sealing member and fixed to the connecting members for suppor... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5653478 | Flexible coupling assembly The flexible coupling assembly has a liner with a radially outwardly extending flange and a bellows with a radially outwardly extending flange connected together by weld joint at a predetermined location on an end surface of the radially outwardly extendi... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5639127 | Flexible coupler apparatus A flexible coupler apparatus for joining successive lengths of pipe in an exhaust system for a vehicle. A pipe inner member is insertingly received in the adjacent ends of two pipe adapter members which are affixed to respective adjacent pipe ends. A firs... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5603531 | Blind assembly-swivel crossover tube The crossover tube conducts fluid from the exhaust nozzle of a gas turbine engine to a blind receiver mounted in the sidewall of the airframe when assembled and deployed and includes a rigidly affixed forward ball and joint and a ball attached to the ends... | 02/18/1997 |
