Bellows restraint
AssigneeTalon Innovations, Inc.
InventorsAaron Flint, Dustin Tomhave
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Abstract
A bellows restraint includes a first bracket having a first mount and a first arm extending from the first mount, a second bracket having a second mount and a second arm extending from the second mount to be adjacent to the first arm with the second arm having at least one through-hole, and a first fastener extending through the at least one through-hole of the second arm to connect to the first arm with the first fastener having a cross-sectional area that is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the at least one through-hole to allow the first bracket to move in relation to the second bracket.
Claims18
A bellows restraint comprising:
- a first bracket having a first mount and a first arm extending from the first mount;
- a second bracket having a second mount and a second arm extending from the second mount to be adjacent to the first arm, the second arm having a first through-hole and a second through-hole;
- a first fastener extending through the first through-hole of the second arm to connect to the first arm, the first fastener having a cross-sectional area that is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the first through-hole to allow the first bracket to move in relation to the second bracket;
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- a second fastener extending through the second through-hole of the second arm to connect to the first arm, the second fastener having a cross-sectional area that is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the second through-hole to allow the first bracket to move in relation to the second bracket.
An assembly comprising:
- a tube with a hollow inner flow path configured to allow a fluid to flow through the tube;
- an expansion joint along the tube;
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- a restraint comprising:
- a first bracket having a first mount attached to the tube and a first arm extending adjacent to the expansion joint;
- a second bracket having a second mount attached to the tube and a second arm extending adjacent to the expansion joint and the first arm, the second arm having a first through-hole and a second through-hole;
- a first standoff extending through the first through-hole of the second arm and fastened to the first arm to limit extension, compression, and an angular deflection of the expansion joint;
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- a second standoff extending through the second through-hole of the second arm and fastened to the first arm.
A connection along a hydraulic fluid flow path comprising:
- a fluid line;
- a bellows along the fluid line configured to allow compression, extension, and angular deflection of the fluid line;
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- a bellows restraint adjacent to the bellows configured to limit an amount of compression, extension, and angular deflection of the fluid line, the bellows restraint comprising:
- a first support having a first bellows attachment to connect the first support to a first end of the bellows and a first extension extending along the fluid line adjacent to the bellows;
- a second support having a second bellows attachment, a second extension, a first aperture, and a second aperture with the second bellows attachment connecting the second support to a second side of the bellows and the second extension extending along the fluid line adjacent to the bellows and adjacent to the first extension;
- a first standoff having a first shaft and a first head, the first shaft extending through the first aperture in the second extension and connected to the first extension with the first shaft having a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the first aperture;
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- a second standoff having a second shaft and a second head, the second shaft extending through the second aperture in the second extension and connected to the first extension with the first shaft having a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the second aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.