# US 10,309,565 B2 · Anchoring arrangement for a protective sleeve > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,309,565 B2 - Document ID: US10309565B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/313,500 - Filed: 2015-05-27 - Published: 2017-08-24 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-29 - Assignees: Australasian Steel Products Pty Ltd. - Applicants: Australasian Steel Products Pty Ltd. - Inventors: Ashok Radhakrishnan; Ernest Byrnes; Leigh Wayne Morrison - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10309565B2 ## CPC - F16L 33/207: only a sleeve being contracted on the hose - F16L 35/00: Special arrangements used in connection with end fittings of hoses, e.g. safety or protecting devices - F16L 55/005: {Devices restraining ruptured tubes from whipping} - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL ## Abstract An anchor of an anchoring arrangement for a protective sleeve which locates, in use, over a conduit assembly, the conduit assembly including a conduit end connector configured to engage and fasten an end of a conduit to a conduit connection assembly. The anchor comprises a mounting element which is configured, in use, to be removably mountable on and around at least a portion of the conduit end connector, the mounting element having an outer side; and at least one fastening groove formed in and extending around the outer side of the mounting element. Each fastening groove is configured to receive, in use, a portion of a co-located protective sleeve and at least one securing element such that the securing element captures a portion of a co-located protective sleeve between the securing element and the mounting element within a cooperating fastening groove. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An anchor of an anchoring arrangement for a protective sleeve configured to be located over a high pressure fluid conduit assembly, the high pressure fluid conduit assembly including a conduit end connector configured to engage and fasten an end of a conduit to a high pressure fluid conduit connection assembly, the anchor comprising: a mounting element which is configured to be removably mounted on and around at least a portion of the conduit end connector, the mounting element having an outer side having at least one fastening groove that extends around the outer side of the mounting element, and an inner cavity configured to receive a cooperating portion of the conduit end connector, the inner cavity including a stop formation located at one end of the inner cavity in the form of an annular flange that extends from an inner surface of the mounting element, the annular flange defines an opening that has a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the inner cavity, the stop formation being configured to limit axial movement of the mounting element along length of the conduit end connector towards a conduit receiving end of the conduit end connector when the anchoring arrangement is mounted on and over the conduit assembly, wherein the at least one fastening groove is configured to receive a portion of the protective sleeve and at least one securing element such that the securing element captures a portion of the protective sleeve between the securing element and the mounting element within the at least one fastening groove. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The anchor according to claim 1, wherein the mounting element comprises a sleeve. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The anchor according to claim 2, wherein the sleeve ls configured as a ring, cylinder, partial ring or truncated cylinder. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The anchor according to claim 1, wherein the mounting element includes at least two axial ends defining openings through which a portion of the high pressure fluid conduit assembly extends when mounted on the conduit end connector. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The anchor according to claim 4, wherein the annular flange includes defines at least one cut-out section radially extending from one of the openings into the flange. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The anchor according to claim 1, wherein the mounting element is formed from at least two releasably securable sections. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The anchor according to claim 6, wherein the releasably securable sections comprise at least a first section and a second section, and each section includes at least one pair of cooperating fastening elements for releasably fastening each section together. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The anchor according to claim 7, wherein the cooperating fastening elements comprise at least one of a clasp, clip, pin, peg, plug, lock, tie, latch, or hook. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The anchor according to claim 6, wherein each section includes at least two pairs of cooperating fastening elements for releasably fastening each section together, each fastening element being axially spaced apart relative to the longitudinal axis of the mounting element. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The anchor according to claim 1, wherein the mounting element comprises a clip. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The anchor according to claim 10, wherein the clip defines a longitudinal opening through which a section of a conduit assembly can pass to removably locate the mounting element onto a portion of the conduit end connector of the high pressure fluid conduit connector assembly. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The anchor according to claim 1, wherein the fastening groove comprises an annularly extending channel which extends substantially around the outer side of the mounting element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The anchor according to claim 1, wherein the mounting element defines at least two fastening grooves. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The anchor according to claim 13, wherein each fastening groove is spaced apart along a length of the mounting element. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) An anchoring arrangement for a protective sleeve which locates, in use, over a high pressure conduit assembly, the high pressure conduit assembly including a conduit end connector configured to engage and fasten an end of a high pressure fluid conduit to a high pressure fluid conduit connection assembly, the anchoring arrangement comprising: at least one anchor according to claim 1; and at least one securing element configured to be receivable within a cooperating fastening groove of the mounting element, wherein, in use, at least one securing element captures a portion of a co-located protective sleeve between the securing element and the mounting element of an anchor within a cooperating fastening groove of that anchor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The anchoring arrangement according to claim 15, wherein the securing element is configured to extend and engage over the portion of a protective sleeve. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The anchoring arrangement according to claim 15 wherein the at least one securing element comprises an elongate fastener. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The anchoring arrangement according claim 15, wherein the securing element comprises a cable tie. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) A protective sleeve assembly comprising: a protective sleeve sized to fit over at least one high pressure fluid conduit with a gap between the protective sleeve and the high pressure fluid conduit; and an anchoring arrangement according to claim 15; wherein, in use, at least one securing element captures a portion of the protective sleeve between the securing element and the mounting element of an anchor within a cooperating fastening groove of that anchor. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) A conduit assembly including: at least one high pressure fluid conduit; at least one high pressure fluid conduit connection assembly mounted on at least one end of the high pressure fluid conduit, the high pressure fluid conduit connection assembly including a conduit end connector configured to engage and fasten an end of the high pressure fluid conduit; an anchoring arrangement according to claim 15, the anchoring arrangement being mounted around at least a portion of the conduit end connector of the high pressure fluid conduit connection assembly; and a protective sleeve sized to fit over the at least one conduit with a gap between the cover and the high pressure fluid conduit, wherein, in use, at least one securing element captures a portion of the protective sleeve between the securing element and the mounting element of an anchor within a cooperating fastening groove of that anchor.