Pipe clamping device and a pipe assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSeven Qi, Kelly Chen, Fiona Zhang, Sunny Li
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Abstract
A pipe clamping device comprises a first part including a first base and a first clamping portion connected to the first base; a second part including a second base and a second clamping portion connected to the second base; and a connector including a rod. The first base includes a first guiding slot extending in a first direction and the second base includes a second guiding slot extending in the first direction. The rod of the connector passes through the first guiding slot and the second guiding slot at a second direction different from the first direction. The first clamping portion is movable relative to the second clamping portion in the first and second directions.
Claims20
A pipe clamping device, comprising:
- a first part including a first base and a first clamping portion connected to the first base, wherein the first base includes a first guiding slot extending in a first direction;
- a second part including a second base and a second clamping portion connected to the second base, wherein the second base includes a second guiding slot extending in the first direction;
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- a connector including a rod passing through the first and second guiding slots at a second direction different from the first direction;
- wherein the first clamping portion is movable relative to the second clamping portion in the first and second directions;
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- wherein the first guiding slot and the second guiding slot are positioned between the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, and the first clamping portion is positioned outside the second clamping portion.
A pipe clamping device, comprising:
- a first part including a first base and a first clamping portion connected to the first base and configured to receive a first pipe, wherein the first base includes a first guiding slot extending in a first direction and a first locking pin extending from a main surface of the first base in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction and adjacent to a first distal end of the first base;
- a second part including a second base and a second clamping portion connected to the second base and configured to receive a second pipe, wherein the second base includes a second guiding slot extending in the first direction and a third guiding slot to slidably receive the first locking pin;
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- a connector including a rod and a first stop and a second stop that are disposed at two ends of the rod, wherein the rod passes through the first guiding slot and the second guiding slot;
- wherein the first and second and third guiding slots are substantial parallel each other,
- wherein the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are spaced apart from each other at the first direction, the first base and the second base are at least partially overlapped, and
- wherein a length of the rod defines a maximum distance between the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion in the second direction.
A pipe assembly, comprising:
- a first pipe;
- a second pipe;
- a clamping device to connect the first pipe with the second pipe, the clamping device comprising:
- a first part including a first base having a first connecting end and a first distal end and a first clamping portion connected to the first connecting end to receive the first pipe;
- wherein the first base includes a first guiding slot extending in a first direction and a first locking pin extending from a main surface of the first base in a second direction different from the first direction and adjacent to the first distal end of the first base;
- a second part including a second base having a second connecting end and a second distal end, and a second clamping portion connected to the second connecting end of the second base to receive the second pipe, wherein the second base includes a second guiding slot extending in the first direction and a third guiding slot to slidably receive the first locking pin;
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- a connector to connect the first part with the second part, wherein the connector includes a rod passing through the first guiding slot and the second guiding slot, and a first stop and a second stop that are disposed at two ends of the rod,
- wherein the first part and the second part are movable along the rod of the connector to enable movement of the first pipe relative to the second pipe in the second direction, and movement of the first locking pin in the third guiding slot enables movement of the first pipe relative to the second pipe in the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.