# US 11,441,717 B2 · Resin pipe fitting

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- Number: US 11,441,717 B2
- Document ID: US11441717B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/330,966
- Filed: 2017-06-15
- Published: 2019-08-22
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2016-10-03
- Assignees: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Makoto Fujii; Masaki Miyamoto; Tatsuya Fujii; Toshihide Iida; Tomoyuki Koike; Shintaro Makihata
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11441717B2

## CPC

- F16L 47/041: {the plastic pipe end being flared either before or during the making of the connection}
- F16L 19/028: the collars or flanges being obtained by deformation of the pipe wall
- F16L 19/043: {with additional sealing means}
- F16L 19/061: {a pressure ring being arranged between the clamping ring and the threaded member or the connecting member}
- F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

## Abstract

A resin tube fitting has a body with a sleeve allowing the longitudinal end of the tube to be put therein, an inner ring with a press-in portion configured to be pressed in the longitudinal end of the tube, and a union nut with a connector configured to be screwed to an outer periphery of the body to allow the longitudinal end of the tube to be put radially between the connector and the press-in portion. The inner ring and the union nut are made of resin, which has a property of contracting in response to change in ambient temperature. The radial contraction rate of the connector is higher by 0.05% or more than that of the press-in portion of the inner ring.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A resin tube fitting connectable to a tube, while allowing a longitudinal end of the tube to be put therein, the fitting comprising:
a body including a sleeve that allows the longitudinal end of the tube to be put therein;
an inner ring including a press-in portion that is configured to be pressed into the longitudinal end of the tube, and to be put inside the sleeve together with the longitudinal end of the tube in which the press-in portion is put; and
a union nut including a connector that is configured to, aiming at connecting the longitudinal end of the tube to the body, be screwed to an outer periphery of the body to allow the longitudinal end of the tube to be put radially between the connector and the press-in portion of the inner ring when the press-in portion is put inside the sleeve of the body together with the longitudinal end of the tube, wherein:
the inner ring and the union nut are made of resin, which has a property of contracting when ambient temperature rises from room temperature and then falls to room temperature; and
the connector of the union nut is designed to radially contract at a rate higher by 0.05% or more than the press-in portion of the inner ring when ambient temperature rises from room temperature and then falls to room temperature.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The resin tube fitting according to claim 1, wherein the inner ring and the union nut are made of the same kind of resin.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The resin tube fitting according to claim 1, wherein the inner ring and the union nut are made of different kinds of resin.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The resin tube fitting according to claim 1, wherein:
the union nut has a pressing portion configured to, when the connector is screwed to the outer periphery of the sleeve, press the longitudinal end of the tube from an outer radius onto the press-in portion, which is put inside the sleeve together with the longitudinal end of the tube; and
the pressing portion is designed to radially contract at a rate higher than the press-in portion of the inner ring when ambient temperature rises from room temperature and then falls to room temperature.