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US 11,906,083 B2Granted
Connector for pipes
AssigneeTrinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC
InventorsAndrew James Heaton, Brian Lee Dillinger, Jagtar Singh Thethy
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Abstract
A pipe connector for connecting pipes that includes an elongate tubular body having an outer diameter, a sleeve disposed over the elongate tubular body, and a first wire ring. The elongate tubular body that has a groove formed on the outer diameter. The sleeve has a groove formed on an inner diameter that is spaced from a first end of the sleeve and is aligned with the groove of the elongate tubular member. The first wire ring is disposed within the groove of the elongate tubular body and within the groove of the sleeve such that the sleeve is coupled to the elongate tubular body by the first wire ring.
Claims16
A pipe connector, comprising:
- an elongate tubular body that defines a connector bore configured to be fluidly connected to a pipe bore of a pipe, wherein the elongate tubular body comprises:
- a body shoulder formed circumferentially along an outer diameter of the elongate tubular body such that the body shoulder protrudes outwardly;
- and
- a body groove formed circumferentially along the outer diameter of the elongate tubular body such that the body groove is spaced apart from the body shoulder;
- a sleeve configured to be disposed circumferentially around the elongate tubular body, wherein the sleeve comprises:
- a sleeve shoulder at a first end that is configured to be orientated toward the body shoulder of the elongate tubular body;
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- a sleeve groove at a second end that is formed circumferentially along an inner diameter of the sleeve such that the sleeve groove is configured to be radially aligned with the body groove of the elongate tubular body;
- a first wire ring configured to be disposed within the body groove of the elongate tubular body and the sleeve groove of the sleeve to facilitate blocking the sleeve from sliding on the elongate tubular body in a first axial direction;
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- a second wire ring configured to be disposed between the body shoulder of the elongate tubular body and the sleeve shoulder of the sleeve to facilitate blocking the sleeve from sliding on the elongate tubular body in a second axial direction.
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A method of assembling a pipe connector, comprising:
- forming an elongate tubular body to define a connector bore that is to be fluidly connected to a pipe bore of a pipe at least in part by:
- forming a body shoulder circumferentially along an outer diameter of the elongate tubular body such that the body shoulder protrudes outwardly;
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- forming a body groove circumferentially along the outer diameter of the elongate tubular body such that the body groove is spaced apart from the body shoulder;
- forming a sleeve at least in part by:
- forming a sleeve shoulder that is to be oriented toward the body shoulder of the elongate tubular body at a first end of the sleeve;
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- forming a sleeve groove circumferentially along an inner diameter of the sleeve at a second end of the sleeve;
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- securing the sleeve circumferentially around the elongate tubular body at least in part by:
- disposing a first wire ring within the sleeve groove of the sleeve and the body groove of the elongate tubular body to facilitate blocking the sleeve from sliding on the elongate tubular body in a first axial direction;
- and
- disposing a second wire ring between the body shoulder of the elongate tubular body and the sleeve shoulder of the sleeve to facilitate blocking the sleeve from sliding on the elongate tubular body in a second axial direction.
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A pipe connector, comprising:
- an elongate tubular body that defines a connector bore configured to be fluidly connected to a pipe bore of a pipe, wherein the elongate tubular body comprises a body groove formed circumferentially along an outer diameter of the elongate tubular body;
- a sleeve configured to be disposed circumferentially around the elongate tubular body, wherein the sleeve comprises:
- a sleeve groove formed circumferentially along an inner diameter of the sleeve such that the sleeve groove is configured to be radially aligned with the body groove of the elongate tubular body;
- and
- a wire insertion cutout formed at an axial end of the sleeve such that the wire insertion cutout opens to the sleeve groove of the sleeve;
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- a wire ring configured to be disposed within the body groove of the elongate tubular body and the sleeve groove of the sleeve via the wire insertion cutout formed at the axial end of the sleeve to facilitate securing the sleeve to the elongate tubular body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.