# US 12,111,184 B2 · Connecting piece assembly and process container > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,111,184 B2 - Document ID: US12111184B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/786,369 - Filed: 2020-12-18 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-19 - Assignees: Edelstahl Maurer AG - Applicants: Edelstahl Maurer AG - Inventors: Emanuel Maurer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12111184B2 ## CPC - G01D 11/30: Supports specially adapted for an instrument; Supports specially adapted for a set of instruments - B01J 19/0053: {Details of the reactor} - G01D: MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - B01J: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS ## Abstract Disclosed is a connecting piece assembly for a process connection of, in particular, fittings or sensors. The connection piece assembly having a first stationary connecting piece element and a second replaceable connecting piece element which is designed so as to be at least partly receivable by a receiving opening of the first stationary connecting piece element. The second replaceable connecting piece element has an outer thread for attaching a union nut of the fitting or the sensor. The connection piece assembly further includes at least one holding device which is designed to hold together the first stationary connecting piece element and the second replaceable connecting piece element. Also disclosed is a process container with a corresponding connecting piece assembly. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connecting piece assembly for a process connection of in a fitting or a sensor, the connecting piece assembly comprising: a first stationary connecting piece element; a second replaceable connecting piece element configured to be at least partly receivable by a receiving opening of the first stationary connecting piece element, wherein the second replaceable connecting piece element has an outer thread for attaching a union nut of the fitting or the sensor; and at least one holding device configured to hold together the first stationary connecting piece element and the second replaceable connecting piece element, wherein the second replaceable connecting piece element has a circumferential flange comprising a projection or a recess which forms an interlocking connection with an opposite recess or an opposite projection of another circumferential flange of the first stationary connecting piece element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connecting piece assembly according to claim 1, wherein the circumferential flange of the first stationary connecting piece element and the circumferential flange of the second stationary connecting piece element each have a bevel, so that the assembled flange tapers outward in the assembled state. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The connecting piece assembly according to claim 1, wherein the holding device is designed to enclose in a clamping manner and press together the flange of the first stationary connecting piece element and the flange of the second replaceable connecting piece element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The connecting piece assembly according to claim 1, wherein the receiving opening of the first stationary connecting piece element comprises an inlet opening which is designed such that the fitting or the sensor can be guided through it. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The connecting piece assembly according to claim 2, wherein the second replaceable connecting piece element has a through-hole which corresponds with the inlet opening of the first stationary connecting piece element. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The connecting piece assembly according to claim 5, wherein the through-hole of the second replaceable connecting piece element has a beveled transition region between a bore portion with a larger inner diameter and a bore portion with a smaller inner diameter, wherein the bore portion with the smaller inner diameter adjoins the inlet opening of the first stationary connecting piece element in a flush manner. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The connecting piece assembly according to claim 6, wherein the smaller inner diameter is 25 mm with a tolerance of H7 or 40 mm with a tolerance of H7. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The connecting piece assembly according to claim 1, wherein an outer diameter of a part of the second replaceable connecting piece element received by the first stationary connecting piece element is smaller than an inner diameter of a receiving opening of the first stationary connecting piece element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The connecting piece assembly according to claim 1, wherein an annular sealing element is arranged between the first stationary connecting piece element and the second replaceable connecting piece element. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The connecting piece assembly according to claim 9, wherein the annular sealing element forms a seat for the second replaceable connecting piece element, wherein, in the mounted state, it also surrounds the side walls of the second replaceable connecting piece element in a sealing manner, at least in the lower region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The connecting piece assembly according to claim 9, wherein the annular sealing element has a circumferential bead which is received in a sealing manner by corresponding grooves on an underside of the second replaceable connecting piece element and a receiving bottom of the first stationary connecting piece element. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A process container having at least one connecting piece assembly according to claim 1, and a fitting or a sensor, wherein the first stationary connecting piece element of the connecting piece assembly is welded into a wall of the process container. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The process container according to claim 12, wherein a snap ring is arranged at an end of the fitting or the sensor facing its base, by means of which the fitting or the sensor is pushed back when the union nut is unscrewed. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The process container according to claim 12, wherein the first stationary connecting piece element has an upward incline of about 15% with respect to a perpendicular to the wall of the process container. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The process container according to claim 12, wherein the projection mates with the opposite recess to form the interlocking connection. ### Claim 16 A connecting piece assembly for a process connection of a fitting or a sensor, the connecting piece assembly comprising: a first stationary connecting piece element; a second replaceable connecting piece element configured to be at least partly receivable by a receiving opening of the first stationary connecting piece element, wherein the second replaceable connecting piece element has an outer thread for attaching a union nut of the fitting or the sensor; and at least one holding device configured to hold together the first stationary connecting piece element and the second replaceable connecting piece element, wherein the second replaceable connecting piece element has a circumferential flange comprising a projection or a recess configured to directly engage an opposite recess or an opposite projection of another circumferential flange of the first stationary connecting piece element.