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US 12,460,752 B2Granted
Tubing coupler
OwnerBrandon Rockholdinventor
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Abstract
A tubing coupler. The coupler includes a tubular body and a a stock body portion that is grooveless. The tubing coupler also includes a first engagement end with a first set of grooves disposed thereon to engage with an inside portion of a first piece of tubing. A method of making a customized part with the tubing coupler. The method includes securing at least a portion of the tubing coupler inside a first piece of carbon fiber tubing.
Claims9
A method of making a customized part, the method comprising:
- securing at least a portion of a tubing coupler inside a first piece of carbon fiber tubing, the tubing coupler comprises:
- a tubular body;
- a stock body portion that is grooveless;
- and
- a first engagement end with a first set of grooves disposed thereon to engage with an inside portion of a first piece of tubing, the first set of grooves has a sidewall thickness, the sidewall thickness is greater at a central portion of the first set of grooves than the sidewall thickness of the first set of grooves adjacent to the stock body portion and greater than the sidewall thickness of the first set of grooves between the central portion and a terminal end of the first engagement end.
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