Hydraulic coupling device
AssigneeTesla, Inc.
InventorsVivek Subbayya, Andrew Pires, Mohamed Ibrahim
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Abstract
Coupling devices (100) useful for fluidly connecting components of products, such as vehicle coolant components, are described. The coupling device may be press-fit onto male barb interfaces and thereby create a robust and durable liquid-tight seal, and may allow for autonomous factory installation. The coupling device may include an internal material (102), an external material (104), flared ends (106) connected by a cylindrical intermediary portion (108) and a hollow interior portion (110), wherein a hardness of the internal material is less than a hardness of the external material.
Claims18
A coupling device comprising:
- an internal material;
- an external material;
- flared ends connected by a cylindrical intermediary portion, wherein each flared end comprises:
- a distal end;
- a medial portion;
- and
- a proximal portion;
- wherein an internal angle of the device increases from the proximal portion to the medial portion, and from the medial portion to the distal end;
- and
- a hollow interior portion;
- wherein a hardness of the internal material is less than a hardness of the external material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.