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US 12,747,816 B2Granted
Hydraulic fitting with internal grip
AssigneeMueller International, LLC
InventorsRyan Fairchild Larson, David Latimore Hughes, Jr.
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Abstract
A fitting for use with a pipe of variant size and pipe of variant angles can include a housing with a truncated cone, an inflatable conduit housed within the housing that can transition between a deflated and inflated state, and a grip located within the truncated cone of the housing. The fitting can include a gasket.
Claims14
A fitting assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- an inflatable conduit within the housing, the inflatable conduit configurable between a deflated configuration and an inflated configuration;
- a gasket within the housing;
- and
- a grip mechanism at least partially extending beyond the housing,
- wherein the housing defines a bend and a truncated cone,
- wherein the truncated cone is a first truncated cone, the inflatable conduit is a first inflatable conduit, and the grip mechanism is a first grip mechanism, and wherein the fitting further comprises a second truncated cone, a second inflatable conduit, and a second grip mechanism on an opposite end from the first grip mechanism.
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A fitting comprising:
- a housing defining a truncated cone;
- an inflatable conduit within the housing, the inflatable conduit configurable between a deflated configuration and an inflated configuration;
- a grip mechanism at least partially within the truncated cone of the housing;
- and
- a rubber gasket, wherein the inflatable conduit compresses the rubber gasket within the truncated cone and against a pipe to create a fluid-tight seal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.