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US 2010/0001472 A1Published application
High pressure fluid sealing mechanism
AssigneeJet Edge, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Wheeler
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Abstract
A high pressure fluid system includes a sealing mechanism, which provides a fluid seal for a cylindrical bore via pressing contact between a first convex, curved surface at an end of the cylindrical bore and a second convex, curved surface at a containment element that is coupled relative to the end of the cylindrical bore.
Claims21
A high pressure fluid sealing system comprising:
- a metallic body including a surface and a bore, the bore at least partially extending through the body and including a radially symmetric, open end exposed adjacent the surface of the body, wherein the body includes a radially symmetric, first convex, curved portion at the open end of the bore;
- a metallic containment element including a radially symmetric, second convex, curved portion;
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- a compressive loading mechanism configured to force the second convex, curved portion, via compressive loading, against the first convex curved portion to define a generally circular line of sealing at a point of tangential contact between the respective first and second convex, curved portions.
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A fitting element for use in sealing an open end of a fluid conduit, the fitting element comprising:
- a body;
- a generally annular-shaped protrusion at one end of the body and including a first convex, curved surface, wherein the first convex, curved surface is configured to tangentially contact a second convex, curved surface of the open end of the fluid conduit to define a generally circular line of sealing contact upon application of a compressive load on the fitting element against the end of the fluid conduit.
A method of sealing a junction to constrain a controllable volume of high pressure fluid, the method comprising:
- providing a body that includes a cylindrical bore extending between opposite ends of the body;
- providing a first containment element adjacent a respective one of the opposite ends of the cylindrical bore;
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- providing the junction via forcing a first convex, curved portion of the first containment element against, and at a point of tangential contact with, a second convex, curved portion of the respective end of the body to define a generally circular line of sealing contact between the first containment element and the cylindrical bore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.