Coupler including clamp for connection to a corrugated tube
AssigneeDelphi Technologies, Inc.
InventorEDWARD R. RICKETTSON
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Abstract
A coupler configured to be attached to an end of a corrugated tube having a hollow shaft configured to be inserted within the corrugated tube and a flange surrounding at least a portion of the hollow shaft. The flange has a width larger than the inside diameter of the corrugated tube. A first and second arm is attached to the flange by flexible hinges. Each arm defines a clamp configured to engage an outer surface of at least one of the plurality of corrugations when the arm pivots about the flexible hinge. Each clamp may include a locking feature configured to lock the clamp to the first arm to the second arm and the clamp of the second arm to the first arm.
Claims8
A coupler configured to be attached to an end of a corrugated tube having an inside diameter and a plurality of corrugations of alternating smaller outside diameter and larger outside diameter, comprising:
- a hollow shaft configured to be inserted within the corrugated tube;
- a flange surrounding at least a portion of said hollow shaft and having a width larger than the inside diameter of the corrugated tube;
- a first arm attached to said flange by a first flexible hinge and defining a first clamp configured to engage an outer surface of at least one of the plurality of corrugations when the first arm pivots about the first flexible hinge;
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- a second arm attached to said flange opposite said first arm by a second flexible hinge and defining a second clamp configured to engage the outer surface of at least one of the plurality of corrugations when the second arm pivots about the second flexible hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.