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US 2017/0254458 A1Published application
Hose and system for hose clamp registration
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsScott M. Rollins, Roger Khami, Randall Alan Stec, Dennis Davies, Christopher Alan Myers
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Abstract
The present application provides various examples that may include a hose and a system. The hose may include a hose body, where an end segment of the hose body may be foldable over a clamp seat area of the hose body. There may be an opening in the end segment sized and shaped to provide access to a clamp, so as to better hold the clamp in place, while still enabling access.
Claims15
A hose comprising:
- a hose body;
- an end segment of the hose body foldable over a clamp seat area of the hose body;
- and
- an opening in the end segment sized and shaped to provide access to the clamp seat area.
1 more element
A hose comprising:
- a hose body;
- and
- one or more folding clamp retention features integrally formed into the hose body to retain a clamp from movement relative to the hose body beyond a predetermined amount of movement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.