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US 2026/0097469 A1Published application
Self-centering clamping ring and sealing boot with such a clamping ring
AssigneeZF Friedrichshafen AG
InventorHarold Hopkinson, III
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Abstract
A clamping ring has a ring body with an annular shape. A plurality of fingers distributed around the inside of ring body and extend radially inward from the ring body, where each of the plurality of fingers is configured to deform radially. Rigid sections are interspersed with the plurality of fingers. Also disclosed is a scaling system including the clamping ring.
Claims14
A clamping ring comprising:
- a ring body having an annular shape;
- a plurality of fingers distributed around an inside of the ring body and extending radially inward from the ring body, each of the plurality of fingers configured to deform radially;
- and
- rigid sections interspersed with the plurality of fingers.
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A sealing boot comprising:
- a tubular boot body extending along a central axis from a first end to a second end, the first end defining a sealing area;
- and
- a clamping ring embedded in the sealing area, the clamping ring comprising:
- a ring body having an annular shape;
- a plurality of fingers distributed around an inside of the ring body and extending radially inward from the ring body, each of the plurality of fingers configured to deform radially;
- and
- rigid sections interspersed with the plurality of fingers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.