Coupling sleeve
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorJohannes H. van der Velden
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Abstract
A two-groove coupling sleeve for swaged attachment to thin wall tubing. The sleeve is a cylindrical body having a pair of spaced apart annular grooves provided in the inner peripheral wall, the dimensions of the innermost groove conforming to certain relationships with respect to tube wall thickness. The width (W) of the innermost groove is related to the wall thickness (T) of the tubing to which it is to be swaged, according to the relationship, W/T is equal to or greater than 2.2 and the width generally increases with increasing tube wall thickness. A groove depth for the innermost groove is specified for providing a predetermined amount of tube wall deflection in the region of the groove. The sharpness of the grooves is also defined to assure proper tensile strength and sealing capability.
Claims7
A coupling sleeve for swaged attachment to thin wall tubing consisting essentially of
- a cylindrical body having a tube end, a body end, and an inner peripheral wall, said inner peripheral wall having a first diameter,
- a first annular right circular cylindrical groove located in the inner wall adjacent the tube end of the sleeve having a second diameter greater than said first diameter, said first groove being rectangular in cross-section;
- a second annular right circular cylindrical groove located in the inner wall interior of the first groove, said second groove having a rectangular cross-section and in addition having a width dimension (W) related to the thickness dimension (T) of the wall of the tubing to which the sleeve is to be attached according to the relationships:
- ______________________________________ T W ______________________________________ .016 in. .115 1n. .020 in. .115 in. .020 in. .125 in. .026 in. .130 in. .033 in. .142 in. .039 in. .135 in. .052 in. .135 in. ______________________________________
- and the ratio of W/T is maintained such that the ratio is equal to or greater than 2.2;
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- an annular right circular land located in the inner wall of the body separating said first and second annular grooves having a width dimension which is equal to or greater than 1/4 of the width of the second groove and a diameter equal to the diameter of the inner peripheral wall of the cylindrical body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.