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US RE49,141 E1Granted
Retaining ring for pressure vessel connection
OwnerJason Gayerinventor
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Abstract
A split retaining ring for a connection assembly adapted for connecting an instrument or other device to a vessel, such as a pressure vessel. The connection assembly includes a base, an instrument or device, and a split retaining ring wherein the split retaining ring includes overlapping end portions. The split retaining ring also includes an annular rib adapted for engaging a ferrule of the instrument or device in order to substantially sealing engage the instrument or device to the base.
Claims12
A split retaining ring assembly adapted for securing a device to a base, said assembly comprising:
- at least two ring sections, each of said at least two ring sections including:
- a top side, a bottom side, an outer face, an inner face, a first end and a second end;
- an annular rib extending away from and substantially perpendicularly to said bottom side, said annular rib disposed proximate said inner face and having a width extending radially outward from said inner face, said annular rib for extending into a housing to secure a device to a base;
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- wherein the first end includes a recessed portion of the bottom side and the second end includes a recessed portion of the top side;
- a first aperture disposed in the recessed portion of said first end and a second aperture disposed in the recessed portion of said second end, said first and second apertures continuous through said top side and said bottom side.
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A split retaining ring assembly for retaining a device within a recessed housing of a base of a connection assembly mounted on a vessel, said split retaining ring assembly comprising:
- substantially identical first and second ring sections, each of said ring sections including:
- a top side, a bottom side, an outer face, an inner face, a first end and a second end;
- an annular rib extending away from and substantially perpendicularly to said bottom side proximate said inner face, said annular rib having a width extending radially outward from said inner face, and said annular rib having a beveled bottom surface for engaging a beveled ferrule of a device in order to secure a device within a recessing housing of said base;
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- wherein the first end includes a recessed portion of the bottom side and the second end includes a recessed portion of the top side;
- a plurality of apertures continuous through said top side and said bottom side with a first end aperture disposed in said recessed portion of the bottom side of said first end and a second end aperture disposed in said recessed portion of the top side of said second end and wherein each aperture is sized for receiving a fastener therethrough for connecting each said ring section to said base;
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- wherein the first end of said first ring section is configured to overlap the second end of said second ring section and said first end of said second ring section is configured to overlap the second end of said first ring section such that said first end aperture of said first ring section is substantially aligned with said second end aperture of said second ring section and said second end aperture of said first ring section is substantially aligned with said first end aperture of said second ring section.
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A split retaining ring assembly adapted for securing a device to a housing including base, said assembly comprising:
- at least two ring sections, each of said at least two ring sections including:
- a top side, a bottom side, an outer face, an inner face, a first end and a second end;
- an annular arcuate rib extending away from and substantially perpendicularly to said bottom side, said annular arcuate rib disposed proximate said inner face and having a width extending radially outward from said inner face, said annular arcuate rib for extending into a the housing to secure a the device to a the base;
- and wherein the first end includes a recessed portion of the bottom side and the second end includes a recessed portion of the top side;
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- a first aperture proximate said first end and a second aperture proximate said second end, said first and second apertures continuous through said top side and said bottom side;
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- said bottom side and said annular arcuate rib includes at least one groove defined therein in an orientation transverse to said annular arcuate rib and extending from said inner face to said outer face.
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A split retaining ring assembly adapted for securing a device to a base, said assembly comprising:
- at least two ring sections, each of said at least two ring sections including:
- a top side, a bottom side, an outer face, an inner face, a first end and a second end;
- an arcuate rib extending away from and substantially perpendicularly to said bottom side, said arcuate rib disposed proximate said inner face and having a width extending radially outward from said inner face, said arcuate rib for extending into a housing to secure said device to said base;
- the first end of each said ring section includes a recessed portion of the bottom side and the second end of each said ring section includes a recessed portion of the top side;
- each ring section first end recessed portion overlying the second end recessed portion of an adjacent ring section;
- a bottom surface of said arcuate rib of each of said ring sections is beveled;
- wherein said beveled bottom surface generally corresponds to a slope of a beveled ferrule of said device;
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- a threaded fastener subassembly configured for connecting portions of said split retaining ring, clamping said adjacent ring section ends together at said overlying recessed portions and clamping said device to said base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.