IP Library Granted Patent US 9,611,963
Granted Patent B2
US 9,611,963 · App. 14/153,220 · Granted Apr 4, 2017

Device for connecting a pipe or a tube

Inventors: Fredrik Stigefelt (Anderstorp, SE); Hans Wienholt (Gtinzburg, DE)
Assignee: OETIKER SWEDEN AB
F16L33/04F16L21/065
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Patent No.
US 9,611,963
App. No.
14/153,220
Granted
Apr 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device at pipes for the connection of pipes is provided. The device has an outer ring with first and second free ends, and a tensioning device for converging and interconnection of the first and second free ends of the outer ring. An inner ring is arranged on the inside of the outer ring, wherein the inner ring includes a first and a second part, and at least one of the first and second parts having a progressively increasing profile height.

Claims (9)

1. A device for connecting pipes or tubes, the device comprising

an outer ring with first and second free ends;

a tensioning device for connecting and converging the first and second free ends of the outer ring; and

an inner ring arranged inside the outer ring and comprising a first part disposed under the tensioning device, and a second part,

wherein said first part of the inner ring is arranged symmetrically to the tensioning device and has a radial thickness which increases in the peripheral direction along a periphery of the first part of the inner ring from a minimum thickness at a center of the first part toward both ends thereof.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second parts of the inner ring have tapering ends.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second parts of the inner ring are shaped as half circle segments.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second parts of the inner ring are profiled.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the tensioning device includes a screw interconnecting the first and second free ends of the outer ring.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 14, 2016
From: LEVI PETERSON INDUSTRI AB
To: OETIKER SWEDEN AB
Reel/Frame 039730/0922 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 4, 2015
From: OETIKER SCHWEIZ AG
To: LEVI PETERSON INDUSTRI AB
Reel/Frame 036495/0870 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 15, 2015
From: LEVI PETERSON INDUSTRI AB
To: OETIKER SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 035836/0276 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2014
From: STIGEFELT, FREDRIK; WEINHOLT, HANS
To: LEVI PETERSON INDUSTRI AB
Reel/Frame 034123/0610 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 1350039 · Jan 14, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140197630A1 · Jul 17, 2014