IP Library Granted Patent US 11,629,800
Granted Patent B2
US 11,629,800 · App. 17/381,473 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Double pipe and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Koji Yamamoto (Hamamatsu, JP); Takashi Wagatsuma (Hamamatsu, JP); Ryoji Noda (Hamamatsu, JP)
Assignee: YUTAKA GIKEN CO., LTD.
F16L9/18F16L9/003
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Patent No.
US 11,629,800
App. No.
17/381,473
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A double pipe includes an outer pipe in which an inner pipe is placed, and a spacer that maintains a clearance between the inner pipe and the outer pipe. At least a part of the spacer is press-fitted by an inner circumferential surface of the outer pipe and an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe. More specifically, the outer pipe includes a diameter-reduced portion having undergone diameter reduction by plasticity processing. An inner circumferential surface of the diameter-reduced portion is present across the entire circumference other than the opening of the spacer, and presses an outer circumferential surface of the spacer inwardly in the radial direction.

Claims (24)

1. A double pipe comprising:

an outer pipe in which an inner pipe is placed;

a spacer that maintains a clearance between the inner pipe and the outer pipe; and

a pipe through which a fluid is capable of flowing,

wherein at least a part of the spacer is press-fitted by an inner circumferential surface of the outer pipe and by an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe, and

wherein the pipe comprises an abutting surface that abuts an outer circumferential surface of the outer pipe.

2. The double pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the abutting surface of the pipe is located, in a lengthwise direction of the outer pipe, outwardly in a radial direction relative to the spacer.

3. The double pipe according to claim 2 , wherein the abutting surface of the pipe is located, in the lengthwise direction of the outer pipe, outwardly in the radial direction relative to the press-fitted portion of the spacer.

4. The double pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the spacer is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape as a whole, and has a slit-shape opening so as to be in a C-shape as viewed in a direction along a center line of the double pipe.

5. The double pipe according to claim 4 , wherein the opening of the spacer is inclined relative to the center line of the double pipe.

6. The double pipe according to claim 4 , wherein when a straight line that passes through the center line of the double pipe and the abutting surface of the pipe as viewed in the direction along the center line of the double pipe is defined as a reference line, a part of the spacer overlaps the reference line.

7. The double pipe according to claim 5 , wherein when a straight line that passes through the center line of the double pipe and the abutting surface of the pipe as viewed in the direction along the center line of the double pipe is defined as a reference line, a part of the spacer overlaps the reference line.

8. A double pipe comprising an outer pipe in which an inner pipe is placed, and a spacer that maintains a clearance between the inner pipe and the outer pipe, wherein:

at least a part of the spacer is press-fitted by an inner circumferential surface of the outer pipe and by an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe;

the double pipe comprises a bent portion that is at least a part of the double pipe itself; and

the spacer placed at the bent portion is formed in a spiral shape wound around the outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe in the bent portion.

9. The double pipe according to claim 8 , wherein a cross section of the spacer is formed in a rectangular shape as viewed in a winding direction of the spacer.

10. The double pipe according to claim 2 , wherein the spacer is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape as a whole, and has a slit-shape opening so as to be in a C-shape as viewed in a direction along a center line of the double pipe.

11. The double pipe according to claim 10 , wherein the opening of the spacer is inclined relative to the center line of the double pipe.

12. The double pipe according to claim 10 , wherein when a straight line that passes through the center line of the double pipe and the abutting surface of the pipe as viewed in the direction along the center line of the double pipe is defined as a reference line, a part of the spacer overlaps the reference line.

13. The double pipe according to claim 11 , wherein when a straight line that passes through the center line of the double pipe and the abutting surface of the pipe as viewed in the direction along the center line of the double pipe is defined as a reference line, a part of the spacer overlaps the reference line.

14. The double pipe according to claim 3 , wherein the spacer is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape as a whole, and has a slit-shape opening so as to be in a C-shape as viewed in a direction along a center line of the double pipe.

15. The double pipe according to claim 14 , wherein the opening of the spacer is inclined relative to the center line of the double pipe.

16. The double pipe according to claim 14 , wherein when a straight line that passes through the center line of the double pipe and the abutting surface of the pipe as viewed in the direction along the center line of the double pipe is defined as a reference line, a part of the spacer overlaps the reference line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2021
From: YAMAMOTO, KOJI; WAGATSUMA, TAKASHI; NODA, RYOJI
To: YUTAKA GIKEN CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2020-139871 · Aug 21, 2020 · national
JP JP2020-219379 · Dec 28, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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