Pipe joints or couplings – Flexible joint – rigid members – Bellows
Patent
1995-08-30
1997-08-05
Melius, Terry Lee
Pipe joints or couplings
Flexible joint, rigid members
Bellows
285300, 285368, 285 23, F16L 2711, F16L 5102
Patent
active
056534787
ABSTRACT:
The flexible coupling assembly has a liner with a radially outwardly extending flange and a bellows with a radially outwardly extending flange connected together by weld joint at a predetermined location on an end surface of the radially outwardly extending flanges. A connecting flange is movably maintained on the bellows between the outwardly extending flange of the bellows and a flexible portion of the bellows. The flexible coupling assembly is particularly suited for use in an exhaust system of a combustion engine.
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McGurk David A.
Mookerjee Bhaskar
Caterpillar Inc.
Hickman Alan J.
Melius Terry Lee
Shackelford Heather
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