Pipe joints or couplings – Movable jaw
Patent
1998-10-16
2000-11-14
Browne, Lynne H.
Pipe joints or couplings
Movable jaw
285323, 285243, 267 6427, 267 6424, F16L 2106
Patent
active
061458945
ABSTRACT:
An air spring having a flexible sleeve is mounted between a pair of movable support components to maintain the components in a spaced relationship. The flexible sleeve has a hollow interior which forms an internal fluid chamber. A connector is mounted in one end of the sleeve and receives a tube for controlling the flow of fluid into and out of the chamber. The connector has a main body molded into the sleeve end and a collet member telescopically rotatably mounted in a hollow interior of the main body. The collet member has a plurality of flexible fingers which grip the end of a tube when inserted therein and have one-way barbs which grip to tube to prevent it from being pulled out once it is inserted within the connector. An elastomeric seal is mounted within the body to provide a fluid seal between the tube and body interior.
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Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.
Browne Lynne H.
Dunwoody Aaron
Sand Michael
Thomas D. A.
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