Methods of using compression collars for coupling a tube to a tube fitting
US12398832B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 12, 2023 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2044 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16L33/207
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for coupling a tube to a tube fitting includes radially outwardly expanding a tubular compression collar from a constricted state to an expanded state, the compression collar having a throughway extending there through and being made of a resiliently flexible material. An end of the tube is inserted within the throughway of the expanded compression collar, the tube bounding a passage. A tube fitting is inserted within the passage of the tube. The compression collar is allowed to resiliently rebound back towards the constricted state so that the compression collar pushes the tube against the tube fitting.
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