Tube connection of two overlapping tubes and method of making same

US6012745A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG · DE

Inventor

• Klaus Fuoss · Neckarsulm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 6, 1998
• Grant date: Jan 11, 2000
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49861
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In the case of the pipe connection of two overlapping pipes a flexible ring is arranged between the interior pipe and the exterior pipe and, before the bracing, is axially displaceable on the interior pipe. The flexible ring and the exterior pipe have a spherical interacting outer and inner contour which ensures the angular mobility. The fixing of the pipe connection after the adjustment takes place by two tensioning bows which are fixedly mounted on the exterior pipe. This permits a particularly easy handling during the adjustment and the fixing of the pipe connection.