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Pipe connection structure

US7344164B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 8, 2005
Grant dateMar 18, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28F9/262
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pipe connection structure including a pipe having a pipe body, a end portion on a end side of the pipe body, and a collar extended radially outwardly from the end portion; and a block having a passage into which the end portion is inserted, a recess formed in an open end of the passage for receiving the collar, and a peripheral wall of the recess deformed inwardly and fitted onto the collar. The largest outside diameter portion of the collar is decentered toward a bottom surface of the recess.

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