Arrangement for fluid-sealing connection of lines

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10876659-B2
Application number	US-201816125898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2018
Priority date	Sep 19, 2017
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

An arrangement for fluid-tight connecting of lines including a first and second connection element. The connection elements are aligned with each other and connected by a fastening mechanism. The arrangement includes an intermediate element between the connection elements and a holding element and a second sealing element. A first sealing element is arranged in the holding element between the sealing surfaces of the connection elements. The holding element has a hollow wall with a first and second edge. The second sealing element is connected to the holding element on the second edge. The intermediate element includes an indentation extending from a first end to a second end formed near the first sealing element. The first end has a conical shape, wherein oppositely arranged side walls of the indentation rest on one another on the outer side of the sealing element.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An arrangement for fluid-tight connecting of lines of a refrigeration circuit of an air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, comprising a first connection element tightly connected to an end part of a first line and comprising a second connection element tightly connected to an end part of a second line, wherein each of the first connection element and the second connection element has a radially running sealing surface on a side aligned with a respective one of the first connection element and the second connection element and wherein the first connection element and the second connection element are connected to one another by at least one fastening means; and an intermediate element arranged between the first connection element and the second connection element and comprising a holding element and a first sealing element arranged in the holding element and between the sealing surface of each of the first connection element and the second connection element and comprising a strip-shaped second sealing element, wherein the holding element is constructed with a hollow cylindrical wall aligned in an axial direction with a first edge and with a second edge and with an inner side and an outer side, wherein the second sealing element is firmly connected to the holding element on the second edge of the holding element, wherein the intermediate element further comprises an indentation which extends as a groove from a first end formed on an outer side of the second sealing element up to a second end formed in an area of the first sealing element on the holding element, and wherein the first end has a conical shape and opposingly arranged side walls of the indentation rest on one another on the outer side of the second sealing element, wherein the indentation is formed as a through groove which extends from an upper side to a lower side of the strip-shaped, second sealing element and from the outer side to the inner side of the wall of the holding element, wherein a flow channel is formed between the first connection element and the second connection element and the opposingly arranged side walls of the indentation and wherein the flow channel is configured on the first end as a valve for a unidirectional flowthrough from the second end to the first end of the indentation.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein an interval formed between the opposingly arranged side walls of the indentation constantly increases starting from the outer side of the second sealing element in a direction of the indentation.

3. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one fastening means is a screw connection, wherein a screw is arranged through passage openings formed inside the first connection element and the second connection element and through a passage opening formed in the second sealing element of the intermediate element.

4. The arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the indentation extends from the first end to the passage opening formed in the second sealing element and from the passage opening to the second edge of the holding element and from the second edge of the holding element to the second end.

5. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the indentation is constructed extending along an axis of symmetry of the intermediate element.

6. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein an interval formed between the opposingly arranged side walls of the indentation constantly increases starting from the outer side of the sealing element in the direction of the passage opening.

7. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein an interval formed between the opposingly arranged side walls of the indentation is constant, starting from the passage opening to the second end.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the indentation capable of enclosing up to an internal pressure of at least 3 bars.

9. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the indentation is constructed inside the wall of the holding element in an axial direction of the holding element.

10. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the indentation is formed under the first edge of the holding element.

11. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second sealing element is arranged in a plane aligned vertically to a longitudinal axis of the holding element.

12. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second sealing element of the intermediate element is arranged in an intermediate space formed between the first connection element and the second connection element.

13. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the first sealing element is formed as a disk.

14. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein radially inwardly projecting formations are formed on the inner side of the wall of the holding element in an area of the first edge.

15. The arrangement according to claim 14 , wherein the formations are formed as webs with a circular section.

16. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein centering elements tapering in an axial direction from the second edge in a direction of the first edge in a radial direction are formed on the inner side of the wall of the holding element.

17. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the end part of the first line and the end part of the second line are connected to one another by a passage opening formed in the first connection element and the second connection element.

18. An arrangement for fluid-tight connecting of lines of a refrigeration circuit of an air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, comprising a first connection element tightly connected to an end part of a first line and comprising a second connection element tightly connected to an end part of a second line, wherein each of the first connection element and the second connection element has a radially running sealing surface on a side aligned with a respective one of the first connection element and the second connection element and wherein the first connection element and the second connection element are connected to one another by at least one fastening means; and an intermediate element arranged between the first connection element and the second connection element and comprising a holding element and a first sealing element arranged in the holding element and between the sealing surface of each of the first connection element and the second connection element and comprising a strip-shaped second sealing element, wherein the holding element is constructed with a hollow cylindrical wall aligned in an axial direction with a first edge and with a second edge and with an inner side and an outer side, wherein the second sealing element is firmly connected to the holding element on the second edge of the holding element, wherein the intermediate element further comprises an indentation which extends as a groove from a first end formed on an outer side of the second sealing element up to a second end formed in an area of the first sealing element on the holding element, and wherein the first end has a conical shape and opposingly arranged side walls of the indentation rest on one another on the outer side of the second sealing element, wherein the indentation is formed as a through groove which extends from an upper side to a lower side of the strip-shaped, second sealing element and from the outer side to the inner side of the wall of the holding element, and wherein the indentation is constructed inside the wall of the holding element in an axial direction of the holding element.

Assignees

• Hanon Systems

Inventors

• Köster Stephan
• Jamaladin Ibrahim
• Sernetz Dominik

Classifications

• F16L23/003 Primary

  Auxiliary devices · CPC title

• F16L17/06

  with sealing rings arranged between the end surfaces of the pipes or flanges or arranged in recesses in the pipe ends or flanges · CPC title

• B60H1/00571 Primary

  of liquid ducts, e.g. for coolant liquids or refrigerants · CPC title

• F16L58/187

  for flanged joints · CPC title

• G01M3/2853

  for pipe joints or seals (G01M3/30 takes precedence) · CPC title