Press fitting for a pipe joint and assembly group for a press fitting

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11976755-B2
Application number	US-202217964801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 12, 2022
Priority date	Oct 13, 2021
Publication date	May 7, 2024
Grant date	May 7, 2024

Abstract

A press fitting for a pipe connection is provided. The press fitting comprises a fitting body for connecting the press fitting to a pipe, a substantially cylindrical pressing sleeve fixed to the fitting body and having a pressing area, and a stop ring fixed to the pressing sleeve and limiting the pressing area in an axial direction of the press sleeve. The stop ring has a substantially cylindrical inner contour with protruding first regions and second regions receding from the first regions. The first areas of the first stop ring encompass an outer contour of the pressing sleeve in a clamping manner. The second areas of the stop ring are spaced from the outer contour of the pressing sleeve.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A press fitting for a pipe connection, comprising:
a fitting body for connecting the press fitting to a pipe;
a substantially cylindrical pressing sleeve fixed to the fitting body and having a pressing area; and
a stop ring fixed to the pressing sleeve, which limits the pressing area in an axial direction of the pressing sleeve, wherein the stop ring has a substantially cylindrical inner contour only consisting of alternating protruding first areas and second areas arranged between and receding from the first areas,
wherein the first areas of the stop ring encompass an outer contour of the pressing sleeve in a clamping manner, and
wherein the second areas of the stop ring are spaced from the outer contour of the pressing sleeve.

2. The press fitting according to claim 1 , wherein:
the pressing sleeve has a predetermined outside diameter d 3 with a predetermined tolerance range;
an inside diameter d 1 between the first areas is smaller than the predetermined outside diameter d 3 minus a negative tolerance; and
an inside diameter d 2 between the second areas is larger than the predetermined outside diameter d 3 plus a positive tolerance.

3. The press fitting according to claim 2 , wherein:
the predetermined tolerance range is approximately 1% of a diameter of a pipe to be connected to the press fitting and/or at least 0.2 mm;
the inside diameter d 1 between the first areas is smaller by about 0.5% and/or at least 0.1 mm than the predetermined outside diameter d 3 minus the negative tolerance; and
the inside diameter d 2 between the second areas is approximately 0.5% and/or at least 0.1 mm larger than the predetermined outside diameter d 3 plus the positive tolerance.

4. The press fitting according to claim 1 , wherein:
the fitting body has a circumferential groove; and
the pressing sleeve has, at a first axial end on a fitting side, a first projection or a lip pointing inwards in a radial direction, which engages in the groove in an assembled state fixed to the fitting body, so that the pressing sleeve is fixed directly to the fitting body.

5. The press fitting according to claim 4 , wherein the pressing sleeve has, at a pipe-side second axial end, a second projection or a flange, which points outwards in the radial direction and delimits a pressing region in the direction of the second axial end of the pressing sleeve.

6. The press fitting according to claim 4 , wherein the pressing sleeve includes one or a plurality of slots extending from the first axial end towards the pressing area.

7. The press fitting according to claim 4 , wherein:
the stop ring is arranged at the first axial end of the pressing sleeve and limits the pressing area in the direction of the first axial end of the pressing sleeve; and
the stop ring has a third projection or an open bottom face pointing inward in the radial direction, which engages in the groove of the fitting body in the assembled state fixed to the fitting body.

8. The press fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the first areas are connected to the second areas by arcuate transition areas.

9. The press fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the second areas are formed by a substantially cylindrical inner surface of the stop ring and the first areas are formed by webs projecting from the inner surface.

10. The press fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the connection ring comprises a plastic material or a polymer material.

11. The press fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing sleeve comprises a metal material or stainless steel.

12. The press fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting body comprises a metal material, a plastic material and/or a polymer material.

13. The press fitting of claim 1 , comprising an assembly group including the substantially cylindrical pressing sleeve and the stop ring fixed to a first axial end of the pressing sleeve.

14. An assembly group for a press fitting, comprising:
a substantially cylindrical pressing sleeve having a pressing area; and
a stop ring fixed to a first axial end of the pressing sleeve, which ring limits the pressing area in an axial direction of the pressing sleeve,
wherein the stop ring has a substantially cylindrical inner contour only consisting of alternating protruding first areas and second areas arranged between and receding from the first areas,
wherein the first areas of the stop ring encompass an outer contour of the pressing sleeve in a clamping manner, and
wherein the second areas of the stop ring are spaced from the outer contour of the press sleeve.

Assignees

• Uponor Innovation Ab

Inventors

• Rotso Vesa
• Sobota Gregor
• Dittmar Rainer

Classifications

• F16L13/143 Primary

  with a sealing element placed around the male part before crimping or rolling · CPC title

• F16L33/2073

  directly connected to the rigid member · CPC title

• F16L33/2078 Primary

  connected to the rigid member via an intermediate element · CPC title