Pressure-temperature port connections for heat-transfer devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12516760-B2
Application number	US-202418658818-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 8, 2024
Priority date	May 8, 2023
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

A kit for joining a fluid conduit to a fluid-based heat-transfer device includes a hose and a port body with a port-body-hose end with a port-body-hose opening, a port-body-connector end with a port-body-connector opening, and a port-body bore extending between the port-body-hose opening and the port-body-connector opening. A port aperture passes through an exterior wall and in fluid communication with the port-body bore. The port-body-hose opening is sealingly, non-rotatably, and non-removably joined to the first hose end. A first connector nut is rotatably and non-removably coupled to the port-body-connector opening. A second connector nut rotatably and non-removably coupled to the second hose end. Upstream and downstream tailpieces each have a conduit end sealingly connectable to respective upstream-fluid and downstream-fluid conduits and each have a connector end removably and selectively connectable to the first connector nut and the second connector nut. A system and method are also disclosed.

First claim

I claim:

1 . A system for connecting an upstream-fluid conduit to a downstream-fluid conduit in fluid communication with a fluid-based heat-transfer device, the system comprising:
a hose comprising a first hose end and a second hose end and a hose bore; and a port body having an exterior wall, a port-body-hose end with a port-body-hose opening, a port-body-connector end with a port-body-connector opening, a port-body bore extending between the port-body-hose opening and the port-body-connector opening, and a port aperture passing through the exterior wall and in fluid communication with the port-body bore, with the port-body-hose opening being sealingly, non-rotatably, and non-removably joined to the first hose end, with the port-body bore in fluid communication with the hose bore; a first connector nut rotatably and non-removably coupled to the port-body-connector opening; a second connector nut rotatably and non-removably coupled to the second hose end; an upstream tailpiece having a conduit end configured to be sealingly connected to the upstream-fluid conduit and having a connector end removably connectable to the first connector nut; a downstream tailpiece having a conduit end configured to be sealingly connected to the downstream-fluid conduit and having a connector end removably connectable to the second connector nut; wherein the upstream tailpiece is configured to be removably connectable to the second connector nut, and the downstream tailpiece is configured to be removably connectable to the first connector nut.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first connector nut has a first state wherein the first connector nut is rotatable with respect to the port body, and a second state wherein the first connector nut is fixed with respect to the port body, the second state providing for fixing of an orientation of the port body.

3 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the exterior wall has a protrusion protruding exteriorly therefrom and encircling the port-body-connector opening, and the protrusion is configured to capture the first connector nut to limit an axial movement thereof.

4 . The system according to claim 3 , wherein the connector nut and the port body are configured to engage the connector end of the upstream tailpiece or the downstream tailpiece to prevent rotation of the port body.

5 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the port aperture is surrounded by a port-aperture wall, and the port-aperture wall protrudes from the exterior wall of the port body.

6 . The system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a valve having a valve body with a first valve-body end with a first valve-body opening, and a second valve-body end with a second valve-body opening; a third connector nut rotatably and non-removably coupled to the first valve-body end; wherein at least one of the upstream tailpiece or the downstream tailpiece is removably connectable to the third connector nut, so that the valve may be joined by way of the third connector nut to the third tailpiece.

7 . A system for connecting to an upstream-fluid conduit and a downstream-fluid conduit in fluid communication with a fluid-based heat-transfer device, the system comprising:
a hose comprising a first hose end and a second hose end and a hose bore; and a first-port body having a first-exterior wall, a first-port-body-hose opening, a first-port-body-connector opening, a first-port-body bore extending between the first-port-body-hose opening and the first-port-body-connector opening, and a first-port aperture passing through the first-exterior wall and in fluid communication with the first-port-body bore, with the first-port-body-hose opening being sealingly, non-rotatably, and non-removably joined to the first hose end, with the first-port-body bore in fluid communication with the hose bore; a first connector nut rotatably and non-removably coupled to the first-port-body-connector opening; a second-port body having a second-exterior wall, a second-port-body-hose opening, a second-port-body-connector opening, a second-port-body bore extending between the second-port-body-hose opening and the second-port-body-connector opening, and a second-port aperture passing through the second-exterior wall in in fluid communication with the second-port-body bore, with the second-port-body-hose opening being sealingly, non-rotatably, and non-removably joined to the second hose end, with the second-port-body bore in fluid communication with the hose bore; a second connector nut rotatably and non-removably coupled to the second-port-body-connector opening; an upstream tailpiece having a conduit end sealingly connected to the upstream-fluid conduit and having a connector end removably and connectable to the first connector nut; a downstream tailpiece having a conduit end sealingly connected to the downstream-fluid conduit and having a connector end removably connectable to the second connector nut; wherein the upstream tailpiece is configured to be removably connectable to the second connector nut, and the downstream tailpiece is configured to be removably connectable to the first connector nut.

8 . The system according to claim 7 , wherein the first connector nut has a first state wherein the first connector nut is rotatable with respect to the first-port body, and a second state wherein the first connector nut is fixed with respect to the first-port body, the second state providing for fixing of an orientation of the first-port body.

9 . The system according to claim 7 , wherein the first-exterior wall has a protrusion protruding exteriorly therefrom and encircling the first-port-body-connector opening, and the protrusion is configured to capture the first connector nut to limit an axial movement thereof; and
wherein the second-exterior wall has a protrusion protruding exteriorly therefrom and encircling the second-port-body-connector opening, and the protrusion is configured to capture the second connector nut to limit an axial movement thereof.

10 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the first connector nut and the first-port body are configured to engage the connector end of the upstream tailpiece or the downstream tailpiece to prevent rotation of the first-port body, and the second connector nut and the second-port body are configured to engage the connector end of the upstream tailpiece or the downstream tailpiece to prevent rotation of the second-port body.

11 . The system according to claim 7 , wherein the first-port aperture is surrounded by a port-aperture wall, and the port-aperture wall protrudes from the second-exterior wall of the second-port body.

12 . The system according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a valve having a first valve-body end with a first valve-body opening, and a second valve-body end with a second valve-body opening; a third connector nut rotatably and non-removably coupled to the first valve-body end; and wherein at least one of the upstream tailpiece or the downstream tailpiece is removably connectable to the third connector nut, so that the valve may be joined by way of the third connector nut to the third tailpiece.

13 . A kit for connecting an upstream-fluid conduit to a downstream-fluid conduit in fluid communication with a fluid-based heat-transfer device, the kit comprising:
a hose comprising a first hose end and a second hose end and a hose bore; and a port body having an exterior wall, a port-body-hose end with a port-body-hose opening, a port-body-connector end with a port-body-connector opening, a port-body bore extending between the port-body-hose opening and the port-body-connector o

Assignees

• Victaulic Co Of America

Inventors

• Ciasulli Andrew Michael

Classifications

• F16L25/0036

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• F28F9/266 Primary

  by screw-type connections · CPC title

• F16L29/02

  with a cut-off device in one of the two pipe ends, the cut-off device being automatically opened when the coupling is applied · CPC title

• F16L29/04 Primary

  with a cut-off device in each of the two pipe ends, the cut-off devices being automatically opened when the coupling is applied · CPC title

• F16L33/00

  Arrangements for connecting hoses to rigid members; Rigid hose-connectors, i.e. single members engaging both hoses (connecting arrangements or other fittings specially adapted to be made of plastics or to be used with pipes made of plastics F16L47/00) · CPC title