Set of pipes comprising an improved retaining system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12584571-B2
Application number	US-202418883272-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2024
Priority date	Sep 14, 2023
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

A set of pipes comprising two pipes, a sleeve into which the pipes are fitted, for each pipe, a clamping collar arranged around the sleeve and an anchoring element secured to the pipe and comprising a first fastener, for each clamping collar, a retaining element secured to the clamping collar and having a through-passage, and a tie passing through the through-passages and having, at each end, a second fastener cooperating with a first fastener in order to fasten each end of the tie an anchoring element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A set of pipes comprising:
a first pipe and a second pipe extending one another, a sleeve having a first end into which is fitted one end of the first pipe and a second end into which is fitted one end of the second pipe, for each pipe, a clamping collar arranged around the sleeve and clamping the sleeve against said pipe, for each pipe, an anchoring element secured to said pipe and comprising a first fastening means, for each clamping collar, a retaining element secured to said clamping collar and having a through-passage, and for a pair of first fastening means and a pair of retaining elements, a tie passing through the through-passages of the two retaining elements and having, at each end, a second fastening means cooperating with one of the first fastening means of the pair of first fastening means in order to fasten each end of the tie to an anchoring element, wherein each anchoring element comprises a plurality of first fastening means, wherein each first fastening means of one anchoring element is associated with a first fastening means of the other anchoring element, wherein for each pair of associated first fastening means and for each clamping collar, the set of pipes further comprises a retaining element secured to said clamping collar and having a through-passage, and wherein, for each pair of associated first fastening means, a tie passes through the through-passages of said retaining elements and, at each end, the tie comprises a second fastening means, each second fastening means cooperating with a first fastening means from the pair of associated first fastening means.

2 . The set of pipes according to claim 1 , wherein each anchoring element comprises a ring fitted and fixed around the corresponding pipe.

3 . The set of pipes according to claim 2 , wherein the ring is split.

4 . The set of pipes according to claim 1 , wherein each anchoring element comprises a plate.

5 . The set of pipes according to claim 1 , wherein each first fastening means comprises a drilled hole into which the end of the tie is inserted.

6 . The set of pipes according to claim 5 , wherein each second fastening comprises an element secured to the end of the tie and arranged on a side of the drilled hole with respect to the retaining elements.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Millet Gérard
• Delpy Vincent

Classifications

• F16L35/00

  Special arrangements used in connection with end fittings of hoses, e.g. safety or protecting devices · CPC title

• F16L2201/20

  Safety or protective couplings · CPC title

• F16L21/06 Primary

  with a divided sleeve or ring clamping around the pipe ends (flanged joints F16L23/00; couplings of the quick-acting type F16L37/00) · CPC title

• F16L21/002 Primary

  Sleeves or nipples for pipes of the same diameter; Reduction pieces (F16L27/00, F16L37/00 take precedence; with elastic sealing rings F16L21/022) · CPC title

• F16L13/163 Primary

  one collar being bent over the other · CPC title