Double-wall pipe and production process

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9458954-B2
Application number	US-201313959074-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2013
Priority date	Feb 5, 2011
Publication date	Oct 4, 2016
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016

Abstract

A double-wall pipe for a transportation means which includes an outer pipe and an inner pipe extending therein. The outer pipe has two pipe segments which are formed like half-shells and are joined together to form the outer pipe along the longitudinal edges thereof. In this way, it is possible to make both the outer pipe and the inner pipe of metal, such that the wall thickness of the inner pipe can be relatively small.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A double-wall pipe for a transport means, comprising:
an outer pipe; and
an inner pipe extending in the outer pipe,
wherein the inner pipe is designed to convey a fluid and is spaced apart from the outer pipe, and the outer pipe has exactly two pipe segments in the form of half-shells which are joined together along their longitudinal edges in order to form the outer pipe;
wherein the double-wall pipe is a bent pipe;
wherein the longitudinal edges of the pipe segments extend along a neutral bending line of the double-wall pipe;
wherein the neutral bending line is a common centre line of the inner pipe and the outer pipe;
wherein a curvature progression of the double-wall pipe is such that it has an inflection point at which the curvature of the double-wall pipe changes.

2. The double-wall pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the inner pipe is metallic.

3. The double-wall pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the outer pipe is metallic.

4. The double-wall pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the two pipe segments in the form of half-shells of the outer pipe are produced by splitting an initial pipe.

5. The double-wall pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the two pipe segments in the form of half-shells of the outer pipe are produced by parting the initial pipe along the neutral bending line of the bent initial pipe.

6. The double-wall pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the double-wall pipe is a fuel line or hydraulic line.

7. A method for producing a double-wall pipe or a T-connection for connecting double-wall pipes, the method comprising:
forming a bent inner pipe;
forming a bent initial pipe which has a larger diameter than the inner pipe, wherein the initial pipe is bent such that each of the initial pipe and the inner pipe comprise a neutral bending line extending in a similar manner;
wherein a curvature progression of the double-wall pipe is such that it has an inflection point at which the curvature of the double-wall pipe changes;
parting the initial pipe into exactly two pipe segments, namely a first and a second pipe segment in the form of half-shells along the neutral bending line of the initial pipe, wherein the neutral bending line is a common centre line of the inner pipe and the outer pipe;
positioning the inner pipe in the first pipe segment in the form of a half-shell; and
joining together the two pipe segments in the form of half-shells for forming an outer pipe, wherein the longitudinal edges of the pipe segments extend along the neutral bending line.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of the inner pipe and the initial pipe is metallic.

9. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
joining a flange onto one end of the outer pipe.

10. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:
applying a surface protection to an inner face and to an outer face of the outer pipe.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the joining together of the two pipe segments in the form of half-shells takes place by welding.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the joining together of the two pipe segments in the form of half-shells takes place by laser welding.

13. A transportation device, comprising:
a double wall pipe for a hydraulic line or fuel line of the transportation device, the double wall pipe including an outer pipe and an inner pipe extending in the outer pipe, the inner pipe designed to convey a fluid and spaced apart from the outer pipe,
wherein the outer pipe has exactly two pipe segments in the form of half-shells which are joined together along their longitudinal edges in order to form the outer pipe;
wherein the double-wall pipe is a bent pipe; and
wherein the longitudinal edges of the pipe segments extend along a neutral bending line of the double-wall pipe;
wherein the neutral bending line is a common centre line of the inner pipe and the outer pipe;
wherein a curvature progression of the double-wall pipe is such that it has an inflection point at which the curvature of the double-wall pipe changes.

14. The transportation device according to claim 13 , wherein the transportation device is an aircraft.

15. The transportation device according to claim 13 , wherein the inner pipe is metallic.

16. The transportation device according to claim 13 , wherein the outer pipe is metallic.

17. The transportation device according to claim 13 , wherein the two pipe segments in the form of half-shells of the outer pipe are produced by splitting an initial pipe.

18. The transportation device according to claim 13 , wherein the two pipe segments in the form of half-shells of the outer pipe are produced by parting the initial pipe along the neutral bending line of the bent initial pipe.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Baur Alexander
• Heimerdinger Christoph
• Lang Roland
• Langer Thomas
• Meister Heinz
• Messner Josef
• Schwarze Dirk

Classifications

• F16L9/20

  Pipe assemblies · CPC title

• F16L9/18

  Double-walled pipes; Multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies · CPC title

• F16L9/02 Primary

  of metal (F16L9/16 - F16L9/22 take precedence) · CPC title

• B21D51/10

  conically or cylindrically shaped objects · CPC title

• Y10T29/49893

  Peripheral joining of opposed mirror image parts to form a hollow body · CPC title