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Patent No.:

US 10066537 B1

Date of Patent:

Sep. 04, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2015

Exhaust connection member with braided cover and method of making the same

Applicant:

Tru-flex, Llc, West Lebanon, IN (US);

Inventors:

Robert F. Stalcup, II, Covington, IN (US);

Scott R. Swank, Williamsport, IN (US);

Assignee:

TRU-FLEX, LLC, West Lebanon, IN (US);

Attorney:

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Primary Examiner:

Christopher Besler

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

F01N 13/18 (2010.01); F16L 27/111 (2006.01); F16L 51/02 (2006.01); F16L 27/10 (2006.01); F01N 13/00 (2010.01); B21F 27/12 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

F01N 13/18 (2013.01); B21F 27/127 (2013.01); F01N 13/007 (2013.01); F01N 13/1816 (2013.01); F16L 27/1004 (2013.01); F16L 27/111 (2013.01); F16L 51/027 (2013.01); B21F 27/128 (2013.01); F01N 2470/12 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4998 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49398 (2015.01);

Abstract

An exhaust connection coupler and a method for manufacturing a braid cover incorporated therein are provided. The method of manufacturing comprises the steps of providing a tubular sleeve formed of braided wire filaments and forming at least one end of the sleeve into shape using a forming die such that the at least one end of the cover includes a circumferential neck portion having a diameter smaller than the diameter of a body portion of the cover. In the method, the sleeve may be pressed between male and female forming dies in order to create the cover's desired shape, which can include a shoulder extending radially outwardly from the cover's neck portion and meeting the cover's body portion at a corner.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Stalcup, II, Robert. (2018). Exhaust connection member with braided cover and method of making the same (U.S. Patent No. 10066537). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10066537

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