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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Contitech Usa, Inc., Fairlawn, OH (US);
Inventors:
Jeremy Jay Lidgett, Norfolk, NE (US);
Craig Boche, Norfolk, NE (US);
Assignee:
ContiTech USA, Inc., Fairlawn, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/04 (2006.01); F16L 33/30 (2006.01); F16L 19/025 (2006.01); F16L 33/207 (2006.01); F16L 33/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 39/048 (2013.01); F16L 19/025 (2013.01); F16L 33/2076 (2013.01); F16L 33/22 (2013.01); F16L 33/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of making hose fittings include providing a stem having a fluid conduit, a first end, a second end with a raised shoulder, and a crimp region disposed between the first end and the second end. A swivel tube nut is placed over the stem, and the swivel tube nut is retained on the stem the by the raised shoulder. A ferrule is thereafter placed over the first end of the stem, and the ferrule comprises a partially or fully formed octagonal wrench surface, formed prior to. The ferrule is then crimped, at the octagonal wrench surface, onto the crimp region of the stem.