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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2016
Swagelok Company, Solon, OH (US);
Jeffrey Michael Rubinski, Novelty, OH (US);
Peter C. Williams, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Kevin Nieman, Avon, OH (US);
Cal R. Brown, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Christina Semkow, University Heights, OH (US);
Michael Rossiter, Auburn Township, OH (US);
Andrew Creque, Macedonia, OH (US);
William Ponikvar, Sagamore Hills, OH (US);
Matthew K. Messer, Mentor, OH (US);
Charles W. Hayes, II, Wickliffe, OH (US);
Sunniva R. Collins, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Timothy Garrett Gray, Painesville, OH (US);
Swagelok Company, Solon, OH (US);
Abstract
A fitting for a fluid conduit includes a coupling body, a coupling nut, a conduit gripping device that is axially driven by the coupling body and the coupling nut to provide grip and seal against a conduit, and a strain sensor unit disposed on a neck portion of the coupling body, the strain sensor unit including at least a first axially extending strain sensor positioned and oriented for strain sensor unit measurement of a first strain of the neck portion corresponding with a first fitting assembly condition, and a second strain of the neck portion corresponding with a second fitting assembly condition different from the first fitting assembly condition.