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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Flexsteel Pipeline Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Allen Hegler, Houston, TX (US);
Andrew James Heaton, Lincolnshire, GB;
Assignee:
TRINITY BAY EQUIPMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 33/207 (2006.01); F16L 33/01 (2006.01); F16L 55/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 33/2071 (2013.01); F16L 33/01 (2013.01); F16L 55/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for securing a flexible pipe () to a further flexible pipe () in an end-to-end configuration includes an elongate tubular element () having a first and second end () and an outer surface having a raised central region (). At least one vent passage () extends at least partially across the raised central region ().