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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10711920 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2017

Clamping device and an associated method thereof

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kesavan Dhanasekaran, Bangalore, IN;

Marcus Byron Huffman, Simposonville, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:

Fletcher Yoder, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Gerald L Sung

Assistant Examiner:

Marc J Amar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23R 3/60 (2006.01); F16L 3/123 (2006.01); F23R 3/28 (2006.01); F02C 7/22 (2006.01); F16L 3/12 (2006.01); F23R 3/34 (2006.01); F02C 7/32 (2006.01); F16L 3/02 (2006.01); B60K 15/01 (2006.01); F02M 55/02 (2006.01); F16L 3/127 (2006.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 3/1233 (2013.01); B60K 15/01 (2013.01); F01D 9/023 (2013.01); F02C 7/22 (2013.01); F02C 7/222 (2013.01); F02C 7/32 (2013.01); F02M 55/02 (2013.01); F16L 3/02 (2013.01); F16L 3/1207 (2013.01); F16L 3/127 (2013.01); F16L 3/1211 (2013.01); F23R 3/28 (2013.01); F23R 3/283 (2013.01); F23R 3/346 (2013.01); F23R 3/60 (2013.01); F05D 2260/30 (2013.01); F23K 2301/20 (2013.01); Y10T 24/1473 (2015.01);
Abstract

Clamping device including sheet metal, wedge-washers, and fastening members. Sheet metal includes first segments and second segment, where each of the first and second segments include conduit-facing end and outwardly-extending end. Conduit-facing ends are joined to each other and wrapped around conduit in opposite directions. Outwardly-extending ends extend in opposite direction to outwardly-extending end. Each outwardly-extending end is bent at bend angle towards a respective conduit-facing end. Wedge-washers are disposed on first and second segments. Each wedge-washer includes sidewall inclined in a direction opposite to bend angle and in contact with a respective outwardly-extending end. Fastening members are disposed on respective wedge-washer.

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