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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2018
Applicant:

North American Pipe Corporation, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Dmitry Yashin, Haverford, PA (US);

Roy L. Dean, Schwenksville, PA (US);

Joshua E. Clapper, Downington, PA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/086 (2006.01); F16L 47/08 (2006.01); F16L 47/12 (2006.01); F16L 37/088 (2006.01); F16L 41/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/086 (2013.01); F16L 37/0885 (2019.08); F16L 47/08 (2013.01); F16L 47/12 (2013.01); F16L 41/021 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pipe system includes a tubular body having an axis, a bore extending in an axial direction, a tubular body retainer groove formed in the bore, and a tubular body exterior. Retainers are configured to be mounted in the tubular body retainer groove only from the bore of the tubular body. In one version, the retainers cannot be installed in the tubular body retainer groove from the exterior of the tubular body. The retainers are configured to be circumferentially spaced apart from each other with respect to the axis. In addition, a pipe having a pipe exterior with a pipe retainer groove is configured to receive the retainers to form a pipe assembly.


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