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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2015
Applicant:
American Boa, Inc., Cumming, GA (US);
Inventors:
Jose F. Montesinos, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Rolf Janssen, Atlanta, GA (US);
Srinivas Gade, Cumming, GA (US);
Assignee:
American BOA, Inc., Cumming, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 51/02 (2006.01); F16L 27/10 (2006.01); F16L 27/111 (2006.01); F16L 35/00 (2006.01); F01N 13/18 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 35/00 (2013.01); F01N 13/1816 (2013.01); F16L 27/1004 (2013.01); F16L 27/111 (2013.01); F16L 51/025 (2013.01); F16L 51/026 (2013.01); F16L 51/027 (2013.01); F01N 2260/10 (2013.01); F01N 2260/18 (2013.01); F01N 2310/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A free-floating load ring for assembly into a flexible coupling having a convoluted bellows and a surrounding mesh sleeve, the ring captured by the sleeve at an end of the coupling and spacing the sleeve from the bellows when forces are applied to the coupling. Various rings can be added to existing non-load supporting or flexible couplings having no previous rings. The load ring is retained in place by engagement of coupling components with the ring without physical connection of the ring to any coupling component.