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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2020
Forum Us, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Steven Post, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Peter Middleton, Aledo, TX (US);
FORUM US, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Modular end apparatus, such as modular end fitting apparatus, and methods for flexible hoses, and associated components thereof. In one implementation, a flexible hose apparatus includes a flexible hose and a hose body coupled to the flexible hose, the hose body including a threaded outer surface. The flexible hose apparatus includes a cap including an inner shoulder protruding inwardly relative to a first inner surface of the cap. The flexible hose apparatus also includes a removable end fitting disposed in engagement with the cap. The removable end fitting includes an end body that is monolithic. The end body includes a first end, a second end opposite of the first end, and a first outer shoulder adjacent the first end and disposed between the hose body and the inner shoulder of the cap.