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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Uponor Innovation Ab, Virsbo, SE;
Inventors:
Duane Adelman, Lakeville, MN (US);
Adam Platt, Lakeville, MN (US);
Assignee:
UPONOR INNOVATION AB, Virsbo, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 47/22 (2006.01); B29C 57/04 (2006.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01); F16L 33/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 47/22 (2013.01); F16L 33/22 (2013.01); B29C 57/04 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0049 (2013.01); B29L 2023/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pipe fitting () includes a tubular connecting part (); the tubular connecting part being configured to be inserted into an expanded pipe end section () of a pipe () having a first circumferential intact sealing region () on the inner surface () of the pipe end section (); the tubular connecting part comprising a first radially outwards extending circumferential sealing barb (') positioned for engaging, when in use, with the first circumferential intact sealing region during shrinkage of the pipe end section for forming a sealing between the pipe fitting and the pipe.