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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2024
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Timothy Wayne Stern, Hixon, TN (US);
David Latimore Hughes, Jr., Signal Mountain, TN (US);
Ryan Fairchild Larson, Decatur, IL (US);
Mueller International, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A gripping assembly for a pipe fitting includes a substantially annular ramp defining a ramp void therethrough, the substantially annular ramp further defining an angled ramp surface angled radially inward relative to the ramp void; and a annular grip ring defining a ring void therethrough, the substantially annular grip ring further defining an inward gripper surface and an angled ring surface, the angled ring surface extending radially inward relative to ring void and contacting and slidable along the angled ramp surface of the substantially annular ramp; wherein the ramp void and the ring void are configured to receive a pipe end of a pipe therethrough, the substantially annular ramp is configured to bias the substantially annular grip ring radially inward towards the pipe, and the inward gripper surface is configured to grip an outer pipe surface of the pipe.