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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 1980
Filed:
May. 26, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D Harrison, Palo Alto, CA (US);
James E Jervis, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285381 ; 29447 ; 75170 ; 285417 ; 285422 ;
Abstract
A coupling for tubes, pipes or the like, fabricated of heat recoverable metal that is treated so that it will contract when heated above its transition temperature spontaneously expand when cooled to its transition temperature to permit it to be installed or removed from the pipes.