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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:
Jul. 21, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
James I Bates, Wolverhampton, GB;
Assignee:
Marston Palmer Limited, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285 87 ; 285233 ; 285261 ; 285348 ; 285 92 ;
Abstract
A flexible non-metallic coupling comprising an outer ring member having an internal bore with a pair of `O` rings carrying internal inserts slidable and rotatable within the bore, each insert being secured to a pipe end by a shape memory alloy ferrule and being retained in the bore by a nut.