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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:
Mar. 14, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jurgen Hempel, Weinheim, DE;
Gerhard Muller-Broll, Rimbach, DE;
Assignee:
Firma Carl Freudenberg, Weinheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ; F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285227 ; 285299 ; 285402 ; 2772 / ; 92 34 ;
Abstract
A bellows that is affixable by way of a connecting sleeve to a machine part, and is made of polymer material and has folds formed, at least in one partial area, in the shape of a screw thread. The connecting sleeve is provided with at least two retaining elements that are distributed in the circumferential direction and project inwardly and/or outwardly from the top surface of the connecting sleeve, the retaining elements being able to be forced into engagement with snap-in locking elements of the machine part, which exhibit a groove following the direction of the folds.