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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 28, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang Aschoff, Wald-Michelbach, DE;
Georg Salzer, Waghäusel, DE;
Assignee:
IWK Regler und Kompensatoren GmbH, Stutensee, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 5/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 5/102 ;
Abstract
The invention is a flexible line element, particularly for exhaust pipes of internal combustion engines of motor vehicles. At least two interconnected, metal bellows are provided with cylindrical joining ends and at least one of the bellows may be helically corrugated. The bellows may be telescoped. The two bellows, whether in line or telescoped, are connected at only one of their joining ends. A line element of the invention is on the one hand torsion-soft to not transfer any torsional stresses to adjacent components, and on the other is also stable in the case of high torsional stresses.