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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:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
MDC SARL, Frontenex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 4/100 ; F16L 4/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 4/100 ; F16L 4/300 ;
Abstract
The invention concerns a sealing connector with variable geometry, comprising two hollow elements ( ) having respectively a truncated surface ( ) inclined at an angle (&agr;) relative to the generator ( ) of the element, each truncated surface ( ) has a circular and planar contact surface to enable the elements ( ) to be assembled by fixing means such that the generators ( ) of each element are assembled in one single point of intersection (C) so that the connection ( ) may present two different angular positions when one of the two elements rotates.