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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Jayant D. Patel, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Clifford J. Petersen, Irvine, CA (US);
Maggie E. Fuselier, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Alfred R. Wiratunga, Northridge, CA (US);
Annette D. Motherwell, Cypress, CA (US);
Vitor M. Amorim, Whittier, CA (US);
Jayant D. Patel, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Clifford J. Petersen, Irvine, CA (US);
Maggie E. Fuselier, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Alfred R. Wiratunga, Northridge, CA (US);
Annette D. Motherwell, Cypress, CA (US);
Vitor M. Amorim, Whittier, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A coupling apparatus for coupling free ends of a pair of tubular ducts in flow communication with one another, and where the free ends of the ducts are separated by an axial gap. The apparatus may have a sleeve having a length sufficient to span the gap and to overlap portions of the free ends of the ducts when the sleeve is secured to the free ends of the ducts. The sleeve may include a first stretchable ply of material, a non-stretchable ply of material, and a second stretchable ply of material sandwiched together. The non-stretchable ply of material may be disposed between the first and second stretchable plies of material to form a unitary assembly. The non-stretchable ply of material may have an axial length of no more than approximately a length of the axial gap to overlay the axial gap.