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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2011
Pierre Brunello, Villecerf, FR;
Paul Louis Florent Delautre, Lisses, FR;
Sylvain Maxime F Gremetz, Montereau Fault Yonne, FR;
Olivier Lobet, Mennecy, FR;
Pierre Brunello, Villecerf, FR;
Paul Louis Florent Delautre, Lisses, FR;
Sylvain Maxime F Gremetz, Montereau Fault Yonne, FR;
Olivier Lobet, Mennecy, FR;
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An end-face sealing fluidic connector for fluidic connection and/or interconnection of glass, glass-ceramic and/or ceramic fluidic modules in a microreactor includes a connector body having a circular first end face with a recess for retaining one or more O-rings and a first end section having a circular cylindrical outeT surface and a diameter In the range of from 3 to 25 mm. The outer surface has a circumferential recess dividing the first end section into a proximal portion adjacent the first end face and a distal portion. A retaining ring is seated in the circumferential recess and a protecting ring coinpming a high-compression-strength polymer surrounds the proximal portion of the first end section. A circular cylindrical sleeve surrounds the first end section and the reinforcing and/or protecting ring, the sleeve including a circumferentially extending inside bearing surface for engaging the retaining ring on the distal side thereof.