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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
May. 04, 2011
Applicants:
James P. Irwin, Renton, WA (US);
Michael E. Rorabaugh, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin A. Johnson, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Inventors:
James P. Irwin, Renton, WA (US);
Michael E. Rorabaugh, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin A. Johnson, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 13/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
An axially swaged fitting for use in permanently coupling tubes together. The swaged fitting may be useful in coupling metal hydraulic lines to one another in an airplane. According to one embodiment, the swaged fitting includes a sleeve with a hard metal surface and a swaging ring with a soft metal surface, such that during the swaging process the soft metal surface of the swaging ring is deformed.