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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2013
Comissariat a L'energie Atomique ET Aux Energies Alternatives, Paris, FR;
Francois Marion, Saint-Martin le Vinoux, FR;
Baptiste Goubault de Brugiere, La Buisse, FR;
Stéphane Lagarrigue, Rives, FR;
Marion Volpert, Sassenage, FR;
Michel Heitzmann, Crolles, FR;
Abstract
A connecting system having a female element including a hollow flared part for receiving and guiding a male element and a hollow mating part for mating with the male element. A part to be mated of the male element has an outside diameter that before the mating is larger than an inside diameter of the mating part of the female element, and the part to be mated of the male element is made of a material that can be strained and has a corrugated transverse cross section, so as to contract when it is plugged into the mating part of the female element, and/or the mating part of the female connection element is made of a material that can be strained and has a corrugated transverse cross section, so as to dilate when the part to be mated of the male element is plugged into it.