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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2009
Mark A. Bennett, Bainbridge Township, OH (US);
Cal R. Brown, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
John D. Karkosiak, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Peter C. Williams, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Mark A. Clason, Orwell, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Rayle, Fairview Park, OH (US);
Mark D. Bearer, Akron, OH (US);
Mark A. Bennett, Bainbridge Township, OH (US);
Cal R. Brown, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
John D. Karkosiak, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Peter C. Williams, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Mark A. Clason, Orwell, OH (US);
Jeffrey S. Rayle, Fairview Park, OH (US);
Mark D. Bearer, Akron, OH (US);
Swagelok Company, Solon, OH (US);
Abstract
Two conduit gripping devices that are to be used together in a conduit fitting assembly are interconnected or held together as a cartridge or subassembly prior to assembly with fitting components to form a fitting assembly. In a more specific embodiment, one or both of the conduit gripping devices comprises a retaining structure by which the devices are mechanically connected together as a subassembly. For example, in one embodiment a front ferrule and a back ferrule for a tube fitting may be snapped together.