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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2012
Robert H. Saunders, Oak Park, MI (US);
Robert J. Mohan, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffrey P. Luther, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Scott M. Rollins, Canton, MI (US);
Erik H. Hermann, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Darice M. Morris, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
Roger Khami, Troy, MI (US);
Robert H. Saunders, Oak Park, MI (US);
Robert J. Mohan, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffrey P. Luther, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Scott M. Rollins, Canton, MI (US);
Erik H. Hermann, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Darice M. Morris, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
Roger Khami, Troy, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An assembly for clamping a tube includes a fitting including a land, a bolt housing, legs, and a tooth on each leg, a band surrounding an axis, contacting the land and formed with holes spaced along the band, and a bolt located in the bolt housing, including helical teeth engaged with said holes for changing a diameter of the band and forcing the tooth toward the band as the band is tightened by rotating the bolt.