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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2009
Jonathan Clark Swift, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Kurtis M. Horwath, Abingdon, VA (US);
Shahram Totonchian, Abingdon, VA (US);
Jonathan Clark Swift, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Kurtis M. Horwath, Abingdon, VA (US);
Shahram Totonchian, Abingdon, VA (US);
Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A tube connector comprising a male portion having a male portion thread on an outer surface, a first tube having a first tube surface disposed at a seat angle (θ) of approximately 37° to a tube connector centerline, the male portion having a clearance engagement with the first tube, a nut having a clearance engagement with a second tube, the nut engagable with the male portion thread, the second tube having a second tube surface disposed at a seat angle (θ') in the range of (θ′)=(θ+x)°, were x=+0° up to 1°, and the first tube surface compressed by the nut and the male portion against the second tube surface for a sealing engagement between the first tube surface and the second tube surface.