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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Silvio Natali, Castelvetro, IT;
Fabio Pescione, Modena, IT;
Luca Boschi, Modena, IT;
Stefano Nicola Carrara, Bologna, IT;
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A hose assemblyfor engine intake air comprises a hosehaving connection regionsat first and second ends of the hose and an axially compressible and extendable bellows regiondisposed between the two connection regions. In the invention, an inextensible inner tubeis disposed within the hosewhich has a gas-impermeable wall. The inner tubehas first and second endsthat seal, respectively, against the first and second connection regionsof the hose when the bellows region is compressed. At least one of the first and second ends of the inner tubeseparates from the adjacent connection regionof the hosewhen the bellows regionis extended.