CONDUIT CONNECTION WITH SENSING FUNCTION

• Main Authors: MARSHALL ANDREW P, VANDENDRIESSCHE LARRY DEAN, WILLIAMS PETER C, GAUSMAN THEODORE J, O'CONNOR DAVID E, ARSTEIN DALE C, RUBINSKI JEFFREY MICHAEL, MRACEK KEVIN, BENNETT MARK A, RICHARD ALAS A, BUTKOVIC MICHAEL RAY, LUBAR NICHOLAS RANEY, ANTON ARTHUR FRANK, MOORE STEPHEN W, DACEK FRANZISKA H, KARKOSIAK JOHN D, O'CONNOR DAVID BRYAN, BON SYLVIA ANTIONETTE, GLIME III WILLIAM H, SCHIROKY GERHARD H, GOEMANS JOHAN JAN, COLLINS SUNNIVA R, MOHLENKAMP MICHAEL JEROME
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.12.2013
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; LIGHTING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide mechanically attached connections such as fittings, joints, couplings, unions and so on that are used in fluid systems or fluid circuits.SOLUTION: Apparatus and method for mechanically attached connections of conduits may include a conduit gripping member 34, a drive member 36, and a seal member 48, the drive member causing axial movement of the conduit gripping member to indent into an outer surface of the conduit when the assembly is pulled-up, the drive member causing the seal member to form a zero clearance seal at a location that is axially spaced from the conduit gripping member. The zero clearance seal may comprise a face seal arrangement including a gasket 48, and the conduit gripping member may be a ferrule, ring or other device that can grip and optionally seal against the conduit outer surface. The assembly may include a sensing function for detecting or sensing a characteristic or condition of an assembly component or the fluid or both.