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Pipe coupling with closed ring

  • US 10,641,419 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2016
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A pipe system comprising:

  • a first pipe element;

    a second pipe element; and

    a pipe coupling connecting an end of the second pipe element to an end of the first pipe element, the pipe coupling comprisinga coupling segment having an inner surface defining a ring groove proximate to an axial end of the pipe coupling, anda pipe connection ring disposed within the ring groove and engaged with the first pipe element, the pipe connection ring being a closed ring, the pipe connection ring comprising;

    an outer flange aligned with an axial direction of the pipe connection ring;

    an inner flange;

    a radial flange aligned with a radial direction of the pipe connection ring and extending from the outer flange to the inner flange;

    a plurality of segments; and

    a plurality of links that are deformable with respect to the segments, each of the plurality of links connecting a one of the plurality of segments to another of the plurality of segments, the segments and links alternating about a circumference of the pipe connection ring;

    wherein the plurality of segments and the plurality of links define;

    the outer flange aligned with the axial direction of the pipe connection ring;

    the inner flange defining an axial ring thickness; and

    the radial flange aligned with the radial direction of the pipe connection ring and extending from the outer flange to the inner flange.

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