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Pipe clamp with a headed bolt for securing a pipe connection

  • US 5,944,365 A
  • Filed: 09/25/1997
  • Issued: 08/31/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pipe connection comprising:

  • pipes of an exhaust system of a motor vehicle which are to be connected together,a headed bolt and a nut for securing said pipes of said exhaust system of the motor vehicle to one another by fitting an end of a first of said pipes into an axially slit end of a second of said pipes,a pipe clamp which is to be fitted over the axially slit end and tightened by said headed bolt and the nut to connect the two pine ends to one another in a frictionally locking manner, said pipe clamp defining lugs at opposite ends thereof through which said bolt extends,a clamping piece which is to be located between the lugs, anda shaped piece which is to be disposed between one of the lugs and said nut,wherein said headed bolt has a head in the form of a hammer head, said hammer head defining at least one recess on a side facing away from a shank of the bolt.

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