Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and methods for strain detection in a coupling
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Application No.: US15060841Application Date: 2016-03-04
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Publication No.: US10578503B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Jeffrey Michael Rubinski , Peter C. Williams , Kevin Nieman , Cal R. Brown , Christina Semkow , Michael Rossiter , Andrew Creque , William Ponikvar , Matthew K. Messer , Charles W. Hayes, II , Sunniva R. Collins , Timothy Garrett Gray
- Applicant: Swagelok Company
- Applicant Address: US OH Solon
- Assignee: Swagelok Company
- Current Assignee: Swagelok Company
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Solon
- Agency: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
- Main IPC: G01L5/24
- IPC: G01L5/24 ; F16L19/10 ; G01L1/22

Abstract:
A fitting for a fluid conduit includes a coupling body, a coupling nut, a conduit gripping device that is axially driven by the coupling body and the coupling nut to provide grip and seal against a conduit, and a strain sensor unit disposed on a neck portion of the coupling body, the strain sensor unit including at least a first axially extending strain sensor positioned and oriented for strain sensor unit measurement of a first strain of the neck portion corresponding with a first fitting assembly condition, and a second strain of the neck portion corresponding with a second fitting assembly condition different from the first fitting assembly condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160273687A1 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR STRAIN DETECTION IN A COUPLING Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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