Pipe Coupling Device With Stepped Insertion Hole
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pipe coupling devices face challenges in connecting pipes with corroded or damaged portions, particularly in maintaining hermetic sealing and ensuring accurate insertion depths, leading to potential leakage and coupling errors, and are costly due to metal materials.
Innovation Solution
A pipe coupling device with a multi-stepped insertion hole, externally threaded portions, and pressurizing parts that allow adjustable insertion depths, tactile identification of insertion depth, and indication of fastening completion, using engineering plastics for durability and heat resistance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If pipes with small corroded portions are cut out and connected using existing pipe coupling devices, then the coupling depth is insufficient, but connecting pipes with adequate coupling depth requires removing larger portions, increasing material loss and structural complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The insertion hole is divided into multiple stepped sections with different depths, allowing selective engagement of pipe portions at different depths. This segmentation enables adequate coupling depth for corroded portions without requiring excessive pipe removal, as each step provides a specific engagement level.
Solution Approach 2:
The pipe coupling device incorporates adjustable insertion depth mechanisms that allow dynamic adaptation to different pipe conditions. The stepped structure enables the system to dynamically select the appropriate coupling depth based on the actual corrosion extent, optimizing both coupling precision and material preservation.
2Strength
If metal materials are used to improve heat resistance and strength of coupled portions, then durability is enhanced, but manufacturing costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The pipe coupling device employs composite material construction, combining engineering plastics with reinforcement structures or metal inserts only where absolutely necessary. This composite approach maintains adequate strength and heat resistance while dramatically reducing manufacturing costs compared to full metal construction.
Solution Approach 2:
The device utilizes engineering plastics with optimized material parameters (molecular structure, cross-linking density, filler content) to achieve mechanical properties comparable to metal. By changing material parameters rather than material type, the device attains necessary strength and heat resistance at lower cost.
3Reliability
If the insertion depths of pipes are not exactly known or are asymmetric, then hermetic sealing deteriorates leading to water leakage, but ensuring exact symmetric insertion depths increases operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The stepped structure provides self-aligning features that guide pipe insertion to the correct depth automatically. The physical steps create tactile feedback and mechanical stops that enable operators to achieve proper insertion depth through tactile sensation alone, ensuring hermetic sealing without requiring precise measurement or complex alignment procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates visual indicators (such as colored rings or markings at different step levels) that change or become visible at specific insertion depths. These visual cues allow operators to quickly identify when the pipe has reached the correct insertion depth, ensuring reliable sealing while simplifying the operation.
4Reliability
If coupling structures are designed to maintain hermetic sealing, then leakage prevention is improved, but device complexity increases due to multiple components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple functions into unified components. The stepped structure simultaneously provides sealing surfaces, alignment features, and depth control in a single integrated element rather than requiring separate components for each function. This merging reduces overall device complexity while maintaining hermetic sealing.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling device incorporates universal features that perform multiple functions: the stepped structure provides both mechanical coupling and sealing, while also serving as an alignment guide and depth indicator. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate components needed, simplifying the overall device structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures reliable hermetic sealing, versatile connection of pipes with varying corrosion levels, prevents leakage, and reduces manufacturing costs by using affordable materials while maintaining strength and durability.
Implementation Method 1
a pressurizing piece (133) formed integrally with the stepped foot portion (131), a plurality of cut-away grooves (133a) formed on the outer circumferential surface of the pressurizing piece (133) to elastically widen the pressurizing piece (133)
Implementation Method 2
an inclined plane 10 extends from each of the internally threaded portions toward the central portion of the inner circumferential surface, a packing member 5 and a washer 4 are inserted into each of the inclined planes 10
Data Source
AI summary
A pipe coupling device includes a body part, fastening parts, and pressurizing parts. The body part has a multi-stepped insertion hole penetrating the central portion thereof, a stepped latching portion formed on the inner circumference of the insertion hole, and first projections continuously formed on the upper surfaces of the externally threaded portions. Each of the fastening parts has an internally threaded portion formed on the inner circumference thereof and is screwed onto the externally threaded portion, a coupling hole penetrating the central portion thereof so as to be in communication with the insertion hole, a first inclined plane formed around the boundary between the internally threaded portion and the insertion hole. Each of the pressurizing parts has a stepped foot portion formed on the outer circumference of one side thereof.


