Three-Part Pipe Joint Assembly With Integrated Fastening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pipe joint structures with three housing parts require numerous connecting members, leading to poor operability and workability during assembly, making the process cumbersome and time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A pipe joint design where the housing is divided into three parts in the circumferential direction, with recessed and projecting shapes on the housing parts, allowing for recess-projection fitting and fastening with a tightening member, reducing the need for additional connecting members and enhancing assembly efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the housing is divided into three parts and connected with multiple connecting members (pins and bolts), then the housing can be assembled, but the operability and workability in assembling deteriorates due to the large number of connecting members required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple connecting members into a single integrated connecting member that performs both the pin connection and bolt fastening functions. This reducing the total number of connecting members from multiple separate components to just one, thereby improving ease of assembly while maintaining the structural integrity of the three-part housing configuration
2Stability of the object's composition
If multiple connecting members are used to assemble the housing, then the housing structure can be formed, but the assembly time increases making the process time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple connecting members into a single integrated component that can simultaneously establish multiple connections between housing parts. This allows the housing structure to be assembled in fewer steps and with less time, while the integrated connecting member maintains all necessary structural stability through its combined pin and fastener functions
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AI summary
In the present invention, a pipe joint has housing parts as a housing obtained by dividing the housing into three parts in a circumferential direction. The first housing part has connecting parts. The second, third housing parts have connecting parts, respectively. Connecting parts are provided to be detachably mutually connected by fastening with tightening members, at end parts protruding outward from vicinities of an inner peripheral surface with a sealing member arranged in sides opposite to sides of the first housing part.