Pipe Connection Assembly With Sealing-Lock for Releasable Joints
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pipe connection methods are not releasable without damaging the pipes and suffer from material fatigue due to direct surface contact and vibrations, leading to unreliable locking.
Innovation Solution
A pipe connection arrangement featuring a sealing section that bends to create a reliable seal and decouples material surfaces, with a locking mechanism that allows for easy assembly and secure locking, enabling the connection to be released without damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If pipes are connected by telescoping with direct surface contact and secured with locking mechanisms, then secure locking is achieved, but material surfaces rub directly on each other causing wear and material fatigue
Solution Approach 1:
A sealing element is introduced as an intermediary component between the pipe surfaces. This sealing element absorbs the relative movements and vibrations, preventing direct contact between the pipe material surfaces while maintaining the locking function. The sealing element deforms to accommodate surface irregularities and dampens oscillations, eliminating wear and material fatigue.
2Stability of the object's composition
If locking mechanisms are used to secure pipe connections, then connection stability is improved, but the connection cannot be released without destroying the pipes
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism is designed with dynamic characteristics that allow it to adapt to assembly and disassembly operations. The sealing element with its specific geometric shape enables the connection to be securely locked during operation while allowing for controlled release when needed, providing both stability and operational flexibility.
3Device complexity
If pipes are connected with direct surface contact for locking, then simple connection structure is achieved, but vibrations cause wear and material fatigue leading to unreliable locking
Solution Approach 1:
The sealing element functions as a flexible component that deforms under compression to create the locking effect. This flexible element absorbs vibrations and prevents direct contact between rigid pipe surfaces, maintaining reliable locking without requiring complex rigid locking structures.
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
The solution provides a reliable, flexible, and releasable pipe connection that prevents material fatigue and ensures secure locking, allowing for easy disconnection without damaging the pipes.
Implementation Method 1
the sealing section is configured and bendable on the sealing means main body in a pushed-in second position of the first and second pipe elements such that the sealing section with a free leg of the sealing section making sealing contact with the inner wall of the first tubular element
Implementation Method 2
Oscillations or vibrations are on the one hand dampened by the sealing means lying between the first and the second tubular element
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AI summary
The invention relates to an arrangement (10) for connecting pipe elements (11, 12), comprising a first pipe element (11) with at least one locking means (14) arranged on the inner wall (13) of the pipe, a second pipe element (12) with an end section (15), wherein the second pipe element (12) is slidable into the first pipe (11) at least in the region of the end section (15), a separate sealing means (17) arranged completely circumferentially on the outer wall (16) of the end section (15) at least in a partial region, designed to seal a connection between the first pipe element (11) and the second pipe element (12), characterized in that the sealing means (17) is also designed and configured as a locking means for locking the first and second pipe elements (11, 12) together by the engagement of the sealing means (17) with the locking means (14).