公开(公告)号：US20240167589A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-23

申请号：US18497279

申请日：2023-10-30

Applicant: Crompton Technology Group Limited

Inventor： Robert Edwin FINNEY ,  Christopher John BREMNER-STOKES

IPC: F16L9/00

CPC classification number: F16L9/006

Abstract: A pipe is provided which extends from a first portion to a second portion. The pipe is arranged to transfer fluid at an operational pressure from the first portion to the second portion. The pipe comprises a bend portion between the first and second portions in which the pipe transitions from extending in a first direction A to extending in a second direction B. The bend portion of the pipe comprises a non-circular cross section, the non-circular cross section having a shape selected to resist relative movement of the first and second portions when the pipe is subject to the operational pressure.

公开(公告)号：US20210131482A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：US17087817

申请日：2020-11-03

Applicant: Crompton Technology Group Limited

Inventor： Jon PETHICK ,  Robert Edwin FINNEY ,  James William BERNARD

IPC: F16C3/02 ,  F16D1/092

Abstract: A composite shaft with an end fitting mounted on one end of said shaft and a preload structure arranged to provide a biasing force to bias the composite shaft against the end fitting. The end fitting has a first interface surface, the first interface surface being tapered at an angle to the shaft axis and the shaft has a second interface surface for engagement with the first interface surface and is tapered at an angle to the shaft axis, the second interface surface extending axially from a first end to a second end, the shaft being thicker at the second end than at the first end. The shaft has a third interface surface and the preload structure has a fourth interface surface and the contact pressure of the third interface against the fourth interface increases from the first end of the shaft to the second end of the shaft.