US2016084419A1PendingUtilityA1
Mounting apparatus and system thereof
Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COPriority: Jul 14, 2010Filed: Dec 4, 2015Published: Mar 24, 2016
Est. expiryJul 14, 2030(~4 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
F16L 37/113F16L 33/22F16L 21/08Y10T29/53987F16L 33/227F16L 55/00
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Mounting apparatus includes a shaft member having a surface including a base portion and a sidewall portion forming an intersecting angle therebetween. The mounting apparatus also includes a compression member disposed across from the sidewall portion of the shaft member.
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1 . A conduit mounting apparatus, comprising:
a shaft member having a surface including a base portion and a sidewall portion forming an intersecting angle therebetween; and a compression member disposed across from the sidewall portion of the shaft member to form a conduit receiving space between the compression member and the sidewall portion of the shaft member, wherein the conduit receiving space is to receive a conduit while the compression member is connected to the shaft member, the compression member having a compression portion configured to compress an exterior surface of the conduit by a compressed amount in a manner such that an interior surface of the conduit is forced against the sidewall portion of the shaft member and an end of a wall member of the conduit is forced against the base portion of the shaft member.
2 . The conduit mounting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the compression portion is configured to contact the exterior surface of the conduit at a compression angle with respect to a line parallel to the exterior surface of the conduit such that a first component of the force is in a direction perpendicular to the sidewall portion of the shaft member and a second component of the force is in a direction perpendicular to the base portion of the shaft member.
3 . The conduit mounting apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the compression angle is in a range of 10 to 80 degrees.
4 . The conduit mounting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the intersecting angle is in a range of 85 to 95 degrees.
5 . The conduit mounting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the compressed amount is in a range of 20 to 35 percent compression by volume or cross sectional area of a thickness of the wall member of the conduit.
6 . The conduit mounting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the compression member surrounds the sidewall portion of the shaft member, the compression member having a plurality of ribs configured to contact the exterior surface of the conduit.
7 . The conduit mounting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the shaft member includes a shaft fluidic channel to communicate fluid with a fluidic channel of the conduit.
8 . A mounting apparatus usable with a conduit, the mounting apparatus comprising:
a shaft member having a surface including a base portion and a sidewall portion forming an intersecting angle therebetween; and a compression member disposed across from the sidewall portion of the shaft member to form a conduit receiving space to form a conduit receiving space between the compression member and the sidewall portion of the shaft member, wherein the conduit receiving space is to receive a conduit while the compression member is connected to the shaft member, the compression member having a compression portion oriented at a compression angle with respect to the sidewall portion of the shaft member, wherein the intersecting angle is in a range of 85 to 95 degrees, and the compression angle is in a range of 10 to 80 degrees.
9 . The mounting apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the compression member surrounds the sidewall portion of the shaft member, the compression member having a plurality of ribs configured to contact an exterior surface of the conduit.
10 . The mounting apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein a two-dimensional shape of the conduit receiving space corresponds to a two-dimensional shape of a wall member of the conduit, and a distance of the conduit receiving space is in a range of 20 to 35 percent of a thickness of the wall member of the conduit.
11 . The mounting apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the compression member is configured to compress an exterior surface of a wall member of the conduit in a manner such that an interior surface of the wall member of the conduit is forced against the sidewall portion of the shaft member and an end of the wall member of the conduit is forced against the base portion of the shaft member.
12 . The mounting apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the compression member is to compress the exterior surface of the wall member of the conduit by a compressed amount in a range of 20 to 35 percent compression by volume or cross sectional area of a thickness of the wall member of the conduit.
13 . The mounting apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the sidewall portion further comprises:
a conduit insertion path and a circumference having a plurality of diameters transverse to the conduit insertion path, wherein each of a subsequent diameter of the plurality of diameters is equal to or greater than each of a previous diameter of the plurality of diameters along the sidewall portion in a conduit insertion direction.
14 . A method of providing a mounting apparatus usable with a conduit, the method comprising:
providing a shaft member having a surface including a base portion and a sidewall portion forming an intersecting angle therebetween; and connecting a compression member to the shaft member, the compression member having a compression portion disposed across the sidewall portion of the shaft member to form a conduit receiving space configured to receive the conduit while the compression member is connected to the shaft member, the compression portion configured to compress an exterior surface of the conduit by a compressed amount in a manner such that an interior surface of the conduit is forced against the sidewall portion of the shaft member and an end of a wall member of the conduit is forced against the base portion of the shaft member.
15 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the compression portion is configured to contact the exterior surface of the conduit at a compression angle with respect to a line parallel to the external surface of the conduit such that a first component of the force is in a direction perpendicular to the sidewall portion of the shaft member and a second component of the force is in a direction perpendicular to the base portion of the shaft member.
16 . The method according to claim 15 , wherein the compression angle is in a range of 10 to 80 degrees, the intersecting angle is in a range of 85 to 95%, and the compressed amount is in a range of 20 to 30% compression by volume or cross sectional area of a thickness of the wall member of the conduit.
17 . The method according to claim 14 , wherein the compression member surrounds the sidewall portion of the shaft member and a two-dimensional shape of the conduit receiving space corresponds to a two-dimensional shape of the conduit, the compression member having a plurality of ribs configured to contact the exterior surface of the conduit.
18 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the shaft member includes a shaft fluidic channel to communicate fluid with a fluidic channel of the conduit.Cited by (0)
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