US 11,913,574 B2
Magnetic joint
Chanseol Chung, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed by Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,271.
Application 17/473,271 is a continuation of application No. 16/284,707, filed on Feb. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,125,365.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/636,317, filed on Feb. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0404583 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. F16L 27/08 (2006.01); E03C 1/04 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01); F16L 37/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 27/08 (2013.01) [E03C 1/0404 (2013.01); F16B 1/00 (2013.01); F16L 27/0849 (2013.01); F16L 37/004 (2013.01); E03C 2001/0414 (2013.01); F16B 2200/83 (2023.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conduit section comprising:
an elongate body having a first end disposed along a first plane and a second end disposed along a second plane that is not parallel to the first plane;
a protrusion extending from the first end, the protrusion comprising a hollow interior that is configured to facilitate flow of fluid through the first end;
an opening disposed on the second end; and
a plurality of magnets, each of the magnets extending through the body, the magnets disposed on the first end around the protrusion and disposed on the second end around the opening.