US 11,940,075 B2
Pipe having a flange
Dominik Kempf, Frankfurt (DE)
Assigned to ContiTech Techno-Chemie GmbH, Karben (DE)
Appl. No. 17/596,244
Filed by ContiTech Techno-Chemie GmbH, Karben (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/061155
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 6, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/244842, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 208 375.7 (DE), filed on Jun. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316640 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 41/00 (2006.01); F16L 23/00 (2006.01); F16L 23/032 (2006.01); F16L 55/04 (2006.01); F16L 55/053 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 41/008 (2013.01) [F16L 23/006 (2013.01); F16L 23/032 (2013.01); F16L 55/043 (2013.01); F16L 55/053 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pipe comprising a pipe element for conveying a medium in a flow direction, and having a flange element for connecting the pipe element to a connection partner;
wherein the pipe element comprises a pipe body with a media passage opening for conveying the medium in the flow direction;
wherein the flange element comprises a flange body with a media passage opening for conveying the medium in the flow direction;
wherein the flange element is arranged at one end of the pipe element in such a way that the media passage openings at least essentially overlap;
wherein the media passage opening of the pipe element and the media passage opening of the flange body together form at least part of a main fluid passageway of the pipe that is configured to convey the medium through the pipe in the flow direction;
wherein a sensor element is arranged in the flange body such that at least a portion of the sensor element protrudes into the main fluid passageway so as to be in contact with the medium traveling in the flow direction through the main fluid passageway;
wherein the flange element comprises a pulsation damping chamber which is configured as a recess inside the flange body and which opens towards the main fluid passageway; and,
wherein the pulsation damping chamber is arranged directly opposite the portion of the sensor element protruding into the main fluid passageway of the pipe.