US 11,746,938 B2
Clamp
Ben Cottle, Newbury (GB); Mateusz Jarosz, Reading (GB); Belal Akremi, Newbury (GB); Tatjana Rumbauskiene, Cold Ash (GB); Mark Carter, Oxford (GB); and Manuel Baudoin, Newbury (GB)
Assigned to Norma Germany GmbH, Maintal (DE)
Appl. No. 17/49,154
Filed by NORMA Germany GmbH, Maintal (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/057078
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/201543, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 109 581.3 (DE), filed on Apr. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0239245 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. F16L 23/08 (2006.01); F16L 23/20 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 23/08 (2013.01) [F16L 23/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp comprising a clamp band and a ring-shaped ring element, the clamp band comprising two clamping heads which are connected to one another by way of a clamping element, the ring element being positioned radially within the clamp band, wherein the ring element comprises at least one holding element for support on an inner side of the clamp band, said at least one holding element being offset in an axial direction in relation to the ring element by way of a fastening portion and extending outward at least partially in a radial direction, wherein at least one of the at least one holding elements comprises at least one spring portion which extends at least partially in a circumferential direction and radial direction, wherein the at least one holding element comprises two spring portions which in each case extend from the fastening portion in an opposite circumferential direction.