US 12,215,806 B2
Conduit coupling devices, systems for coupling conduits together, and methods of coupling conduits
Austin B. Ball, Seattle, WA (US); Jonathan Y. Ahn, Seattle, WA (US); Christopher R. Brown, Seattle, WA (US); Shane E. Arthur, Kirkland, WA (US); Joseph D. Anderson, Olalla, WA (US); and Ricardo A. Fritzke, Sammamish, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/354,539.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/481,994, filed on Jan. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0255079 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F16L 23/00 (2006.01); F16L 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 23/003 (2013.01) [F16L 23/04 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A conduit coupling device, comprising:
a body configured to selectively engage an outer surface of a conduit; and
an elongate connecting member extending from the body or configured to selectively extend from the body, wherein the elongate connecting member is configured to be selectively attached to a second conduit coupling device to facilitate alignment of the body and the second conduit coupling device;
wherein the elongate connecting member comprises a ratchet strap, and wherein the body comprises a ratchet buckle that is configured to operatively receive the ratchet strap and to selectively restrict and selectively permit translation of the ratchet strap through the ratchet buckle.