US 12,241,577 B2
Fluid pipe connection
Samuel Phillips, Bristol (GB); and Ralf Becks, Bristol (GB)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB); and AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol (GB); and AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/896,572.
Claims priority of application No. 2112287 (GB), filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0061814 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 39/00 (2006.01); F16L 59/18 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 39/005 (2013.01) [F16L 59/18 (2013.01); F16L 2201/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid pipe connection, comprising:
an inner pipe assembly comprising a first inner pipe section and a second inner pipe section, and an inner joint between the first inner pipe section and second inner pipe section;
an outer pipe assembly comprising a first outer pipe section and a second outer pipe section;
a shroud containing the inner joint, wherein the shroud includes a recess therewithin, wherein the recess forms a contact area between the inner joint and the shroud that supports an end of the first inner pipe section and an end of the second inner pipe section and wherein the shroud mechanically connects the first outer pipe section to the second outer pipe section via a mechanical connection,
a hatch fastened to the shroud by one or more fasteners and covering a hole in the shroud,
wherein the hatch is moveable between a closed position and an open position to provide access to the inner joint through the hole, and
wherein a connection between the second outer pipe section to the shroud is offset from the inner joint.