US 12,326,204 B2
Hammer union
James Tausch, Jr., Yukon, OK (US)
Filed by James Tausch, Jr., Yukon, OK (US)
Filed on May 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/652,511.
Application 18/652,511 is a continuation of application No. 17/626,726, granted, now 12,000,508, previously published as PCT/US2020/042147, filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/874,708, filed on Jul. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0280195 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. F16L 19/02 (2006.01); F16L 19/025 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 19/0218 (2013.01) [F16L 19/025 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hammer union comprising:
a male pipe member;
a union nut placed over the male pipe member,
a female pipe member, the female pipe member having a sealing pocket, wherein the sealing pocket includes a first portion, a vertical portion, a base, and a recessed groove; and
a sealing ring captured between the male pipe member and the female pipe member, wherein the sealing ring engages the sealing pocket of the female pipe member at each of the first portion, the vertical portion, the base, and the recessed groove, wherein prior to assembly the sealing ring has a cross-sectional area having a lower end and an upper end, wherein the lower end has a first angled lower corner, wherein the first angled lower corner is positioned adjacent to the recessed groove and the upper end has a first angled upper corner adjacent the first portion of the sealing pocket, wherein the first angled upper corner is an acute angled corner.