US 12,135,101 B2
Plumbing adapter
Christoph Goeschel, Seattle, WA (US); and Mario Nakhla, La Mirada, CA (US)
Assigned to MAG Aerospace Industries, LLC, Carson, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/639,995
Filed by MAG Aerospace Industries, LLC, Carson, CA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/050469
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/050926, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/898,750, filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0325831 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 27/08 (2006.01); B64D 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 27/0849 (2013.01) [B64D 11/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plumbing adapter for use between a first plumbing interface and a second plumbing interface that are misaligned, the plumbing adapter comprising:
a base frame supporting an inner ring and an outer ring,
wherein an inner ring inner diameter defines a first central longitudinal axis,
wherein an outer ring inner diameter defines a second central longitudinal axis,
wherein the inner ring and the outer ring are both rotatable relative to the base frame such that the first central longitudinal axis and the second central longitudinal axis can moved with respect to one another in order to accommodate for misalignment between the first plumbing interface and the second plumbing interface,
wherein the inner ring comprises a wider portion and wherein the outer ring comprises a wider portion, wherein the wider portions of the inner and outer rings allow for eccentricity of the rings with respect to the base frame,
wherein the inner ring comprises a raised shoulder extending away from the wider portion of the inner ring in a direction along the first central longitudinal axis, wherein the raised shoulder is configured to cooperate with the first plumbing interface, and
wherein a position of the raised shoulder may be controlled at least by rotating both the inner ring and the outer ring relative to the base frame.