US 12,140,167 B2
Angle piece fluidically connecting fluid lines of a vehicle
Daniel Kintea, Maintal (DE); Hannes Clasen, Maintal (DE); Gerrit von Breitenbach, Maintal (DE); Jean-Luc Kirmann, Maintal (DE); David Schneider, Maintal (DE); and Sven Reuter, Maintal (DE)
Assigned to Norma Germany GmbH, Maintal (DE)
Appl. No. 17/429,414
Filed by NORMA Germany GmbH, Maintal (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/052877
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/161190, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 103 210.5 (DE), filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0128072 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. F15D 1/04 (2006.01); F16L 43/00 (2006.01); F16L 55/027 (2006.01)
CPC F15D 1/04 (2013.01) [F16L 43/00 (2013.01); F16L 55/027 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elbow for a fluid-communicating connection of fluid lines of a vehicle, wherein the elbow has a channel section for changing a flow direction of a fluid by a change angle, wherein an inlet flow direction of the fluid into the elbow and an outlet flow direction of the fluid from the elbow form legs of the change angle, wherein at least one guide element is arranged in the channel section and projects into the channel section, wherein the at least one guide element at least largely changes the flow direction of one part of the fluid adjacent the change angle, wherein the at least one guide element is connected to a support ring, the support ring being inserted into and connected to the elbow, wherein a reinforcement element supports the at least one guide element on the support ring, wherein the reinforcement element extends away from the at least one guide element, wherein the reinforcement element extends in a plane spanned by the legs of the change angle to a wall of the elbow or to a wall of a fluid line in the channel section, and wherein the elbow has multiple guide elements and the reinforcement element connects the multiple guide elements to one another.