Arrangement and method for connecting fluid-conducting components, more particularly in the exhaust gas line of a motor vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11506107
APP PUB NO 20210071563A1
SERIAL NO

16771557

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The invention relates to an arrangement (100) for connecting a first fluid-conducting component (110) to a second fluid-conducting component (120), more particularly in the exhaust gas line of a motor vehicle, having a seal (130), which seals the components (110, 120) at the connecting point, and having a band clamp (140), which encloses the components (110, 120) at the connecting point and attaches the components (110, 120) to each other. According to the invention, the seal (130) is formed with a tab (131), which protrudes at the connecting point after the components (110, 120) have been connected and is visible through a separation joint (141) of the band clamp (140). The invention further relates to a corresponding method for connecting a first fluid-conducting component (110) to a second fluid-conducting component (120).

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  • AUDI AG; VOLKSWAGEN AG

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Car, Onur Ulas Berlin, DE 4 3
Morsch, Holger Neudenau, DE 1 1
Schlothauer, Janet Klötze, DE 2 11
Seidl, Bertram Oberhausen an der Donau, DE 1 1
Tangermann, Sönke Andreas Neckarsulm, DE 1 1

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