US 7,604,260 B2
Clamp-connection hose for a fluid feed circuit in a motorvehicle
Ezio Bonetto, Buriasco (Italy); and Claudio Astegiano, Villafranca (Italy)
Assigned to Dayco Fluid Technologies S.p.A., Turin (Italy)
Appl. No. 11/996,389
PCT Filed Jul. 22, 2005, PCT No. PCT/IT2005/000432
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 29, 2008,
PCT Pub. No. WO2007/010571, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 25, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2008/0309082 A1, Dec. 18, 2008
Int. Cl. F16L 33/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 285—242  [285/256; 285/259] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp-connection hose assembly for a fluid feed circuit inside the engine compartment of a motor vehicle, comprising a side wall suited to convey said fluid and comprising at least one layer of thermoplastic material, an end portion of the side wall having an axis, said hose assembly further comprising a rubber bush having a tubular portion housed inside said end portion, said hose assembly suited to be connected by means of a clamp to a fixing portion having a cylindrical portion and a conical end ridge, wherein said rubber bush comprises a radial edge projecting from an end portion of said tubular portion and defining an axial abutment against an edge of said end portion, wherein said tubular portion defines at least one radial ridge facing towards said axis and defined by a conical surface converging in a direction directed from said radial edge to said tubular portion.