Device for connecting tubular components

摘要

A device for connecting two tubular components in a motor vehicle exhaust system comprises a wire spring 5 with two spring branches 5a, 5b, a transverse part 5c and may be provided with a pushing plate 10 to facilitate mounting. To connect the tubular components 1, 3 they are brought together and sealed with a ring (4, figure 2). The tube 3 is provided with a connecting portion 3a and two opposing slots 6. The spring device 5 bears at two points 7a, 7b on either side of tube 3a and point 7c bears against an annular bead 2 of tube 1. The spring device engages tube 1 at points 8a and 8b and is restrained further by engaging pipe 3 at point 9. The spring device may also be provided with double spring branches on either side (figures 5-8) and the connection may be provided with a further vibration damping cushion (13, figure 9). The wire spring may also engage and thereby seal the tubular components together by exclusively embracing the outside of the components (figures 10-16).