Patent ID: 6209927
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: F16F,F16L

Abstract:
An isolation device and fluid connection for fluidly connecting a first and a second structural member wherein said first structural member is supported by said second structural member and said first and second structural members are in a system requiring fluid communication between said first and second structural members comprising:a first supporting member having an opening therein and a first and second side with said first side adapted to engage said first structural member in a fluid tight relationship;a second supporting member;said first supporting member being of varying axial extent with an outer portion being of greatest axial extent and with an intermediate portion being of least axial extent such that said portion of least axial extent permits flexure, and with an inner portion normally spaced from said second supporting member;said second supporting member having an opening therein and a first and a second side with said first side of said second supporting member adapted to engage said outer portion of said second side of said first supporting member in a fluid tight relationship and second side of said second member adapted to engage said second structural member in a fluid tight relationship;a resilient member located between said first and second supporting members and biasing said inner portion of said first supporting member away from said second supporting member;a restraint axially separated from said intermediate portion of said first supporting member so as to limit movement of said first supporting member in a direction away from said second supporting member.