Patent ID: 8819922
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: F01N,F16L,H05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making an electrically-heated hose assembly having a final length, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a hose comprising: (b) cutting the hose to an intermediate length longer than the final length, the intermediate length of the hose extending between a first intermediate hose end and a second intermediate hose end; (c) skiving back the jacket from each of the first and the second intermediate end of the hose; (d) cutting the core tube to dimension the hose to the final length, the final length of the hose extending between a first final hose end and a second final hose end, and each of the wires having a length of a first wire end adjacent the first final hose end and a length of a second wire end adjacent the second final hose end, each of the lengths of the first and the second wire ends being longer than the adjacent final hose end; (e) providing a first and a second fitting each comprising a generally tubular body having a first fitting end and a second fitting end; (f) receiving the first fitting end of each of the first and the second fitting within a corresponding one of the first and the second final hose end, the second fitting end of each of the first and the second fitting extending beyond the corresponding one of the first and the second final hose end; and (g) winding at least a portion of the lengths of each of the first and the second wire ends of each of the wires around at least a portion of the second fitting end of a corresponding one of the first and the second fitting.