Patent ID: 6923477

Claim:
A fixing end fitting for a flexible tubular pipe, wherein the pipe comprises from the inside outward: at least an internal sealing sheath, a pressure vault formed by a short-pitch helical winding around the internal sheath, an intermediate sheath, at least one external protective sealing sheath; the end-fitting comprising: a cylindrical housing with a stepped opening therein; the end-fitting including a stepped part that is corresponding to the stepped opening and that is slidable in the correspondingly stepped opening in the housing; the fitting having a front and a rear; a deformable front crimping element positioned and shaped for fixing and sealing at the front at the internal sheath; a deformable rear crimping element positioned and shaped for fixing and sealing at the rear at the intermediate sheath; bolts attached for enabling the stepped part to be brought up to the end-fitting and fixed thereto; and wherein the stepped part, and the front and the rear crimping elements form three separate elements.