Patent ID: 7971909

Claim:
A pipe joint comprising: a joint body having a joint hole configured to receive a pipe therein; a fastening member fastened to the joint body; and a sleeve having a distal portion biting into an outer periphery of the pipe when the fastening member is fastened to the joint body and the pipe is received in the joint hole, the sleeve being non-movably integrated with one of the joint body and the fastening member prior to the fastening member being fastened to the joint body, and the sleeve having an annular shape with a radial thickness t at the distal portion of the sleeve, the sleeve, the joint body and the fastening member being arranged and configured such that the sleeve is separated from the one of the joint body and the fastening member when the fastening member is fastened to the joint body, the sleeve being a separate member from the joint body and the fastening member, the sleeve being non-movably joined to the one of the joint body and the fastening member prior to the fastening member being fastened to the joint body, and an outer diameter Dp of the pipe, and an inner diameter D 0 of the joint hole of the joint body satisfy the relationship 0.02 <{Dp− ( D 0−2 t )}/ Dp< 0.1.