Abstract
Described here is a device for preventing kink formation in flexible, non‐wire bound tubing without
adding pathing constraints to the tube. Flexible tubing tends to have minimum bend radii, below will
kink in the material form and choke off the flow of material through the tube. Current kink prevention
solutions either dictate a rigid path for the tube or impart some reaction force onto the tube. This
invention prevents kinks and allows a tube to retain its natural minimum strain path with no additional
force applied, and works for any number of different tube paths or bends. This is achieved by joining
rotating links into a chain of segments that each prevent kinks in a small section and conforms to the
tube path.
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Recommended Citation
INC, HP, "MODULAR COMPLIANT LINK SPLINT FOR FLEXIBLE TUBE KINK PREVENTION WITHOUT ROUTING PATH IMPACT", Technical Disclosure Commons, (October 05, 2018)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/1565