QUICK RELEASE CONNECTOR DEVICE

• US 20100029118A1
• Filed: 07/30/2008
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aliner Industries Inc.
• Original Assignee: Aliner Industries Inc.
• Inventors: Yang, Chung Ta, Wu, Meng Chieh
• Granted Patent: US 7,722,379 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/321
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5202 Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6277 comprising annular latching means, e.g. ring snapping in an annular groove

Abstract

A connector device includes a ferrule, a receptacle having a housing on one end and fitted in the ferrule for receiving an insulating member, a sealing ring fitted in the housing and engaged with the housing, a sleeve fitted in the ferrule and engaged with the housing and having a peripheral lip to engage with the sealing ring, a locking ring attached to the sleeve and having a number of blades, and an actuating member attached to the ferrule and having an actuator for moving the blades radially and for allowing a swelling of a tubular member to be moved over the blades and for allowing two connector element to be quickly coupled together and to be quickly disengaged from each other when required.

Claims

1. A connector device comprising:

a first connector element including;

a ferrule having a chamber formed therein, and having a first end portion and a second end portion,

a receptacle having a compartment formed therein, and having a housing provided on one end portion thereof, and having a space formed in said housing, said housing being fitted within said chamber of said ferrule,

an insulating member received and fitted in said compartment of said receptacle and including a bore formed in said insulating member,

a sealing ring fitted in said space of said housing and engaged with said housing and said receptacle,

a sleeve received and fitted in said chamber of said ferrule and engaged with said housing for anchoring and retaining said housing within said chamber of said ferrule, and including a peripheral lip extended from a first end portion of said sleeve to engage with said sealing ring and to anchor and retain said sealing ring between said housing and said sleeve, and said sleeve including a second end portion,

a locking ring attached to said second end portion of said sleeve and including a plurality of blades extended therefrom and inclined relative to said sleeve, and

an actuating member attached to said second end portion of said ferrule, and including an actuator extended radially therefrom for engaging with said blades of said locking ring and for anchoring and retaining said sleeve and said housing within said chamber of said ferrule, and

a second connector element including a tubular member engaged into said sleeve and engageable with said receptacle for limiting said tubular member to move relative to said receptacle, and engaged with said sealing ring, said tubular member including a swelling extended radially and outwardly therefrom for engaging with said blades and for allowing said swelling to be moved over said blades and for allowing said blades to selectively engage with said swelling of said tubular member and to latch and anchor said tubular member to said receptacle and said sleeve, and

said ferrule and said actuating member being movable relative to said sleeve and said housing to actuate said actuator of said actuating member to move said blades radially and outwardly relative to said tubular member and to allow said swelling of said tubular member to be moved over said blades and to allow said tubular member to be selectively disengaged from said sleeve and said housing of said first connector element.

2. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ferrule includes a peripheral flange extended radially and inwardly from said first end portion of said ferrule for engaging with said housing and for limiting said ferrule to move relative to said housing.

3. The connector device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said housing includes an outer diameter greater than that of said receptacle for forming an outer peripheral shoulder between said housing and said receptacle and for engaging with said peripheral flange of said ferrule.

4. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing includes an extension extended outwardly therefrom and having a hole formed in said extension and aligned with said bore of said insulating member.

5. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sleeve includes a peripheral depression formed in said second end portion of said sleeve for attaching said locking ring.

6. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ferrule includes a peripheral recess formed in said second end portion of said ferrule for attaching said actuating member.

7. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said locking ring includes an inclined surface formed in a free end portion of each of said blades for engaging with swelling of said tubular member.

8. The connector device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said tubular member includes a peripheral recess formed in an outer peripheral portion thereof and located beside said swelling for receiving and engaging with said blades of said locking ring.