Quick connector fluid coupling

• US 5,882,047 A
• Filed: 12/20/1996
• Issued: 03/16/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Cooper-Standard Automotive Incorporated (Cooper-Standard Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: ITT Automotive, Incorporated
• Inventors: Pender, Richard, Ostrander, James E., Klinger, Gary O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Knight, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): GRAFEL, GARY F
• Application Number:
  US08/771,239
• Time in Patent Office: 816 Days
• Field of Search: 285/319, 285/921, 285/136.1, 285/139.1, 285/139.3, 285/140.1, 285/383, 285/148.1, 285/148.14, 285/258
• US Class Current: 285/319
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 33/22 with means not mentioned in the preceding groups for gripping the hose between inner and outer parts
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 37/0985 the flexible hook extending radially inwardly from an outer part and engaging a bead, recess or the like on an inner part F16L37/0982 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 285/921 Snap-fit

Abstract

A fluid conduit quick connector includes first and second releasably connectable bodies. A tapered bore in the first body receives one end of a first conduit. A tubular extension projecting from one end of the second body is coaxially received in the conduit when the first and second bodies are releasably joined together. The conduit is sealingly compressed between the tapered bore and one or more projections on the extension. A third body carries another conduit and is releasibly connected to the second body. The third body also includes mounting members to fixedly mount the third body to a support.

Claims

1. A fluid connector for joining first and second conduits comprising:

a first connector body having a through bore extending between opposed first and second ends, the bore receiving the first conduit through the second end of the first body;

the bore tapering in diameter from a large diameter end at the first end of the first body to a smaller diameter in the first body;

a second body having opposed first and second ends;

an extension extending from the second end of the second body, at least one radially extending projection formed on the extension;

a bore extending through the second body and the extension;

means, carried on the first and second bodies, for releasably interconnecting the first and second bodies;

the at least one projection and the tapering diameter bore in the first body forcibly deforming the first conduit therebetween to sealingly couple the first conduit to the second body;

a third body having a bore extending between first and second ends, the bore receiving the second conduit at one end; and

means, carried on the second and third bodies, for releasably interconnecting the second and third bodies.

2. The fluid connector of claim 1 wherein:

the at least one radially extending projection on the extension comprises a plurality of axially spaced, annular projections.

3. The fluid connector of claim 1 wherein the means for interconnecting the first and second bodies comprises:

a pair of latch arms extending from the second end of the second body; and

receiver means, carried in the first body, for releasably receiving the latch arms.

4. The fluid connector of claim 3 wherein the receiver means comprises:

a pair of discrete apertures formed in the first body; and

a pair of guide recesses formed in the first body for aligning the latch arms with the pair of apertures.

5. The fluid connector of claim 3 wherein:

the first and second latch arms extend angularly inward from an end at the second end of the second body to an outer end spaced from the second end of the second body.

6. The fluid connector of claim 1 wherein the means for interconnecting the second and third bodies comprises:

an enlarged portion formed on the second body having a peripheral edge;

a pair of latch members extending from the third body; and

a receiver carried in each latch member engagable with the peripheral edge of the enlarged portion on the second body to releasably interconnect the second and third bodies.

7. The fluid connector of claim 6 further comprising:

means for mounting the third body to a support.

8. The fluid connector of claim 7 wherein the mounting means comprises:

a pair of arms resiliently extending from the third body;

the arms releasably engageable with the surface after the arms on the third body are inserted through an aperture in the support surface.

9. A fluid connector for joining first and second conduits comprising:

a first connector body having a through bore extending between opposed first and second ends the bore receiving the first conduit;

the bore tapering in diameter from a large diameter end at the first end of the first body to a smaller diameter in the first body;

a second body having opposed first and second ends;

an extension extending from the second end of the second body, at least one radially extending projection formed on the extension;

a bore extending through the second body and the extension;

means, carried on the first and second bodies, for releasably interconnecting the first and second bodies;

the at least one projection and the tapering diameter bore in the first body forcibly deforming the first conduit therebetween to sealingly couple the first conduit to the second body;

a third body having a bore extending between first and second ends, the bore receiving the second conduit at one end; and

means, carried on the second and third bodies, for releasably interconnecting the second and third bodies.

10. The fluid connector of claim 9 wherein:

the at least one radially extending projection on the extension comprises a plurality of axially spaced, annular projections.

11. The fluid connector of claim 9 wherein the means for interconnecting the first and second bodies comprises:

a pair of latch arms extending from the second end of the second body; and

receiver means, carried in the first body, for releasably receiving the latch arms.

12. The fluid connector of claim 11 wherein the receiver means comprises:

a pair of discrete apertures formed in the first body; and

a pair of guide recesses formed in the first body for aligning the latch arms with the pair of apertures.

13. The fluid connector of claim 11 wherein:

the first and second latch arms extend angularly inward from an end at the second end of the second body to an outer end spaced from the second end of the second body.