Quick connector
First Claim
1. A quick connector for a gasoline fuel path to be connected with a pipe including an inserting end portion provided with an annular engagement projection, comprising:
- a tubular connector housing provided with a tube connecting portion on one axial end thereof and a projection receiving portion to receive the annular engagement projection of the pipe on an opposite axial end thereof, the tube connecting portion being formed to be fitted with a tube on an outer periphery thereof;
retainer means provided on the projection receiving portion and configured so as to snap-engage with the annular engagement projection of the pipe when the inserting end portion of the pipe is inserted into an insertion opening on an end of the projection receiving portion;
sealing means disposed in the tube connecting portion of the tubular connector housing to provide a seal between the tubular connector housing and the inserting end portion provided on the pipe, the sealing means including a first sealing member to provide a seal between the tubular connector housing and the pipe and a second sealing member to provide a seal between the tubular connector housing and the pipe; and
an inner peripheral surface of the tube connecting portion being divided by an inwardly directed annular parting projection formed integrally therein into a first receiving portion on one axial end and a second receiving portion on an opposite axial end thereof;
the first sealing member being fitted in the first receiving portion and the second sealing member being fitted in the second receiving portion;
a first resin bush fitted on one axial end of the first receiving portion, and a second resin bush fitted on one axial end of the second receiving portion.
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Accused Products
Abstract
An inner peripheral surface of a tube connecting portion of a tubular connector housing is divided into a first receiving portion on one axial side and a second receiving portion on an opposite axial side by an inwardly directed annular parting projection. A first O-ring of one axial side and a second O-ring of an opposite axial side are disposed with intervening a collar therebetween on an opposite axial side in the first receiving portion. The first O-ring is made of FKM and the second O-ring is made of FVMQ. A third O-ring is disposed on one axial side in the second receiving portion. The third O-ring is also made of FVMQ.
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Citations
15 Claims
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1. A quick connector for a gasoline fuel path to be connected with a pipe including an inserting end portion provided with an annular engagement projection, comprising:
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a tubular connector housing provided with a tube connecting portion on one axial end thereof and a projection receiving portion to receive the annular engagement projection of the pipe on an opposite axial end thereof, the tube connecting portion being formed to be fitted with a tube on an outer periphery thereof; retainer means provided on the projection receiving portion and configured so as to snap-engage with the annular engagement projection of the pipe when the inserting end portion of the pipe is inserted into an insertion opening on an end of the projection receiving portion; sealing means disposed in the tube connecting portion of the tubular connector housing to provide a seal between the tubular connector housing and the inserting end portion provided on the pipe, the sealing means including a first sealing member to provide a seal between the tubular connector housing and the pipe and a second sealing member to provide a seal between the tubular connector housing and the pipe; and an inner peripheral surface of the tube connecting portion being divided by an inwardly directed annular parting projection formed integrally therein into a first receiving portion on one axial end and a second receiving portion on an opposite axial end thereof; the first sealing member being fitted in the first receiving portion and the second sealing member being fitted in the second receiving portion; a first resin bush fitted on one axial end of the first receiving portion, and a second resin bush fitted on one axial end of the second receiving portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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