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O-ring-less low profile fittings and fitting assemblies

  • US 7,547,049 B2
  • Filed: 11/20/2006
  • Issued: 06/16/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An o-ring-less low profile fitting assembly, comprising:

  • an o-ring-less low profile fitting having a first end and a second end, wherein said first end of said o-ring-less low profile fitting has a rim, wherein said rim is deformable, wherein said o-ring-less low profile fitting is made of a single piece of material; and

    a low profile locking nut pressing down said o-ring-less low profile fitting into a recess area inside a receiving hole machined out of a manifold and deforming said rim of said first end to complete a seal between said o-ring-less low profile fitting and said manifold, wherein said first end of said o-ring-less low profile fitting is structured to mate with said recess area inside said receiving hole, wherein said manifold is made of a first material, wherein said o-ring-less low profile fitting is made of a second material, wherein said second material has higher compressibility than said first material, wherein said low profile locking nut has a first end, a second end, and a male threaded portion, and wherein said male threaded portion of said low profile locking nut is structured to mate with a female threaded portion of said receiving hole.

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