# US 11,079,050 B2 · Bayonet connection for connecting a connector to a tubular body, bayonet ring, and tubular body > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,079,050 B2 - Document ID: US11079050B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/297,090 - Filed: 2019-03-08 - Published: 2019-07-04 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2016-09-08 - Assignees: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft - Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft - Inventors: Michael Deneke - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11079050B2 ## CPC - F16L 37/248: Bayonet-type couplings - F01N 13/1811: {with means permitting relative movement, e.g. compensation of thermal expansion or vibration} - F16L 27/1274: {by means of a swivel nut} - F16L 37/113: the male part having lugs on its periphery penetrating into the corresponding slots provided in the female part - F16L 37/252: the male part having lugs on its periphery penetrating into the corresponding slots provided in the female part - F02B 67/10: of charging or scavenging apparatus - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - F01N: GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES (arrangements in connection with gas exhaust of propulsion units in vehicles B60K13/00; combustion-air intake silencers specially adapted for, or arranged on, internal-combustion engines F02M35/00; protecting against, or damping, noise in general G10K11/16) - F02B: INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G) ## Abstract A bayonet joint having a connector with bayonet tabs arranged on the exterior of the connector, a tubular body with at least one external bayonet contour arranged on the exterior of the tubular body and a bayonet ring with inward facing bayonet hooks and at least one inward facing internal bayonet contour. In an assembled state of the bayonet joint, the connector, tubular body and bayonet ring are in a locking orientation relative to one another. The bayonet ring surrounds an outside of the connector and the tubular body in the radial direction and secures the connector and the tubular body against removal from the bayonet ring. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bayonet joint comprising: a connector having at least one bayonet tab arranged on an exterior of the connector; a tubular body having at least one external bayonet contour arranged on an exterior of the tubular body; and a bayonet ring with inward facing bayonet hooks and at least one inward facing internal bayonet contour, wherein, in an assembled state of the bayonet joint in which the connector, tubular body, and bayonet ring are in a locking orientation relative to one another, the bayonet ring surrounds the connector and the tubular body on an outside in a radial direction, and secures the connector and the tubular body against removal from the bayonet ring via a positive engagement of the at least one bayonet tab and the bayonet hooks to oppose removal of the connector, and via a positive engagement of the at least one external bayonet contour and the at least one internal bayonet contour to oppose removal of the tubular body, and wherein the at least one internal bayonet contour of the bayonet ring includes a plurality of internal bayonet contours that are identical geometrically and are arranged in multiple planes substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the bayonet ring, with each of the plurality of internal bayonet contours being separate and discrete from one another, or the at least one external bayonet contour of the tubular body includes a plurality of external bayonet contours that are identical geometrically and are arranged in multiple planes substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the tubular body, with each of the plurality of external bayonet contours being separate and discrete from one another. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bayonet joint according to claim 1, wherein both the bayonet ring has the plurality of internal bayonet contours and the tubular body has the plurality of external bayonet contours. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bayonet joint according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of internal bayonet contours are rotationally symmetric to the central axis of the bayonet ring, and wherein the plurality of external bayonet contours are rotationally symmetric to the central axis of the tubular body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The bayonet joint according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of internal bayonet contours and the plurality of external bayonet contours are implemented in two angular segments apiece. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The bayonet joint according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of internal bayonet contours are implemented as a single piece with the bayonet ring, and wherein the plurality of external bayonet contours are implemented as a single piece with the tubular body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The bayonet joint according to claim 1, wherein the tubular body radially surrounds portions of the connector in the assembled state of the bayonet joint. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The bayonet joint according to claim 6, wherein the connector has a seal on an outer circumference. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The bayonet joint according to claim 1, wherein the at least one bayonet tab projects outward from the exterior of the connector in a radial direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The bayonet joint according to claim 1, wherein rotation of the bayonet ring causes the bayonet joint to change from the locking orientation to an unlocked orientation, and wherein the tubular body and the bayonet ring remain in a same axial position with respect to one another during the rotation of the bayonet ring. ### Claim 10 A bayonet joint comprising: a connector having at least one bayonet tab arranged on an exterior of the connector; a tubular body having at least one external bayonet contour arranged on an exterior of the tubular body; and a bayonet ring with inward facing bayonet hooks and at least one inward facing internal bayonet contour, wherein, in an assembled state of the bayonet joint in which the connector, tubular body, and bayonet ring are in a locking orientation relative to one another, the bayonet ring surrounds the connector and the tubular body on an outside in a radial direction, and secures the connector and the tubular body against removal from the bayonet ring via a positive engagement of the at least one bayonet tab and the bayonet hooks to oppose removal of the connector, and via a positive engagement of the at least one external bayonet contour and the at least one internal bayonet contour to oppose removal of the tubular body, wherein the at least one internal bayonet contour of the bayonet ring includes a plurality of internal bayonet contours that are identical geometrically and are arranged in multiple planes substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the bayonet ring and the at least one external bayonet contour of the tubular body includes a plurality of external bayonet contours that are identical geometrically and are arranged in multiple planes substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the tubular body, and wherein the plurality of internal bayonet contours do not extend around an entire internal circumference of the bayonet ring and wherein the plurality of external bayonet contours do not extend around an entire external circumference of the tubular body.