Connection arrangement for tubular members
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsJoshua Hallock, David Abdella, Sam Blair
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Abstract
A connection arrangement for tubular members may include a latch arrangement having a latch hook attached to a first tubular member and a striker arrangement attached to a second tubular member. The striker arrangement may include a transverse member extending transverse to the length of the second tubular member. The transverse member may be positioned proximate to the latch hook when an end of the first tubular member is positioned adjacent to an end of the second tubular member such that rotation of the latch hook engages the transverse member and effects a clamping force between the first tubular member and the second tubular member in a direction transverse to the rotational axis of the latch hook.
Claims20
A connection arrangement for tubular members, comprising:
- a first tubular member having two ends and defining a first longitudinal axis;
- a second tubular member having two ends and defining a second longitudinal axis, the first tubular member and the second tubular member being configured such that at least one of the ends of the first tubular member or the second tubular member is positionable inside at least one of the ends of the other of the first tubular member or second tubular member;
- a latch arrangement including a latch hook pivotably attached to the first tubular member and rotatable about a first axis;
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- a striker arrangement attached to the second tubular member and including a leg having at least a portion extending along the second longitudinal axis, the striker arrangement further including a cross member attached to the leg and extending transverse to the second longitudinal axis, and
- wherein the latch hook is positioned proximate to the cross member when one of the ends of the first tubular member or the second tubular member is positioned inside one of the ends of the other of the first tubular member or the second tubular member such that rotation of the latch hook in a first rotational direction engages the cross member and effects a clamping force between the first tubular member and the second tubular member in a direction transverse to the first axis.
A connection arrangement for tubular members, comprising:
- a latch arrangement including a latch hook pivotably attached to a first tubular member about a first axis;
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- a striker arrangement attached to a second tubular member and including a leg positioned along a length of the second tubular member and a transverse member connected to the leg and extending transverse to the length of the second tubular member, the transverse member being positioned proximate to the latch hook when an end of the first tubular member is positioned adjacent to an end of the second tubular member such that rotation of the latch hook in a first rotational direction engages the transverse member and effects a clamping force between the first tubular member and the second tubular member in a direction transverse to the first axis.
A connection arrangement for tubular members, comprising:
- a latch arrangement including a latch hook attached to a first tubular member and rotatable relative to the first tubular member about a first axis;
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- a striker arrangement attached to a second tubular member defining a second axis and including a leg having at least a portion extending along the second axis, the striker arrangement further including a transverse member attached to the leg and extending transverse to the second axis, and
- wherein the latch hook is positioned proximate to the transverse member when an end of the first tubular member is positioned adjacent to an end of the second tubular member such that rotation of the latch hook in a first rotational direction engages the transverse member and effects a clamping force between the first tubular member and the second tubular member in a direction transverse to the first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.