Quick connect for conduits
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsTara Sanzone, Jose Quezada
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Abstract
Method and system are provided for a quick connector for coupling conduits. The quick connector comprises a first piece including a radial slot and a first protrusion group, a second piece including a first slot group and a second slot group angled in a same direction, the first slot group is counterpart to the first protrusion group, and a third piece including a second protrusion group counterpart to the second slot group, where each slot of the first slot group faces a first side, and each slot of the second slot group faces an opposing, second side. In one example, the quick connector may include a locking mechanism and a feedback system.
Claims18
A coupler for an air intake system of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
- the coupler of the air intake system having:
- a first piece including a radial slot and a first protrusion group;
- a second piece including a first slot group and a second slot group angled in a same direction, the first slot group is counterpart to the first protrusion group;
- and a third piece including a second protrusion group counterpart to the second slot group, where each slot of the first slot group faces a first side, and each slot of the second slot group faces an opposing, second side, wherein the first slot group includes an angled slot with respect to a central axis, and wherein the second slot group includes an angled slot with respect to the central axis and angled in a same direction to the angled slot of the first slot group.
A system for an on-highway vehicle, comprising:
- an engine compartment having an engine mounted therein;
- an air induction system coupled with the engine and positioned in the engine compartment, the air induction system comprising an air passage having a cylindrical hollow coupler, the coupler including:
- a first piece including a radial slot and a first protrusion group;
- a second piece including a first slot group and a second slot group angled in a same direction, the first slot group is counterpart to the first protrusion group;
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- a third piece including a second protrusion group counterpart to the second slot group, where each slot of the first slot group faces a first side, and each slot of the second slot group faces an opposing, second side, wherein the first slot group includes an angled slot with respect to a central axis, and wherein the second slot group includes an angled slot with respect to the central axis and angled in a same direction to the angled slot of the first slot group, wherein the angled slots of the first slot group and second slot group include a straight lane parallel to the central axis, and wherein the angled slots are at identical angles with respect to the central axis such that when the first and third pieces are restrained from rotating they can both couple simultaneously with the second piece via only axial displacement.
A method of coupling a first and second air induction passages of an automotive engine air induction system, comprising:
- coupling the first and second passages via a central coupler, the first passage and second passage each having a plurality of protrusions, and the central coupler having a first and second groups of angled slots angled in a same direction, the first and second slot groups have angled slots that face opposite ends of the central coupler, the coupling occurs via axial displacement without rotation of the first and second passages but only with rotation of the central coupler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.