Connection arrangement device and method for fluid line
AssigneeTI Group Automotive Systems, L.L.C.
InventorsJonathan Brock, Benjamin Allen Sprygada, Timmons Seth, Matthew Stieber
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Abstract
A connection arrangement device for making a secure connection with at least one tube in a fluid line includes an adapter body having a passage bore forming at least one fluid channel with at least two outlets and a mating block having a cavity with at least one longitudinal channel receiving the adapter body. The adapter body is overmolded to the mating block as a single unit such that the adapter body is securely retained in the mating block. Further, the at least one tube is inserted into one of the at least two outlets and connected with the adapter body in a firmly bonded manner.
Claims20
A connection arrangement device for making a secure connection with at least one tube in a fluid line, the connection arrangement device comprising:
- an adapter body having a passage bore forming at least one fluid channel with at least two outlets;
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- a mating block having a first surface being an uppermost surface, a second surface being a lowermost surface, and a cavity extending through the uppermost surface to define a cavity bottom surface that is below the uppermost surface and opposite the lowermost surface, the mating block having at least one longitudinal channel receiving the adapter body,
- wherein the adapter body is overmolded to the mating block as a single unit such that the adapter body extends transversely along the cavity bottom surface and the lowermost surface to securely retain the adapter body in the cavity of the mating block, and
- wherein the adapter body forms a main body having an outer surface flushed with the first surface of the mating block when the adapter body is overmolded to the mating block.
A method of a connection arrangement with at least one tube for making a secure connection in a fluid line, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a mating block having a first surface being an uppermost surface, a second surface being a lowermost surface, and a cavity extending through the uppermost surface to define a cavity bottom surface that is below the uppermost surface and opposite the lowermost surface, the mating block having at least one longitudinal channel;
- overmolding an adapter body having at least two outlets to the mating block such that the adapter body extends transversely along the cavity bottom surface and the lowermost surface to securely retain the adapter body in the cavity of the mating block as a single unit, and forms a main body having an outer surface flushed with the first surface of the mating block;
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- inserting an end of the at least one tube into one of the at least two outlets and connecting the inserted tube with the adapter body in a firmly bonded manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.