Fluid coupling with dual function retention ring
AssigneeITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
InventorMichael Andre
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Abstract
A fluid coupling includes a carrier carrying a retention ring with inward and outward radially and angularly extending fingers for respectively engaging an outer surface of an endform inserted through a bore in the carrier and the inner surface of a bore in a housing in which the carrier is mounted to fix the endform to the carrier and to fix the carrier to the housing. Inner and outer seal elements are also carried on the carrier to seal the carrier to the endform and the housing to the carrier. Both of the seal elements are disposed axially closer to one end of the carrier than the inward and outward extending fingers.
Claims26
A fluid coupling comprising:
- a fluid use element including a bore extending from an open end, the bore having an inner surface;
- a carrier having a bore extending between first and second ends, at least one aperture formed in the carrier intersecting the bore;
- a retention ring mounted on the carrier, the retention ring having at least one inward extending finger having a tip end extending through the aperture into the bore in the carrier, and at least one outward extending finger having a tip end extending outward from the carrier, the tip end of the outward extending finger engaging the inner surface of the bore in the fluid use element to fix the carrier to the fluid use element;
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- the tip end of the inward extending finger on the retention ring engaging the endform to fix the endform to the carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.