Quick connect coupling
AssigneeThe Gates Corporation
InventorsStephen McGee, Jonathan Clark Swift, Randall Mark Leasure
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AssigneeThe Gates Corporation
InventorsStephen McGee, Jonathan Clark Swift, Randall Mark Leasure
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A quick connect coupling having a clip, a port having an interior annular groove adapted to support the clip, a forward cylinder, a rear cylinder, and a first transition ramp, and defines a port peak distance. The coupling also has a sealing element. Additionally, the coupling also has a stem having a male connection portion including a forward annular seal groove adapted to receive the sealing element, an annular lead-in surface, a leading support cylindrical surface, a following support cylindrical surface, a camming ramp, and defines a stem peak distance. The port has an intermediate cylinder between the forward cylinder and the rear cylinder and has a second transition ramp between the forward cylinder and the intermediate cylinder and the male connection portion has a centering ramp and an intermediate support cylindrical surface between the leading support cylindrical surface and the following support cylindrical surface.
A quick connect coupling comprising:
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