Flared brake tube connector
OwnerStanislav Ivanovitch Pliassounovinventor
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Abstract
A fluid connector assembly comprising (a) a connector body having an inner concave seat having a portion defining a frustoconical surface; (b) an elongate tube having a flared end; and (c) a nut; wherein the connector body is adapted to receive the elongate tube and the nut to form a substantially rigid connection, and wherein the flared end of the tube and the frustoconical surface of the seat are engaged so as to form a fluid seal between the body and the tube; and wherein the flared end has a portion defining an abutment surface having a borderline region in abutment with the frustoconical surface of the inner seat of the body; and wherein the abutment surface of the flared end is a spherical surface.
Claims20
A fluid connector assembly comprising
- (a) a connector body having an inner seat having a portion defining a concave frustoconical surface;
- (b) an elongate tube having a flared end with an external abutment surface;
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- (c) a nut;
- wherein said connector body is adapted to receive said elongate tube and said nut to form a substantially rigid connection, and wherein said flared end of said tube and said frustoconical surface of said seat are engaged so as to form a fluid seal between said body and said tube;
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- wherein said flared end has a portion defining an external abutment surface having a borderline region in abutment with said concave frustoconical surface of said inner seat of said body;
- and wherein said external abutment surface of said flared end is selected from an external abutment surface forming at least part of a spherical surface and an external abutment surface having a plurality of frustoconical surfaces.
An elongate tube having a flared end having a portion defining an external abutment surface with a borderline region, wherein the external abutment surface comprises at least a part of a spherical surface, and wherein said flared end of said elongate tube is adapted to be received within a connector body having a concave frustoconical seat to form a substantially rigid connection and a seal between said flared end of said elongate tube and said frustoconical seat of said connector body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.