Component retaining structure for conduit fitting

A fitting assembly comprising:

• an annular first fitting component having an interior wall defining an annular recess disposed between an outward facing inboard radial wall and an inward facing outboard radial wall;
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• an annular second fitting component assembled with the first fitting component to define an interior volume surrounded by the interior wall of the first fitting component;
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• at least a first conduit gripping device retained within the first fitting component and including a projection extending radially outward from a hinge portion disposed on an outer surface of the first conduit gripping device, to an end portion axially captured in the annular recess;
• wherein when the fitting is pulled up on a conduit end, the end portion of the projection engages the outboard radial wall and the projection bends axially and radially inward and the projection separates from the first conduit gripping device at the hinge portion, the separated projection being received in an outer circumferential recess of the first conduit gripping device, such that the separated projection is retained with the first conduit gripping device, and the first conduit gripping device is removable from the first fitting component when the first fitting component is disassembled from the second fitting component.