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US 2019/0093807 A1Published application
Fitting Device, Arrangement and Method
AssigneeQuick Fitting, Inc.
InventorsDavid B. Crompton, Libardo Ochoa Dias, Herbert J. Bouchard
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Abstract
A push-to-connect fitting assembly, device and method allows for continual contact of inserted tubing with a main body member so as to maintain conductivity for electrical applications and a tight, rotation-restricting seal. In various embodiments, an axially internal portion of the device has an interior surface that tapers from a narrower radius to a wider radius as it extends outwardly from a tube stop element to an outer rim.
Claims20
A fitting, comprising:
- a main body component comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface defines a cavity extending along an axis through the main body component, wherein the main body component further comprises a first segment having an axially inner portion, an axially intermediate portion and an axially outer portion, with the axially inner portion, axially intermediate portion and axially outer portion being integrally formed and each comprising a respective interior radius from the axis to the interior surface, and wherein the interior surface of the axially inner portion extends at an acute angle to the axis from a radially innermost point to an axially outer rim of the axially inner portion of the main body component.
A method of forming a fitting conduit, comprising:
- forming a main body component with an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the interior surface defines a cavity extending along an axis through the main body component;
- wherein the main body component comprises a first segment having an axially inner portion, an axially intermediate portion and an axially outer portion, with the axially inner portion, axially intermediate portion and axially outer portion being integrally formed and each comprising a respective interior radius from the axis to the interior surface, and wherein the interior surface of the axially inner portion is formed so as to extend at an acute angle to the axis from a radially innermost point to an axially outer rim of the axially inner portion of the main body component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.