Quick connectors including rotatable cover for exposing indicia
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsAaron E. Ferdinande, Kazuhisa Hatta, Thomas Grzybowski, Alexander Thaden
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Abstract
A quick connector includes a female member including a body defining a pocket, a cover positionable within the pocket of the female member, indicia provided on an outer surface of the body of the female member, and a male member insertable in an insertion direction into the female member. In response to the male member moving in the insertion direction within the female member, the male member contacts the cover to move the cover in a first rotation direction from a covered position in which the indicia is at least partially obstructed from view to an uncovered position in which the indicia is not obstructed from view.
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A quick connector comprising:
- a female member including a body defining a pocket;
- a cover positionable within the pocket of the female member;
- indicia provided on an outer surface of the body of the female member;
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- a male member insertable in an insertion direction into the female member,
- wherein, in response to the male member moving in the insertion direction within the female member, the male member contacts the cover to move the cover in a first rotation direction along a circumference direction of the female member from a covered position in which the indicia is at least partially obstructed from view to an uncovered position in which the indicia is not obstructed from view.
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A quick connector comprising:
- a female member including a body having an outer surface;
- a cover positionable within the female member;
- indicia provided on an outer surface of the body of the female member or the cover;
- a male member insertable in an insertion direction into the female member;
- a coupling member insertable into the female member from an end of the female member opposite the male member;
- and
- a locking element insertable into the female member to engage the male member and lock the male member within the female member,
- wherein, in response to the male member moving in the insertion direction within the female member, the male member contacts the cover to move the cover in a first rotation direction from a covered position in which the indicia is at least partially obstructed from view to an uncovered position in which the indicia is not obstructed from view.
A quick connector comprising:
- a female member including a body defining a pocket, a first channel formed in an inner surface of the body;
- a cover positionable within the pocket of the female member, the cover including a first nub received within the first channel;
- indicia provided on an outer surface of the body of the female member or the cover;
- and
- a male member insertable in an insertion direction into the female member,
- wherein, in response to the male member moving in the insertion direction within the female member, the male member contacts the cover to move the cover in a first rotation direction along a circumference direction of the female member from a covered position in which the indicia is at least partially obstructed from view to an uncovered position in which the indicia is not obstructed from view,
- wherein the first nub is movable along the first channel as the cover moves from the covered position to the uncovered position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.