Hydraulic port fittings

A hydraulic coupling comprising:

• a port including an opening, a portion defining a passageway in communication with said opening, an internally threaded portion in communication with said passageway, and a tapered surface facing said opening;
• conduit means for providing fluid communication between said port and a tube located transversely in relation to said port, said conduit means including a body defining an axial chamber and said body including an internally tapered surface facing away from said port, said conduit means also including an extension defining a channel transversely located in relation to said axial chamber, said channel and said passageway being in fluid communication, said conduit means further including a lip which deforms into sealing contact with said tapered surface of said port, said axial chamber extending from said internally tapered surface to the axially forward end of said lip;
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• connector means for sealingly securing said conduit means to said port, said connector means extending through said conduit means, said connector means including a body with an axial bore, said connector means also including a rim which sealingly contacts said internally tapered surface of said conduit means, said connector means further including an externally threaded portion adapted to engage said internally threaded portion of said port and by threaded engagement force said lip into sealing contact with said tapered surface of said port and force said rim into sealing contact with said conduit means;
• said axial chamber being generally cylindrical with a substantially constant axial cross-section with the axis being generally coincident with the axes of said connector body and said passageway, said axial chamber being free of annular recesses, said connector body being generally cylindrical with a smaller radius than said axial chamber, said connector body and said conduit body defining an internal cavity within said axial chamber, and said connector body also including a hole in communication with said axial bore and said internal cavity, said internal cavity hole, and said bore forming a substantially unrestricted fluid flow path from said channel to said passageway of said port regardless of the angular orientation of said connector means.