Quick connection device for fluid conduit under pressure
AssigneeHutchinson
InventorsDenis Godeau, Philippe Exandier
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Abstract
A quick-coupling device for a duct for fluid under pressure, in particular for a motor vehicle, the device comprising a metal sleeve (10) having a first end which includes an overmolded sealing lining (18) and is engaged on an enlarged end (24) of the duct (12), and having a second end which includes an overmolded sealing lining (16) for mounting in sealed manner on the end of an endpiece (32) of a circuit for fluid under pressure. The invention is particularly applicable to motor vehicle circuits for air-conditioning, braking, and power-assisted steering.
Claims11
A quick-coupling device for a duct for fluid under pressure in a motor vehicle, the device comprising a rigid sleeve having a first end fixed in a sealed manner on said duct and having a second end for coupling in a sealed manner to a tubular endpiece connected to a circuit for fluid under pressure, a lining of elastically-deformable material molded on the second end of the sleeve for providing sealing between the sleeve and the endpiece, and another elastically-deformable material at the first end of the sleeve providing sealing between the sleeve and the duct, the ends of the duct and of the endpiece being engaged and guided one within the other when the sleeve is coupled to the endpiece.
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