Apparatus for connecting a heat exchanger with a fluid temperature regulation device

A connector assembly for coupling a heat exchange conduit to a fluid temperature regulation unit, comprising:

• means mounting to said fluid temperature regulation unit at a given location at said fluid temperature regulation unit to provide a communications path for a fluid which temperature is regulated by said unit to traverse out of and into said unit;
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• a connector having coupled thereto said heat exchange conduit matable with said mounting means, said connector having one port for receiving and routing said fluid from said fluid temperature regulation unit to said heat exchange conduit and an other port for returning said fluid from said heat exchange conduit to said fluid temperature regulation unit, said one and other ports being configured in said connector to complete said communications path provided by said mounting means when said connector is demountably engaged to said mounting means, said connector being sealingly mated to said mounting means at said given location when said connector is rotated to a predetermined location coplanarly with respect to said mounting means.

In a system having a temperature regulation unit whereby the temperature of a fluid is regulated and a heat exchange conduit wherethrough the temperature regulated fluid is routed out of and returned to said temperature regulation unit, a connector assembly for coupling said heat exchange conduit to said temperature regulation unit, comprising:

• interface means mounted to a given location at a wall of said temperature regulation unit for establishing a path whereby said fluid can traverse out of and into said unit;
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• a connector having attached thereto said heat exchange conduit, said connector mating with said interface means for establishing a closed circuit for the flow of said fluid between said temperature regulation unit and said heat exchange conduit, said connector having one port for receiving and routing said fluid from said fluid temperature regulation unit to said heat exchange conduit and an other port for returning said fluid from said heat exchange conduit to said fluid temperature regulation unit, said connector being sealingly mated to said interface means when said connector is rotatably positioned to a predetermined location relative to and in contact with said interface means.