Coaxial quick connector
AssigneeITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsMichael T. Zitkowic, Jr., Christopher R. Terry, Daniel H. Walker, Gary O. Klinger
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Abstract
A quick connect body having first, second and third ports carries an insert extending from the first port to the third port and forming first and second flow paths through the body from the first and second ports, respectively, to concentrically mounted conduits attached to the third port and to one end of the insert. Retainer elements are mounted on the body and/or the insert to sealingly couple first and second conduits to the body and the insert.
Claims16
A connector for connecting first and second conduits to third and fourth coaxial conduits, the connector comprising:
- a body defining first, and second and third ports;
- first and second bores extending respectively from the first and second ports;
- an insert fixedly mounted in the body and defining first and second outlet flow paths through the third port, the insert fluidically coupling the first port to the first outlet flow path and the second port to the second outlet flow path;
- a retainer carried by the insert, the retainer engagable with the first conduit to latch the first conduit to the body in fluid communication with the first outlet flow path through the third port.
A connector for connecting first and second conduits to third and fourth coaxial conduits, the connector comprising:
- a body defining first, and second and third ports;
- first and second bores extending respectively from the first and second ports;
- an insert carried in the body and defining first and second outlet flow paths through the third port, the insert fluidically coupling the first port to the first outlet flow path and the second port to the second outlet flow path;
- at least one of the first and second conduits having a raised flange spaced from a tip end;
- first and second retainers mountable in the first and second ports of the body to latchingly couple the first and second conduits to the body;
- a latch recess carried in the body adjacent the first and second ports;
- at least one latch member carried on the first and second retainers for releasably latching each retainer in the recess in the body in a body in a temporary storage position allowing insertion of one of the first and second conduits therethrough into the body;
- opposed apertures formed in the body adjacent each of the first and second ports for receiving one retainer therethrough;
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- the latch member on the retainer extendable through the apertures externally of the body to latch the one retainer in a fully locked position with respect to the body to sealingly couple the first and second conduits to the body.
A connector for connecting first and second conduits to third and fourth coaxial conduits, the connector comprising:
- a body defining first, and second and third ports;
- first and second bores extending respectively from the first and second ports;
- an insert carried mounted in the body and defining first and second outlet flow paths through the third port, the insert fluidically coupling the first port to the first outlet flow path and the second port to the second outlet flow path;
- at least one of the first and second conduits having a raised flange spaced from a tip end;
- first and second retainers mountable in the first and second ports of the body to latchingly couple the first and second conduits to the body;
- one of the first and second retainers mountable in the body;
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- the other of the first and second retainers mountable on the insert.
A connector for connecting first and second conduits to third and fourth coaxial conduits, the connector comprising:
- a body defining first, second and third ports;
- first and second bores extending respectively from the first and second ports through the body;
- a tubular member mounted in the body and having a first end at the first port and a second end extendable from the third port, the tubular member forming concentric flow paths through the third port of the body from the first and second ports, respectively;
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- a retainer carried by the insert, the retainer engagable with the first conduit to latch the first conduit to the body in fluid communication with the first outlet flow path through the third port.
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