Hydraulic fitting
OwnerMarshall W. Wosikinventor
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Abstract
A connector for a fluid conduit is provided herein. The connector includes a conduit structure and an annular seal member. The conduit structure has a frustro-conical surface and a seal groove. The frustro-conical surface may be an external surface or an internal surface, depending upon the desired configuration of the connector. The seal groove is formed into the frustro-conical surface along an axis perpendicular to the frustro-conical surface. The seal groove is preferably defined by a constant radius. The annular seal member is coupled to the conduit structure and disposed at least partially in the seal groove.
Claims19
A connector for a fluid conduit, the connector comprising:
- a conduit structure having a body portion, an externally threaded portion, and an unthreaded portion between the externally threaded portion and a seal portion, the unthreaded portion having an outside diameter which is less than a minor diameter of the externally threaded portion, a frustro-conical surface and a seal groove, the seal groove disposed between the threaded portion and the body portion, the seal groove formed into the frustro-conical surface along a plane that is perpendicular to the surface, the seal groove being defined by a constant radius;
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- a compressible annular seal member coupled to the conduit structure and disposed at least partially in the seal groove.
A connector for a fluid conduit, the connector comprising:
- a conduit structure having an externally threaded portion, a seal portion, a body portion, and an unthreaded portion between the externally threaded portion and the seal portion, the unthreaded portion having an outside diameter which is less than a minor diameter of the externally threaded portion, the seal portion disposed between the externally threaded portion and the body portion, the seal portion including a frustro-conical exterior surface and a seal groove, the seal groove formed into the frustro-conical exterior surface at approximately 90 degrees to a plane extending along the exterior surface, the seal groove being defined by a constant radius;
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- a resilient seal member coupled to the conduit structure and disposed at least partially in the seal groove.
A connector for a fluid conduit, the connector comprising:
- a body portion;
- a first conduit structure connected to a first end of the body portion, the first conduit structure having a first externally threaded portion and an unthreaded portion between the externally threaded portion and a first seal portion, the unthreaded portion having an outside diameter which is less than a minor diameter of the externally threaded portion, the seal portion disposed between the first externally threaded portion and the body portion, the first seal portion including a first frustro-conical exterior surface and a first seal groove, the first seal groove formed into the first frustro-conical exterior surface at approximately a right angle thereto, the first seal groove being defined by a constant radius;
- a second conduit structure connected to a second end of the body portion, the second conduit structure having a second seal portion and a second externally threaded portion, the second externally threaded portion disposed between the second seal portion and the body portion, the second seal portion including a second frustro-conical exterior surface and a second seal groove, the second seal groove formed into the second frustro-conical exterior surface and perpendicular thereto, the second seal groove being defined by a constant radius;
- a first annular seal member coupled to the first conduit structure and disposed at least partially in the first seal groove;
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- a second annular seal member coupled to the second conduit structure and disposed at least partially in the second seal groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.