# US 8,740,257 B2 · Fluid connector component comprising several pluggable elements > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,740,257 B2 - Document ID: US8740257B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/774,343 - Filed: 2013-02-22 - Published: 2013-08-22 - Granted: 2014-06-03 - Earliest claimed: 2012-02-22 - Assignees: Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH - Applicants: Erbe Elektromedizin GMBH - Inventors: Stefan Groβ - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8740257B2 ## CPC - F16L 39/04: allowing adjustment or movement - A61M 39/10: Tube connectors or tube couplings - F16L 37/56: for double-walled or multi-channel pipes {or pipe assemblies} - A61B 18/02: by cooling, e.g. cryogenic techniques - A61M 39/105: {Multi-channel connectors or couplings, e.g. for connecting multi-lumen tubes (multi-channel connectors in general F16L37/56)} - A61M 39/12: for joining a flexible tube to a rigid attachment - A61M 39/20: Closure caps or plugs for connectors or open ends of tubes - A61M 2039/1044: {Verifying the connection, e.g. audible feedback, tactile feedback, visual feedback, using external light sources} - A61M 2039/1083: {having a plurality of female connectors, e.g. Luer connectors} - A61M 2039/1088: {having a plurality of male connectors, e.g. Luer connectors} - A61M 2205/582: by tactile feedback - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract A fluid connector including pluggable elements, for example in the form of connector pins or connector sockets that are supported so as to be movable in a direction transverse to a joining direction. Resilient element may be disposed for pre-specifying a rest position of the corresponding pluggable elements. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A fluid connector component comprising: at least two pluggable elements that define a common joining direction, wherein at least one of the pluggable elements is supported so as to be movable in at least one transverse direction that is oriented transversely to the joining direction, wherein at least one of the at least two pluggable elements is enclosed by a movably supported gas conveying sleeve, and wherein the gas conveying sleeve is supported against a connector body by at least one resilient element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The fluid connector component of claim 1, wherein the at least two pluggable elements include one of female connector sockets and male connector pins. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The fluid connector component of claim 1, wherein the at least two pluggable elements are supported so as to be movable in the at least one transverse direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The fluid connector component of claim 1, wherein the at least two pluggable elements are supported so as to be movable toward each other and away from each other in the at least one transverse direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The fluid connector component of claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two pluggable elements can be moved in all directions that are oriented radially with respect to the joining direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The fluid connector component of claim 1, wherein the at least two pluggable elements are arranged in a row. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The fluid connector component of claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two pluggable elements is resiliently supported in the at least one transverse direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The fluid connector component of claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two pluggable elements comprises a face and an insertion guide on the face. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The fluid connector component of claim 8, wherein the insertion guide is defined by a conical surface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The fluid connector component of claim 1, wherein the fluid connector component is for a medical instrument. ### Claim 11 A fluid connector component comprising: at least two pluggable elements that define a common joining direction, wherein at least one of the pluggable elements is supported so as to be movable in at least one transverse direction that is oriented transversely to the joining direction, wherein at least one of the at least two pluggable elements is enclosed by a movably supported gas conveying, sleeve wherein the gas conveying sleeve is supported against a connector body by at least two resilient elements arranged at a distance from each other. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The fluid connector component of claim 11, wherein the at least two resilient elements are ring-shaped elastomer bodies. ### Claim 13 A fluid connector component comprising: at least two pluggable elements that define a common joining direction, wherein at least one of the pluggable elements is supported so as to be movable in at least one transverse direction that is oriented transversely to the joining direction, wherein at least one of the at least two pluggable elements delimits a gas conveying space by at least two sealing elements that are arranged at a distance from each other in a gas conveying sleeve. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The fluid connector component of claim 13, wherein the at least one of the at least two pluggable elements has at least one radial bore that connects the gas conveying space with a female connector opening.