Patent · US Expired

Conduit quick connector assembly having a ramped housing with a hair pin retainer

US5000614A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 5, 1989
Grant dateMar 19, 1991
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/7083
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A quick connector assembly has a female housing with a hair pin style retaining clip to retain a beaded conduit therein. The female housing includes a pair of slots forming ramped surfaces on the housing to enable legs of the retainer to be transversely positioned within the axial bore of the female housing to retain male fittings therein.

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