Female coupling element and a coupling including such an element
US7766393B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 6, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16L37/53
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A female element for a coupling that includes a body having a duct for receiving a male element along a coupling axis (X-X′) and a locking member including a locking portion, a connecting portion, and a control portion, wherein the locking member extends along the axis (X-X′) and is movable between a locked and an unlocked position, and wherein an annular element moves the locking member from the locked to the unlocked position and a resilient member urges the locking member to the locked position, and the female element includes a lateral guide for the connecting portion and the control portion, and a surface of the locking portion that is to come into contact with the male element generally having a shape of a portion of a surface of revolution and a width, in a circumferential direction, that is greater than a width of the control portion and the connecting portion.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.