Pipe joints or couplings – Connector for conduit housing electromagnetic line: – Having box and connector
Patent
1993-03-18
1994-11-29
Arola, Dave W.
Pipe joints or couplings
Connector for conduit housing electromagnetic line:
Having box and connector
285307, 285308, 285316, F16L 304
Patent
active
053683404
ABSTRACT:
A quick connect fluid coupling is disclosed for use with a fuel tank having an opening. The coupling includes a coupling body having a tubular retainer housing and a tubular fill tube which is telescopically positioned through the retainer housing. The retainer housing also includes an outwardly extending flange which abuts against the outer surface of the tank around the tank opening. The fill tube is telescopically received within the retainer housing and is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position with respect to the retainer housing. The fill tube is also smaller in cross sectional shape than the tank opening so that the fill tube can be positioned through the tank opening and within the interior of the tank. With the fill tube positioned within the interior of the tank and the retainer housing flange in abutment with the outer surface of the tank and movement of the fill tube from its unlocked position to its locked position, a plurality of retainers carried by the retainer housing are cammed radially outwardly from the fill tube so that these retainers engage an inner surface of the tank and sandwich a portion of the tank around the tank opening in between the retainers and the retainer housing flange. Appropriate fluid seals carried by the flange provide the fluid seal between the coupling and the fuel tank.
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Jacobson Wendell L.
McCulloch Thomas R.
McCully Dudley L.
Arola Dave W.
Automotive Systems Technology, Inc.
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