Pipe joints or couplings – Essential catch – Leaf spring
Patent
1977-12-23
1979-01-23
Callaghan, Thomas F.
Pipe joints or couplings
Essential catch
Leaf spring
285356, 285DIG22, 285DIG25, F16L 2100
Patent
active
041357450
ABSTRACT:
A fluid fitting for attaching fluid conduits to a housing which makes possible a simplified assembly procedure that requires only the insertion of a tube assembly into a preassembled nut located in a threaded opening in the housing. The assembly includes an expandable clip located on the tube between retainer beads formed on the tube. The clip contains locking fingers that engage a shoulder on the nut.
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Callaghan Thomas F.
Ford Motor Company
Harrington Donald J.
Zerschling Keith L.
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