Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Latch mechanism for multi-coupling
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Application No.: US16641909Application Date: 2018-11-13
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Publication No.: US11041584B2Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- Inventor: Brian K. Foner
- Applicant: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
- Applicant Address: US OH Cleveland
- Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
- Current Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cleveland
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2018/060654 WO 20181113
- International Announcement: WO2019/099354 WO 20190523
- Main IPC: F16L37/56
- IPC: F16L37/56 ; F16B2/18 ; F16L37/16

Abstract:
A multi-coupling system includes a first multi-coupling component including a plurality of individual first fluid couplers, and a second multi-coupling component including a plurality of individual second fluid couplers. The second multi-coupling component includes a locking pin assembly that is attached to a handle assembly, the locking pin assembly including a locking pin that is moveable in an axial direction between an extended position and a retracted position; a housing that houses the plurality of individual second fluid couplers, the housing further including a locking pin hole; and an operating lever configured to manipulate the locking pin assembly. In a connected and locked state, the locking pin is in the extended position in which a shaft end of the locking pin is located in the locking pin hole, thereby preventing rotation of the handle assembly. The locking pin assembly is manipulated by a user operation of the operating lever to move the locking pin from the extended position to the retracted position out from the locking pin hole to configure the multi-coupling system in a connected and unlocked state in which the handle assembly is rotatable to reconfigure the multi-coupling system to the disconnected state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200248856A1 LATCH MECHANISM FOR MULTI-COUPLING Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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