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US09279526B2 Apparatuses and methods for providing finger-tightened and ratchet-secured connections between conduits 有权
用于在管道之间提供手指紧固和棘轮固定连接的装置和方法

Apparatuses and methods for providing finger-tightened and ratchet-secured connections between conduits
Abstract:
An apparatus for providing a connection to a conduit may include a first part configured to be threadably attached to a second part. The first part can include a male threaded section spaced axially apart from a ratchet section having radially protruding teeth. The second part can be at least partly formed by an elastically deformable material and includes a female threaded section spaced axially apart from at least one pawl that is configured to engage the radially protruding teeth. When the at least one pawl is engaged with the teeth, relative rotation between the first part and the second part may be allowed in a tightening direction and prevented in a loosening direction or may be allowed in the tightening and loosening directions. When the second part is deformed by at least one radially inward force, the at least one pawl disengages the teeth of the ratchet section.
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