Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fuel line connector and method of making
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Application No.: US13934174Application Date: 2013-07-02
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Publication No.: US09651180B2Publication Date: 2017-05-16
- Inventor: Brian T. Ignaczak , David Charles Peterson , Jason Earl Dendel
- Applicant: Norma U.S. Holding LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Norma U.S. Holding LLC
- Current Assignee: Norma U.S. Holding LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: F16L39/02
- IPC: F16L39/02 ; F16L33/22 ; F16L37/12 ; F16L37/56 ; F02M37/00 ; F02M25/08 ; B29C45/16 ; B29C45/00 ; F16L37/098

Abstract:
A fuel line connector assembly that includes first and second connectors. The first connector includes a ramp having an inner core and an outer skin surrounding at least a part of the inner core. The inner core extends through the ramp at a location adjacent a radially extending retaining surface for at least a portion of the radial extent of the retaining surface. The second connector has a hook wherein, when the first and second connectors are brought together and secured to each other, the hook inhibits separation of the first and second connectors by bearing again the retaining surface. The first connector is made by coinjection molding a connector body having the outer skin and inner core with the inner core extending through the ramp to a sacrificial portion, and then severing the sacrificial portion from the ramp leaving the inner core exposed at an apex of the ramp.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140001748A1 FUEL LINE CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MAKING Public/Granted day:2014-01-02
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