公开(公告)号：US12146596B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-19

申请号：US17870080

申请日：2022-07-21

Applicant: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC

Inventor： Stephen S. Frederiksen ,  Alexander C. Bowman

IPC: F16L37/12 ,  F16L37/084

Abstract: A quick connector for making a verifiable connection with a tube includes a connector housing having a socket portion and a pair of channels extending into the socket portion from the exterior of the connector housing. A verifier has a pair of resilient legs each including a releasing member extending through a respective channel into the interior of the socket portion. A retainer having claws is held by spring bridging portions within an opening of the socket portion. An upset formed on an exterior surface of the tube is installed into the opening of the socket portion and captured by the retainer claws to lock the tube to the connector housing and deform each resilient leg so as to move and position each releasing member in alignment with its respective channel allowing extraction of the verifier from the connector housing.

公开(公告)号：US20240027008A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US17870080

申请日：2022-07-21

Applicant: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC

Inventor： Stephen S. Frederiksen ,  Alexander C. Bowman

IPC: F16L37/12

CPC classification number: F16L37/1225 ,  F16L2201/10

Abstract: A quick connector for making a verifiable connection with a tube is disclosed that comprises a connector housing having a socket portion on one end of a receptacle. The socket portion includes a pair of opening portions and a pair of channels extending into the socket portion from a pair of wall members located on the exterior of the connector housing. A verifier having a pair of resilient legs and a releasing member extend through a respective channel into the interior of the socket portion with each releasing member engaging an interior surface of each wall member. A retainer having claws is connected by spring bridging portions to a pair of outwardly projecting buttons with each button held in a mating fit within a respective opening portion in a preloaded position. An upset formed on an exterior surface of an insertion end of the tube is installed into the socket portion of the connector housing to lock the tube to the connector housing by a snap-engagement of the engagement claws with the upset and to deform each verifier leg so as to move and position each releasing member in alignment with its respective channel allowing extraction of the verifier from the connector housing.