Patent ID: 9279529
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: F16L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A female coupler for a quick connect/disconnect coupling, the female coupler including: a retainer wire; an inner housing having a radially outwardly opening groove and a nipple portion for sealing to an inner diameter surface of a corresponding male coupler; an outer housing having a radially inwardly opening groove aligned with the radially outwardly opening groove, wherein the grooves form a capture space for receiving the retainer wire, the retainer wire having a dimension greater than a depth of each groove so that when the retainer wire is inserted into the capture space, the wire axially interferes with sidewalls of the grooves to restrict relative axial movement of the inner and outer housings; and a female coupler support having a proximal end rotatably supported on a radially outer surface of the inner or outer housing and a distal end being internally threaded for threaded receipt of an externally threaded portion of the corresponding male coupler.