Patent ID: 6742815
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
A fluid line connector assembly comprising:a length of flexible tubing having a generally cylindrical tubing end; a base ring having a pair of opposing ends, an outside surface, an inside bore extending therethrough between said pair of opposing ends, and a base ring first groove in said outside surface extending radially into said base ring, said base ring supported on said flexible tubing such that said bore is adjacent said tubing end; a braided sheath extending axially along the exterior of said length of flexible tubing and along at least a portion of said outside surface of said base ring; a braid retaining collar having a pair of opposing ends and an inside surface extending between said ends, said braided sheath being compressively positioned between at least a portion of said inside surface of said braid retaining collar and said portion of said outside surface of said base ring; an end fitting body having a pair of opposing ends, an exterior surface, an interior passage extending through said body between said opposing ends, and an end said tubing end such that said end fitting body first groove of said interior passage is adjacent said base ring first groove of said base ring; a retaining ring at least partially captured within each of said base ring first groove and said end fitting body first groove; and, a sealing member compressively associated between said end fitting body and said tubing end.