Patent ID: 8960728
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A fitting for a conduit having a longitudinal axis X, comprising: a body, a nut and at least one ferrule, said body and said nut being threaded so that when assembled on a conduit said body and said nut can be tightened together to a first relative axial position of said nut and said body to effect conduit seal and grip by said at least one ferrule at said first relative axial position, a stroke resisting member that engages said nut and said body to resist additional relative axial stroke of said nut and said body, said stroke resisting member allowing additional relative axial stroke between said body and said nut to remake the fitting subsequent to said body and said nut having been tightened together to said first relative axial position, said stroke resisting member comprising a split ring, said split ring comprising a helical twist.