Patent ID: 6450459
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A pipe fastener connected to a stud fixedly connected to a body panel of an automobile for connecting a plurality of pipes thereto; the pipe fastener comprising:a. a pipe holder of rigid plastic material having a base with a stud receiving hole formed therein, and a plurality of integrally molded pipe grips therein adapted to receive one of the pipes in each of the pipe grips; b. a plurality of pipe engagement pawls formed in the pipe holder; one in each pipe grip to releasably clamp the pipe in the pipe grip; c. a plurality of stud engagement pawls formed in the stud receiving hole to secure the pipe holder to the stud; d. an electrical connection member releasably connected to the pipe holder in superposition to the stud receiving hole thereof and in direct contact with the stud; e. the electrical connection member formed of electrical conducting plastic material which is substantially softer than the plastic material of the pipe holder; and f. a pair of pipe contact portions formed on the electrical connection member disposed adjacent the pipe grip carrying a fuel pipe, and each of the pipe contact portions to engage the fuel pipe with sufficient force to establish electrical contact therewith whereby any electrical current developed in the fuel pipe will be conducted from the pipe contact portions, through the electrical connection member directly to the stud and body panel to ground said electric current.