Patent ID: 7988201
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fluid coupling assembly for attachment to a housing, comprising: a rotatable fluid coupling having an axis of rotation and a through-channel along said axis; a gasket having installed state and a free or an uninstalled state, an upper washer with an annular first opening formed therethrough, and a lower washer with an annular second opening formed therethrough, wherein: a threaded fastener having a shaft with a plurality of external threads, wherein the installed state is a state in which the fastener is captured by the gasket prior to attachment of the fluid coupling assembly to the housing; wherein the biasing return force engages the tangs of each of said upper washer and said lower washer with said threads of the fastener in the installed state to thereby retain said fastener to said fluid coupling.