Patent ID: 9096990
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: E02F,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A machine comprising: a machine body, which includes a bulkhead, supported by a conveyance; a hydraulic system attached to the machine body, fluidly connected to a hydraulic actuator of an implement, and including a plurality of hydraulic hoses and hydraulic fittings; each of the hydraulic fittings having an integral metallic body that defines a fluid passage extending between a first port and a second port, and including an long set of external threads extending between the first port and a flange, and a short set of external threads adjacent the second port; each of the first port and second port being surrounded by a face seal that includes a planar surface and an o-ring groove with an o-ring received therein; the long set of external threads being split by a flat surface along a plane parallel to a long thread axis to produce a cross section with a key shape, and being received in a mounting bore with the key shape through the bulkhead, and the key shape having a first hose angle orientation about the long thread axis; the bulkhead being clamped between the flange and a nut threaded onto the long set of external threads; a short thread axis being oriented at a second hose angle with respect to the long thread axis; and a first hydraulic hose and a second hydraulic hose being threadably attached to the respective long set of external threads and the short set of external threads and in sealing contact with the respective face seal.