Patent ID: 8899550
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector for removably connecting two fluid channels, the connector extending longitudinally along a longitudinal axis and comprising a first element and a second element that can fit into one another, the first element comprising a body delimiting a fluid passage channel that extends axially, at least one of the first element and the second element being equipped with a valve and a resilient member for returning the valve to the sealing position, each valve ensuring fluid sealing of the element when the connector is in the disconnected configuration and allowing the fluid to flow in the channel when the connector is in the connected configuration, the second element and the body being connected, when the second element and the first element are at least partially fitted in one another, following a combined rotational and translational relative movement, along the axis, by a first connection between at least one locking pin and at least one locking slot that includes an inlet portion and a locking portion, the body adopting, in the connected configuration of the connector, an axial locking position relative to the second element, the first connection being, on the one hand, such that the body moves past its axial locking position relative to the second element to engage the locking pin in the locking portion of the locking slot during the connection and, on the other hand, able to lock the second element axially relative to the body of the first element when the connector is in the connected configuration and the locking pin cooperates with the locking portion, the resilient return member of each valve then opposing the axial approach between the second element and the body, wherein the first element includes a single ring mounted around the body, the body and the ring being connected in a combined relative rotational and translational movement along the axis by a second connection between at least one guiding pin and at least one guiding slot, wherein, when the second element and the first element are at least partially fitted into one another, the second element and the ring are translatable and rotationally connected relative to one another along the axis, wherein, in the connected configuration of the connector, the guiding pin is arranged in the guiding slot, wherein, when the connector is in the connected configuration and the ring is moved relative to the body along the axis, opposite the second element, the connector adopts an intermediate connected configuration, in which the locking pin is positioned outside the locking portion of the locking slot.