Patent ID: 6979026
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A connector clip for verifying complete connection between a connector and a pipe to be put thereon and mounted thereto; the connector having a tube connecting portion on one axial side thereof and retainer means on an opposite axial side thereof, and being provided with sealing member in an inner peripheral surface thereof the pipe being provided with an annular engagement projection and an annular verification projection on an outer peripheral surface thereof, and being inserted into an opening on an axial end of the connector so as to allow an inserting end thereof to be located beyond the sealing member and the annular engagement projection to be snap-engaged with the retainer means; and the annular verification projection being formed so as to be located in or near an opposite axial end of the connector, or on an opposite axial side of an opposite axial end of the connector; the connector clip comprising: a clip body on one axial side including one clip portion and an opposite clip portion on one and opposite axial end portions or positions thereof respectively, the clip body being configured to receive a portion of the connector and pipe extending from a large diameter portion on an opposite axial side of the connector to the annular verification projection of the pipe so as to be held by the clip portions at axially opposite ends; a connection verifying portion on an opposite axial side, continued from the clip body, the connection verifying portion being configured by a pair of restraining portions extending from the clip body in an opposite axial direction with a widthwise distance so as to allow a body of the pipe to pass through or move therebetween but not to allow the annular engagement projection and the annular verification projection of the pipe to pass through therebetween, and an axial distance between the opposite clip portion of the clip body and an opposite axial end of the connection verifying portion being designed shorter than an axial length between the annular engagement projection and the annular verification projection of the pipe, and being designed equal to or longer than an axial distance between the inserting end of the pipe and an opposite axial end of the sealing member.