Patent ID: 7841580
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A coupler fitting for high pressure fluids comprising: a body having an axis and defining a passage from a proximal end through which fluid enters the body to a distal end through which fluid exits the body, and further defining a first cavity; a check valve openable by a force directed towards the proximal end of the body and occupying the first cavity; a probe exposed at a proximal end to the check valve and extending at a distal end past the first cavity; and a collar at least partially surrounding the body and defining a portion of a second cavity at the distal end of the body into which the distal end of the probe extends, wherein a fluid pathway is created between the second cavity and an ambient environment through at least one port defined by the collar having a direction of fluid exit not equal to the axial direction of the coupler fitting.