Patent ID: 9004543
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: F02M,F16L

Abstract:
1. Locking member configured to be provided on a snap-fitting connection device for fluid transfer comprising: a male tubular end-piece having a collar and having a convergent and rounded connection end, and a female tubular end-piece which is surrounded and extended axially by a connection ring and which receives the male end-piece in a sealed manner, said member comprising-two resilient locking flaps which are joined together by a gripping head and which are capable of being pushed in transversely and in a reversible manner through two respective symmetrical apertures of the connection ring, then of being blocked by means of snap-fitting against and behind said collar following the complete insertion of the male end-piece into the female end-piece, wherein each flap includes a cross section which varies over the length thereof and two inner and outer faces which are connected to each other by two front and rear faces relative to the direction (A) of insertion of the male end-piece, and wherein each flap locally comprises inclined portions which are formed on the front face set back from a foremost portion of this front face and which comprise: