Patent ID: 7766393
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A female element of a coupling, the female element comprising: a body having a duct for receiving a male element along a coupling axis (X-X′) of the coupling; at least one locking member including a locking portion for contacting the male element, a connecting portion, and a control portion connected to the locking portion via the connecting portion, the locking member extending generally along the axis (X-X′) and being movable with combined movement in pivoting (Y-Y′) and in translation along the axis (X-X′) between a locked position in which the locking portion retains the male element in the body ( an annular element ( at least one resilient member for returning the at least one locking member to the locked position; the female element including longitudinally extending lateral guide means for guiding the connecting portion and the control portion during movement of the locking member, a surface of the locking portion that engages with the male element having a shape of a portion of a surface of revolution about the axis (X-X′), at least one of the control portion and the connection portion of the at least one locking member has a width in a circumferential direction (Y-Y′) of the control portion (