Patent ID: 6068303
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A tube quick connect assembly (10) comprising;a socket member (12) defining a female socket,a tube (34) having an end disposed in said socket member (12) and presenting a radially extending U-shaped projection (38) defined by legs (39) in mating engagement with one another,said socket member (12) including a tube counterbore (22) presenting a radial tube seat (24),said end of said tube (34) presenting an enlarged end (40) extending radially outwardly with said projection (38) from the remainder of said tube (34) and spaced from said projection (38) to define a saddle of the same diameter as said tube (34) and between said enlarged end (40) and said projection (38), said enlarged end (40) of said tube (34) being seated against said tube seat (24) of said socket member (12),said enlarged end (40) and said projection (38) being equal in diameter and fitting snugly within said counterbore (22),a seal (42) disposed in said saddle to seal said tube (34) with said counterbore (22),said socket member (12) presenting a radially extending shoulder facing said projection (38),a quick connect member having an abutment (48) biased radially outwardly into a locked position in radial overlapping engagement with said shoulder and extending to said projection (38) to retain said tube (34) in said socket member (12) and moveable radially inwardly to a release position wherein said abutment (48) clears said shoulder to axially remove said quick connect member from said socket member (12) to remove said tube (34) from said socket member (12).