Patent ID: 6460900
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: E21B,F16L

Abstract:
A quick connector having first and second connectable portions with a through bore, the connector comprising:a conical pin element included in the first portion tapering towards a free end thereof, the element being elongate axially and having first axially directed, elongate, circumferentially distributed grooves with first corresponding ridges interposed therebetween; an essentially complementary conical bore included in the second portion accommodating the pin element, the bore being defined by axially directed, elongate second ridges distributed circumferentially, with second channel-like grooves interposed therebetween rounded in top portions of the second portion and configured to cooperate with the first ridges; and an internal cylindrical surface and transition portion surfaces included in the second portion and positioned at an end of the second portion receiving the first portion, the transition portion surfaces sloping axially inwardly from the internal cylindrical surface towards rounded top portions of the second ridges.