Patent ID: 6905143
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A fluid quick connector assembly comprising: a fluid use component having at least one bore extending from an open end; seal means, disposed in the bore in the housing, for sealing an endform in the housing; a latch receiver formed in the bore; a quick connect housing having a through bore for receiving one end of a tubular member having an endform spaced from the one end; latch means, carried on the housing, for engaging the latch receiver in the bore of the fluid use component to mount the housing in the bore; and a retainer moveably mounted in the housing and adapted for securing the endform in the housing after the endform has been inserted through the bore in the housing; the seal means including a top hat insertable into the quick connector housing, the top hat engagable with the latch means to maintain the latch means in a latch position in the latch receiver in the bore of the fluid use component.