Patent ID: 9016728
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B60S,F16L

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising: a single piece, integrally formed connector main body including an annular guide member, at least one window adjacent the annular guide member, and a mounting tube for mounting a hose, the mounting tube formed inside the guide member and extending beyond a front end of the guide member in an axial direction, the mounting tube having at least one projecting piece formed on an outer circumference at a front side thereof and beyond the front end of the guide member; and a lock member disposed between the guide member and the mounting tube, and loosely fitted in the guide member of the connector main body slidably in the axial direction, the lock member including a claw member projecting from an inner wall face of the lock member toward the mounting tube, wherein the lock member and the connector main body are configured so that after the hose is mounted over the mounting tube inside the lock member, when the hose or the lock member is moved in a direction from a rear side with respect to the guide member toward the front side, the claw member is urged by the guide member toward the hose to lock the hose between the claw member and the mounting tube at the rear side and the hose is clamped between the at least one projecting piece and the lock member at the front side so as to fix the hose; wherein the lock member includes a locking protrusion on an outer circumference that interacts with the at least one window.