Patent ID: 8555624
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: F01N,F16L,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A connection device for at least one media line that fluidly communicates a medium, the connection device comprising: a connector having portions defining a socket, a line-side plug configured to be coupled to the media line, the line-side plug located within the socket and circumferentially sealed with respect to the socket by a seal located therein, a retainer locking the line-side plug within the connector, the line side plug being moveable from a normal operating position to a displaced operating position, in the displaced operating position an end of the line-side plug being spaced from a portion of the socket so as to define an enlarged internal volume inside of the connector and to which a medium in the media line is fluidly communicated, the line-side plug being biased by a spring into the normal operating position and being moveable in opposition to a return force (F) exerted by the spring toward the normal operating position, further comprising at least one external retention element, the retention element being C-shaped in longitudinal section and radially and axially overlapping a radial outer flange on the connector and a radial outer flange on the line-side plug, and the spring being axially positioned between the flange of the line-side plug and the retention element.