Patent ID: 7866708

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a body to connect a first tubing section to a second tubing section, the body comprising: a surface; a first opening concentric with an axis to receive an end of the first tubing section to connect the first tubing section to the body at the first opening; a second opening concentric with the axis to receive an end of the second tubing section to connect the second tubing section to the body at the second opening; and a passageway eccentric with respect to the axis to communicate fluid after the first and second tubing sections are connected together by the body; a sleeve other than the body, the sleeve being adapted to be moved from a retracted position to an extended position, the sleeve comprising an outer surface; a sealing element to form a sealing contact with the surface of the body and with the surface of the sleeve when the sleeve is in the extended; and a tubular member comprising a passageway adapted to align with the passageway of the body of the connector such that a gap exists between the passageway of the body and the passageway of the tubular member when both the first and second tubing sections are fully received in the first and second openings and the sleeve is in the retracted position, wherein the sleeve is adapted to be moved to the extended position to bridge the gap, wherein the body comprises threads at the first opening adapted to mate with threads of the first tubing section.