Patent ID: 7984538

Claim:
A hydraulic installation tool assembly for advancing a fitting's swage ring onto a fitting's connector body while a conduit is received in the connector body to mechanically and sealingly connect the fitting to the conduit, said hydraulic installation tool assembly comprising: a body defining at least two spaced apart piston chambers; a fixed jaw connected to said body and adapted to engage one of the connector body or the swage ring; a movable jaw connected to said body and movable relative to said fixed jaw, said movable jaw adapted to engage the other of the connector body or the swage ring; pistons disposed in said at least two spaced piston chambers, said pistons and said movable jaw configured such that movement of said pistons in a first direction moves said movable jaw toward said fixed jaw thereby moving the swage ring axially onto the connector body to mechanically and sealingly connect the connector body to the conduit received therein when said fixed and movable jaws are engaged to the connector body and swage ring; and a plurality of tie rods extending from the body in a direction opposite said at least two spaced apart piston chambers, said fixed jaw disposed along said tie rods at a location spaced from said body and said movable jaw disposed between said fixed jaw and said body for movement along said tie rods; a crossover assembly curved and conforming about the body to closely follow three dimensional contours of the body, said crossover assembly fluidly connecting said at least two spaced apart piston chambers, and said crossover assembly fluidly connectable to a hydraulic pressure source that simultaneously delivers hydraulic fluid to said at least two spaced apart piston chambers to move said pistons in said first direction; an elongated hose connecting said at least two piston chambers to a remotely positioned pump serving as said hydraulic pressure source; and an articulating assembly rotatably connecting said body and said crossover assembly to said elongated hose, wherein said articulating assembly (i) allows said body and said crossover assembly to be rotated about a first axis relative to said hose and (ii) allows said body and said crossover assembly to be rotated about a second axis relative to said hose, said second axis angularly disposed relative to said first axis.