Patent ID: 8657343

Claim:
A connector assembly for a pipe comprising: an elongated cylindrical threaded connector body defining an inner axial flowpath, the connector body having a fluid port end and a coupling end, the coupling end defining a pipe shoulder, an o-ring shoulder, and a seat member shoulder; an o-ring seated against the o-ring shoulder; a guide member set against the seat member shoulder, the guide member having an annular base surrounded by a circumferential sidewall with a beveled edge; a collet contained against the elongated cylindrical threaded connector, the collet having resilient radially inward fingers extending within the circumferential sidewall of the guide member; an adjustment ring coupled to the coupling end, the adjustment ring having a stop on an inner wall and defining at least one guide track with a locked position and a released position on an outer wall; a collar having at least one protrusion for coupling in the at least one guide track to retain the collar to the adjustment ring such that the collar moves axially towards the connector body and rotates with respect to the adjustment ring when the at least one protrusion moves from the locked position to the released position and vice versa; a ferrule housed within the collar and adjustment ring, the ferrule having a beveled end and a flanged end; a spring surrounding the ferrule and extending between the flanged end of the ferrule and the stop of the adjustment ring to bias the ferrule and collar away from the adjustment ring; and a locking ring for clipping onto the adjustment ring to limit travel of the collar and, in turn, the ferrule travel towards the adjustment ring, wherein, in the locked position, the locking ring is installed and a pipe, inserted into the connector body against the pipe shoulder of the coupling end, is retained in place by the resilient radially inward fingers of the collet and sealed to the inner axial flowpath by the o-ring, and, in the released position, the collar has forced the beveled edge of the ferrule into the collet to splay the resilient radially inward fingers such that a pipe is freely insertable and removable from against the pipe shoulder.