Patent ID: 6877779

Claim:
A joint connecting a tube and a fitting body made by a process comprising the steps of: extending a tube in a bore in a fitting body, wherein the bore is bounded by a bore wall, the bore wall including a generally axially extending bead formation area generally radially disposed from the tube when the tube is first extended therein; engaging an inward end of said tube against a stop face supported on the fitting body in the bore; compressing the tube in at least an axial direction in the bore to form at least one outward extending bead in the tube in the bead formation area and at least two inward extending beads in the tube, and wherein the tube engages the bore wall in the bead formation area in fixed fluid tight engagement; deforming a portion of the fitting body to form a bead retaining ridge; wherein the joint comprises a tube, wherein the tube includes at least one outward extending bead and at least two inward extending beads, wherein the beads comprise deformed portions of the tube, a fitting body, wherein the fitting body includes a bore bounded by a bore wall, wherein the fitting body is in fixed fluid tight engagement with the tube, wherein the fitting body includes a deformed portion comprising a bead retaining ridge, wherein the bead retaining ridge engages an outward extending bead.