Patent ID: 7849872

Claim:
A keyed fluid connector comprising a) a first body including a first mating surface and having a first fluid fitting disposed in a first port in the first mating surface; b) a second body including a second mating surface opposable to the first mating surface and having a second fluid fitting disposed in a second port in the second mating surface, the second fluid fitting connectable to the first fluid fitting; c) a boss extending from the mating surface of one of the first and second bodies to a distal boss surface thereby forming a recess between the first or second mating surface and the distal boss surface; d) a keying feature comprising at least a first pin extending from the distal surface of the boss, the first pin being disposable in a first hole in the other of the first and second mating surfaces; and e) wherein when the first body is mated to the second body with the first pin disposed in the first hole, the recessed portion of the boss provides for visual inspection of the first and second fluid fittings connected to each other.