Patent ID: 7340817

Claim:
A method for assembling a molded flare assembly, comprising: injection molding a body structure having a fluid passageway formed therethrough and a fully formed flared portion at a first end, the body portion having a small diameter portion adjacent the flared portion; fitting a retainer cap structure over the flared portion and to the small diameter portion; fitting a collet structure onto the small diameter portion of the body structure such that the cap structure is inward of the flared portion and the collet structure; positioning an end of a mating nut structure having an opening formed therethrough adjacent the flared portion; and press fitting the nut structure and the collet structure together such that the collet structure is received within said nut end in a non-rotatable relationship with said nut structure, and wherein said nut structure, said collet structure and said retainer cap structure are rotatable about said body structure.