Patent ID: 7066497

Claim:
A fitting for an end of a flexible hose, the hose including a corrugated metal tube having an interior surface, the fitting comprising: an elongated, tubular stem having a first end adapted to engage a corresponding fitting surface, and a second end configured to be received in the flexible hose; a ferrule having a first end configured to receive said second end of said stem, and a second end configured to receive the end of the flexible hose, said ferrule configured to be crimped to the corrugated metal tube to thereby secure the fitting to the hose; an independently mountable sealing member sized to be received over said second end of said stem and having a contoured outer surface corresponding to the interior surface of the corrugated metal tube such that said contoured outer surface contacts substantially all of the interior surface of the corrugated metal tube along the length of said sealing member when inserted therein; and external threads formed on said stem, between said first and second ends, and corresponding internal threads formed on said first end of said ferrule, for threadably coupling said stem and said ferrule.