Patent ID: 8641099

Claim:
A fluid coupling assembly comprising: a connection, including a plate and at least a pair of nipples extending away from said plate in a first direction, and at least a pair of connection pipes connected to each of said nipples extending from said plate in a second opposed direction, said nipples including a thread at an outer periphery, a ramped surface spaced in a direction beyond said thread and towards said plate, and a ditch beyond said ramped surface; a fluid coupling connected to each of said nipples, said fluid coupling having a thread at an inner periphery received on said thread on said nipple, and said coupling having a plurality of circumferentially spaced fingers spaced by grooves, with said fingers snapped into said ditch and biased against said ramped surface; and said plate, said at least a pair of nipples and said at least a pair of connection pipes are all formed of an integral piece of metal.