Patent ID: 7766393

Claim:
A female element of a coupling, the female element comprising: a body having a duct for receiving a male element along a coupling axis (X-X′) of the coupling; at least one locking member including a locking portion for contacting the male element, a connecting portion, and a control portion connected to the locking portion via the connecting portion, the locking member extending generally along the axis (X-X′) and being movable with combined movement in pivoting (Y-Y′) and in translation along the axis (X-X′) between a locked position in which the locking portion retains the male element in the body ( 30 ) along the axis (X-X′), and an unlocked position in which the locking portion releases the male element so that it is movable within the duct; an annular element ( 37 ) for moving the at least one locking member ( 33 A, 33 B, 33 C) from the locked position to the unlocked position; and at least one resilient member for returning the at least one locking member to the locked position; the female element including longitudinally extending lateral guide means for guiding the connecting portion and the control portion during movement of the locking member, a surface of the locking portion that engages with the male element having a shape of a portion of a surface of revolution about the axis (X-X′), at least one of the control portion and the connection portion of the at least one locking member has a width in a circumferential direction (Y-Y′) of the control portion ( 332 ) and of the connecting portion which is less than a width of the locking portion of the at least one locking member.