Patent ID: 7661435

Claim:
A pump connector for a Presta valve, comprising a valve seal insert formed with a through hole; a pump connector valve seal having a first end formed with a hollow chamber, and a second end formed with an air passage, said first end having a diameter larger than said second end, and said hollow chamber receiving said valve seal insert and communicating with said air passage; a cap being a single component having a first end formed with a channel, and an opposite second end formed with a space for communicating with said channel, said space being divided into an upper section and a middle section, a first internal thread being formed on an inner wall of said channel, and a second internal thread being formed on an inner wall of said upper section, said middle section being immediately adjacent and between said upper section and said channel, and said middle section having a diameter smaller than that of said upper section but larger than that of said channel; and an end cap having a first end formed with an external thread and a second end formed with a through hole for passing said second end of said pump connector valve seal, said first end of said end cap having an inner diameter larger than said first end of said pump connector valve seal for accommodating said first end of said pump connector valve seal; wherein said through hole of said end cap has a diameter smaller than said first end of said pump connector valve seal, said external thread is screwed with said second internal thread to enclose said first end of said pump connector valve seal between said cap and said end cap with said first end of said end cap being tightly received in said upper section and said first end of said pump connector valve seal being tightly received in said middle section, and said first internal thread is for screwing to an external thread of said Presta valve so as to retain a shoulder section of said Presta valve inside said through hole of said valve seal insert and position a free end of said Presta valve inside said air passage of said pump connector valve seal.