Patent ID: 7089645

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a high pressure quick connect comprising the steps of: forming a housing having a through bore extending from a first end; forming a conical surface in the housing adjacent to the first end of the housing, the conical surface defining an axially inner conical surface and an axially outer conical surface; and movably capturing a retainer on the axially outer conical surface of the housing so that the retainer is moveable along the axially outer conical surface from a first position by interference with an annular flange on an endform inserted through the first end of the housing to a second position on the conical surface by contact with the annular flange on the endform during insertion of the endform allowing passage of the annular flange past a leading edge of the retainer, the retainer moveable along the axially outer conical surface back to the first position after the annular flange on the endform has been inserted past the leading edge of the retainer to latch the endform in the housing.