Patent ID: 8042571

Claim:
A fluid coupler comprising: a main fluid housing being positionally fixed to and fluidly connected to a first hydraulic appliance; a main fluid passage circumscribed by the main fluid housing; a plug assembly comprising: a plug carrier configured to move within the main fluid passage; a transition ring rotatably connected to the plug carrier, the transition ring being threadably engaged to the main fluid housing; an adjuster connected to the transition ring, the adjuster being rotationally fixed to the ring, the adjuster configured to rotate the transition ring to engage more thread and to engage less thread and causing the plug carrier to move between the coupled position and the uncoupled position and the plug assembly being movable within the main fluid passage between a coupled position and a decoupled position; a remote fluid receiver positionally fixed to and fluidly connected to a second hydraulic appliance; the remote fluid receiver being engaged by the plug assembly in the coupled position; the plug assembly in the coupled position providing fluid communication between the main fluid housing and the remote fluid receiver; and the main fluid housing being wholly disengaged from the remote fluid receiver when the plug assembly is in the decoupled position.