Patent ID: 7341286

Claim:
A fluid coupling comprising: a fluid use element including a bore extending from an open end, the bore having an inner surface; a carrier having a bore extending between first and second ends, at least one aperture formed in the carrier intersecting the bore; a retention ring mounted on the carrier, the retention ring having a central ring having a major plane, said central ring having at least one inward finger angularly extending out of the plane from an inner peripheral edge of the central ring and having a tip end extending through the aperture into the bore in the carrier, and at least one outward finger angularly extending out of the plane from an opposing outer peripheral edge of the central ring, said at least one outward finger having opposing faces; and a tip end extending outward from the carrier, the tip end of the outward finger engaging the inner surface of the bore in the fluid use element to fix the carrier to the fluid use element and said opposing faces are in surface to surface contact with a ramped transition surface in the bore and a complementary ramped transition surface on the exterior of the carrier; and the tip end of the inward finger on the retention ring engaging an endform to fix the endform to the carrier.