Patent ID: 8201853

Claim:
A female coupling element for releasably joining pipes, the female coupling element receiving a male element along a longitudinal axis of the female coupling element, the female coupling element comprising: a body; a locking ring secured in translation relative to the body and provided with at least one slot for receiving at least one radially projecting portion of the male element, and at least one locking notch for receiving the at least one radially projecting portion in a configuration in which the at least one radially projecting portion is locked axially along the longitudinal axis; a safety ring superposed, at least in part, on the locking ring; and wherein the safety ring includes at least one elastically deformable member that is radially deformable between a first configuration in which the at least one elastically deformable member prevents the at least one radially projecting portion of the male element from moving out of the locking notch, and a second configuration in which the at least one elastically deformable member allows the at least one radially projecting portion to move from the locking notch.