Patent ID: 8668230

Claim:
A hose connection system comprising: a body including an internal cavity and a port in fluid communication with a portion of the internal cavity; a hose end fitting positioned in the cavity, wherein the hose end fitting includes an inner tubular member configured to be stabbed into an end of a first hose and an outer tubular member concentrically disposed about the inner tubular member and configured to be disposed about the end of the first hose, wherein the outer tubular member includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced axial slits; a plurality of wedge members arranged circumferentially about the outer tubular member; an annular piston movably disposed within the internal cavity of the body; wherein an end of the piston has an inner frustoconical surface that slidingly engages the plurality of wedge members; wherein the piston is configured to move axially through the body and compress the wedge members and the outer tubular member radially inward to engage and lock in place the end of the first hose about the inner tubular member in response to hydraulic pressure in the port.