Case Corporation

Gerard Restaino, Iii

Guy T Stoever

Jimmie Clifford

The hydraulic coupler is used for connecting a valve to a tool used with a vehicle having a hydraulic pump and fluid communication with the valve through hydraulic plumbing. The hydraulic coupler comprises a coupler body having a base portion, a neck portion and a connector portion. The coupler body is two connector chambers in the connector portion which arc in fluid communication with two apertures, which when the hydraulic coupler is mounted on the valve, are in fluid communication with the valve. A connector assembly, typically of the quick-connect type, is mounted in each connector chamber and is configured to receive hydraulic plumbing to connect the valve to the tool. One embodiment provides that the coupler body is narrower than the valve on which it is mounted. Another embodiment provides before the connector portion to be offset from the neck portion thereby allowing the hydraulic couplers to be mounted immediately adjacent to each other but rotate at a 180&deg; in relation to the other hydraulic coupler. Such arrangement forms a nested stack of hydraulic couplers mounted on the work vehicle at convenient locations on the vehicle.

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

Gerard Restaino, Iii