Kongsberg Automotive A/s

Ka Group Ag

Henning Rud

Odvar William Lundby

Ali Khajehgani

Geir Liaklev

Kjell Villanger

Egil Pedersen

Kristoffer Dale

Jan E Sangro

Alf Greve Monsen

Tommy Rafteseth

Ole Edvard Bakken

Geir Kristoffersen

Sture Sörli

Tommy A Rafteseth

Jan Erik Sangro

A releasable port connection assembly comprises a female port member having a tubular passageway extending in an axial direction, a male connector having a tube connection end for connecting a tube to it, and a port connection end configured to be received and retained in the tubular passageway by a retaining pawl arrangement configured to engage an outwardly projecting locking shoulder on the port connection end of the male connector once the male connector has been inserted into the tubular passageway and its locking shoulder has passed the protrusion, characterized in that the protrusion is formed as a circumferentially extending inner rim of an elastically deformable split ring which is slidably received between sidewalls of a circumferential groove formed in an inner wall of the tubular passageway.

Releasable port connection assembly

A push-in tube connector port for connecting a tube to a pressurized fluid system is provided. The push-in port includes a central recess for receiving the tube, a sealing arrangement inside of the recess, a locking ring engaged within the recess, and a tube gripping ring having an inwardly directed gripping edge. The locking ring has a U-shaped cross-section. A number of circumferentially distributed slots subdivides an outer ring wall of the locking ring into a number of outer ring wall portions configured to be elastically deflected towards the center by the flange of an insertion end opening, when the annular double ring component is pressed into the recess, and to elastically flex back outwardly once the outer ring wall portions have passed the flange such that an upper edge of each of the outer ring wall portions engages an inner surface of the flange to secure the locking ring in the recess.

Push-in tube connector port

A tube connector for attachment to an end of a tube of a pressurized fluid system has a housing, a main sealing element, a gripping element and a cone element. The main sealing element is arranged for sealing an inner surface of the housing to an outer surface of a tube. The gripping element comprises a gripping edge for engaging with an outer surface of a tube. The cone element limits a movement of the grip-ping element. The tube connector further has an integrated release element. The release element has a tubular part, a top part and an environmental sealing. A release edge of the tubular part engages with the gripping element and the environmental sealing is adapted for sealing a receptacle formed in the housing of the environment.

Tube connector

A drain valve for a compressed air brake system of a vehicle comprises a valve housing defining a valve chamber open at one end and a drain aperture at the opposite end. A poppet has a poppet body at least partially received in the valve chamber and provided with a seal. The poppet is slidable between a closed position in which the poppet and the seal contact the inner wall of the valve housing around the drain aperture thereby closing the drain aperture, and an open position moved away from the drain aperture. A spring urges the poppet to the closed position. The poppet and the seal are incorporated in a single multi-component injection molded plastic part comprising at least two components. The poppet body is formed of a first plastic component and the seal is formed of a second plastic component partially embedded in the first plastic component.

Drain valve

A release clip for a tube connector is provided for use in a system with flowing fluid. The tube connector includes a housing with an opening through which the flowing fluid passes, and is arranged for secure and sealing connection with a tube which is inserted in the connector. In the housing there is mounted a circular gripper ring which grips the tube. The release clip has a tubular circular release body which is split along its longitudinal axis and includes an integral hinge, thus enabling it to be mounted around the tube that has to be released and the length of the release body in its longitudinal direction is at least equal to the distance extending from the housing's opening to the gripper ring.

Release clip

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Lillehammer, Norway

Henning Rud