Parker-Hannifin Corporation

General Electric Company

General Electric Technology Gmbh

Le Yu

Nathan Lynn Green

Jason Dennis Patch

Hiralal V Patel

Dieter Ehrke

Luis Moreiras

Andreas Udhöfer

Andreas Weil

Phillip A Landis

Kenneth Paul Girod

Theodore Thomas Amling

Scott A Vinson

Andreas Udhofer

Kenneth P Girod

Robert Phillips

Jesse Ellis Barton

James David Gibson

Michael F Dolan, Jr

Luis Armando Sanchez Del Valle

Brian Kenneth Bassett

Diane M Artman

Peter Koppenhoefer

Burleigh George Bailey

John M Holzheimer

Jose Pagan

George C Reichert, Iv

Robert Scott Phillips

Jr Michael F Dolan

An example fluid connection system includes: a fitting comprising one or more ears protruding radially outward; a coupling nut comprising at least one helical groove and one or more channels, wherein the one or more channels are configured to allow the one or more ears of the fitting to pass therethrough and reach the at least one helical groove as the coupling nut is slid axially relative to the fitting to mount the coupling nut to the fitting, and wherein the one or more ears are configured to rotationally traverse the at least one helical groove when rotating the coupling nut relative to the fitting, thereby pulling the coupling nut and the fitting toward each other; and an anti-rotation element configured to rotationally couple the fitting to the coupling nut when the coupling nut reaches a predetermined rotational position relative to the fitting.

Fluid connection systems

A threaded coupling for ensuring a complete connection between fluid conduits includes a body portion of a fluid conduit, an axially forward sealing surface, a thread, and an interference member. The interference member is disposed on the body portion and is engageable with a portion of another fluid conduit to apply a load on the interference member when the fluid conduits are threadably connected together. The interference member is configured to prevent a complete sealing engagement between the fluid conduits when the load on the interference member is less than a predefined amount, and is configured to allow the complete sealing engagement between the fluid conduits when the load on the interference member meets or exceeds the predetermined amount.

Threaded coupling with under-torque prevention

A hose connection system for connecting a hose to a gas turbine engine. The hose connection system may include a connection fitting and a connection tool. The connection fitting may include a first member to be attached to the gas turbine engine, a mating component to be attached to the hose, and a splined second member to be torqued onto the first member. The connection tool may include a drive wheel with a number of drive wheel splines such that the drive wheel splines torque the splined second member onto the first member.

Hose connection system

A bulkhead fitting has a partially assembled configuration and a fully assembled configuration on a bulkhead. The bulkhead includes an interior surface that define a hole. The bulkhead fitting includes a fitting body having a head portion and a shank portion. The shank portion includes a threaded portion, a relief portion, and a locking portion. The locking portion includes a tapered locking surface and a cylindrical locking surface. The locking surfaces prevent rotation of the fitting body and retain the fitting body in the interior surface when the fitting is in its fully assembled position and during assembly.

Retention and anti-rotation for bulkhead fittings

An adaptor for converting to a push-to-connect tube fitting/port a standard tube fitting/port body having a threaded portion for threaded attachment of a nut/plug, comprises a coupling nut/plug having an axially inner threaded end portion for threaded attachment to the threaded portion of the fitting/port body; a tube sealing member contained within the nut/plug for sealing to a tube having a locking surface spaced from the end of the tube; and a retention device retained in the nut/plug, which nut/plug has at an axially outer end thereof a central opening through which the tube can be inserted into the coupling nut/plug, whereby the locking surface can be engaged by the retention device to prevent axial withdrawal of the tube from the coupling nut/plug once inserted; wherein sealing and retention of the tube is effected within the confines of the coupling nut/plug and separate from and without requiring modification of the standard tube fitting/port body.

Adaptor and method for converting standard tube fitting/port to push-to-connect tube fitting/port

An adaptor () for converting to a push-to-connect tube fitting/port a standard tube fitting/port body () having a threaded portion () for threaded attachment of a nut/plug (), comprises a coupling nut/plug () having an axially inner threaded end portion for threaded attachment to the threaded portion () of the fitting/port body (); a tube sealing member () contained within the nut/plug () for sealing to a tube () having a locking surface () spaced from the end of the tube (); and a retention device () retained in the nut/plug (), which nut/plug () has at an axially outer end thereof a central opening through which the tube () can be inserted into the coupling nut/plug (), whereby the locking surface () can be engaged by the retention device () to prevent axial withdrawal of the tube () from the coupling nut/plug () once inserted; wherein sealing and retention of the tube () is effected within the confines of the coupling nut/plug () and separate from and without requiring modification of the standard tube fitting/port body ().

A fluid fitting assembly (), suitable for use in extreme working temperature conditions, can comprise a receiving member () with an inexpensive port design (e.g., SAE J1926 and/or ISO 6149), a standard fitting member (), and a metal seal member (). The seal member () comprises a ring portion () and a shoulder portion () extending radially from a head-adjacent region of the ring portion (). The outer radial surface of the ring portion () seats against the chamfer section () of the receiving member () and the head-adjacent axial surface of the shoulder portion () seats against the undercut section () of the fitting member ().

Fluid fitting assembly

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