Ti Group Automotive Systems Corporation

Ray Brauckmiller

Stephen Henry Gunderson

Jim Kerin

Stephen H Gunderson

A non-serviceable coupling includes a body with a tube receiving end bore and a hose receiving end bore. The tube includes a radial upset with a seal and spacer supported on the tube. The outer cylindrical surface of the tube is press fit into the reduced diameter bore at the tube receiving end to connect the coupling to the tube. The coupling body is crimped to the tube and to the hose to secure the hose and tube to the coupling. The tube is axially restrained between the crimp and an annular wall in contact with the tube end. In another embodiment, a second seal, outward of the upset is employed to prevent entry of contaminants.

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Clinton Township, MI, United States of America

Ray Brauckmiller