Cooper-standard Automotive, Inc.

Tisiphone A Titus

Kenneth J Gocha

Stephen S Frederiksen

Brian James Cardwell

Arthur Janik

Jacob C Jensen

A quick connector assembly coupling a fluid tube to a receptacle body includes a socket portion and a wall bordering a socket opening. A pair of latch openings extend through the wall into the socket opening. A bracket installed on the wall includes a pair of spring latches that reach through a respective one of the pair of latch openings into the socket opening. A fluid tube having a raised upset is placed through the socket opening causing the upset to be captured by each spring latch. A verifier having fixing fingers and a pair of verifier arms is installed through respective recesses in the wall and into the socket opening that causes each verifier arm to travel along the upset to rest below a respective spring latch and the fixing fingers to capture the upset.

Quick connector with verifier

This disclosure pertains to a device for removing air from a coolant liquid of a coolant system. The device has a body with a swirl pot at one end and a manifold extending from the swirl pot to an opposed end of the body. The swirl pot has a fluid inlet for receiving coolant fluid of a first air concentration and a fluid outlet for discharging coolant fluid of a second concentration less than the first. The manifold has a first fluid pipe connected to a plurality of outlet pipes that extend transversely to the first fluid pipe and are spaced there along.

Combined deaerator and manifold for a coolant system of a vehicle

A quick connector includes a coupler fluidically connected by a passage to a first fluid tube. A retainer housing in axial alignment with the passage is installed on the coupler and a movable retainer is installed in the retainer housing in a first position. A second fluid tube having a raised bead formed proximate an end portion of the second fluid tube is permitted to be installed into the retainer housing cavity by the retainer when the retainer is in the first position. Moving the retainer to a second position latches the bead to the retainer housing retaining the second fluid tube to the quick connector.

Quick connector

A quick connector is disclosed comprising a receptacle having first and second channels formed on opposite sides of the exterior of the receptacle. A flange includes a retainer mounting part fixed on a first end of the flange. A first pair of clamping jaws extends from a second end of the flange with each clamping jaw of the first pair of clamping jaws accepted into a respective receptacle first and second channel, clasping the receptacle to the flange. The clamped bracket retainer and receptacle are then guided to have a tube inserted into an interior passage of the receptacle and the bracket retainer is attached to a rigid structure using a fastening arrangement that retains the quick connector receptacle and endform in a connected state.

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WARREN, MI, United States of America

Tisiphone A Titus