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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2018
Tatsuno Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
TATSUNO CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a safety joint capable of preventing moment generated by swinging of a filling hose and surely separating the safety joint to a hydrogen filling apparatus side member and a vehicle side member when a tensile force more or equal to a predetermined value is applied to the filling hose. The safety jointaccording to the present invention includes a plug (: vehicle side member) with a cylindrical shape in which a passage (A: in-plug passage) is formed, a socket () in which a passage (A: in-socket passage) continuing to the passage (A) in the plug () is formed, and a shut off valve mounted on the passage (A: in-socket passage) in the socket (), the shut off valve opening when the plug () being inserted into the socket () and closing when the plug () being disconnected therefrom, wherein central axes of the passages of the plug and the socket do not form a straight line (but those are orthogonal with each other for instance), a filling hose () is connected to the plug (), and a hose guide (A) for limiting movement of the filling hose () at a position separated from the plug ().