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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2020
Swagelok Company, Solon, OH (US);
Peter C. Williams, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Douglas J. McClure, Mentor, OH (US);
Cal R. Brown, Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Ronald P. Campbell, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Douglas S. Welch, Chesterland, OH (US);
Michael D. Bestic, Sagamore Hills, OH (US);
SWAGELOK COMPANY, Solon, OH (US);
Abstract
A push to connect fitting includes first and second fitting components, a sealing arrangement, a gripping arrangement, and a colleting ring. The first fitting component has an outboard end that is adapted to receive a conduit end. The second fitting component is joined to the first fitting component to define an interior cavity. The sealing arrangement, disposed in the interior cavity, seals one of the first and second fitting components with an outer surface of a conduit end when the conduit end is inserted into the outboard end of the first fitting component. The gripping arrangement is disposed in the interior cavity, and the colleting ring is disposed in the interior cavity and has an inboard end surface engaging an outboard end surface of the gripping arrangement.