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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1992
Thomas N Parimore, Jr, West Chester, OH (US);
Christopher R Koss, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A redundant locking fluid coupling has a first coupling element including a coupling nut and a second coupling element including an outer ring biased towards the sealing end, such as by a coil spring. The coupling nut and outer ring include circumferential ends that are engaged when the coupling nut is tightened on the second coupling element inner member. Rotation of the coupling nut in a loosening direction is prevented by ratcheting teeth, or, in an alternative embodiment, complimentary sawtooth teeth, in the circumferential surfaces of the coupling nut and outer ring. Loosening of the coupling nut may be accomplished by sides of a wrench engaging a wrench lead in chamfer forcing axial movement of the outer ring to disengage the ratcheting teeth, or in the alternative embodiment, loosening torque being sufficient to overcome the thread torque and the increased frictional force across the complementary sawtooth teeth.