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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stanlee W Meisinger, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Daniel J Cornish, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
FasTest, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285312 ; 285232 ; 285346 ;
Abstract
A fluid connector (40) for gripping and sealing on an external surface of a fluid conductor (61). The fluid connector (40) includes a seal (62) which is forced into a bore (70) of a piston (66) having a smaller diameter than the seal, so that the seal (62) is radially squeezed to seal the external surface of the fluid conductor (61). A collet assembly (50) of the fluid connector (61) is forced to reduce the diameter to grip the external surface of the fluid conductor (61). A spring (68) which is disposed in the piston (66) compensates seal preload mechanism for variations in fluid conductor size.