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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Gopichand Kalahasthy, Clinton Township, MI (US);
James R Zinke, II, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Bundy Corporation, Warren, MI (US);
Abstract
A quick connector coupling for a fluid line includes a hollow female connector body which receives a tubular male member with a raised annular upset. A retainer is demountably coupled to the connector body. The retainer includes two spaced beams which extend through slots in the connector body from a cross member postioned outside of the connector body. The beams are positioned between the upset and an end of the connector body, and have a relaxed spacing less than the upset diameter such that the male member is secured in the connector body. A release protrusion projects from each retainer beam between the cross member and the connector body. The release protrusions have cam surfaces cooperable with an external surface of the connector body to spread the retainer beams apart when the cross member is pressed toward the connector body.