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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Robert G. Ehrenberg, Torrance, CA (US);
Michael Sorensen, Ashland, OR (US);
NeTune Communications, Inc., Culver City, CA (US);
Abstract
A quick disconnect assembly simply and quickly connects two components to one another with the high degree of accuracy while eliminating small, losable parts. The quick disconnect assembly includes a receiver and a fork . The receiver is attached to a first fitting on a first component . A fork end brace extends out from the receiver to provide an attachment flange for the fork. The second component has a second fitting that is correspondingly shaped to mate against the first fitting and to house within the receiver. The fork is attached via a lanyard to the second fitting. The fork includes a securement knob having threadings that projects through the base of the fork. Rotation of the knob advances or retracts the threadings. The legs of the fork contain protrusions and are correspondingly shaped to mate with depressions and in the receiver. In order to connect the second component to the first component, the second fitting of the second component is inserted into the receiver and against the first fitting of the first component. The fork is then lowered over the receiver until the ends of the fork seat under the fork end brace. The fork is rotated about the end brace until the fork leg protrusions seat within the receiver depressions, and the fork is substantially flush against the receiver. The securement knob is then hand tightened, causing the threadings to secure into a correspondingly threaded aperture in the receiver to complete the installation.