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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2002
Atsuo Miyajima, Inuyama, JP;
Akira Takayanagi, Nishikasugai-Gun, JP;
Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., Komaki, JP;
Abstract
A quick-action connector assembly including a male member, a female member, a latching indicator member substantially fitted within the female member, a first engaging device for permitting engagement of the indicator member and the male member and a second engaging device for substantially inhibiting rotation of the indicator member relative to the female member, prior to insertion of the male member into the female member, and for disengaging the indicator member and the female member from each other, to permit the rotation of the indicator member relative to the female member, on the basis of the movement of the indicator member with the male member, after an annular protrusion formed on the male member has been latched in engagement with a letching projecting of at least one elastically deformable latching arm provided on the female member as a result of the insertion of the male member into the female member.