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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2003
Tony Riviezzo, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Moeller Marine Products, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Abstract
A sealed connector assembly ( ) includes an insert ( ) having an inner bore ( ). A rotatable fitting ( ) is supported in the inner bore ( ). The rotatable fitting ( ) has a fluid passageway ( ) extending there through. The rotatable fitting ( ) has a second passage ( ) that extends transversely to the fluid passageway ( ) to define an elbow. When the rotatable fitting ( ) is inserted into the inner bore ( ), a retaining ring ( ) on the rotatable fitting ( ) snaps into an inner locking groove ( ) in an upper threaded portion ( ) of the insert ( ) and allows the rotatable fitting ( ) to rotate in the insert ( ). The retaining ring ( ) abuts a lost motion device ( ) and is compressed radially inward when the rotatable fitting ( ) is moved axially inward. During any rotation or axial movement of the rotatable fitting ( ) relative to the insert ( ), a seal ( ) remains in sealing engagement with the inner bore ( ) of the insert ( ).