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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Yoshihiro Fukano, Moriya, JP;
Tadashi Uchino, Moriya, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshihiro Fukano, Moriya, JP;
Tadashi Uchino, Moriya, JP;
Assignee:
SMC Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tube joint comprises a nut member which connects a tube to a joint body, collet sections which fasten the tube by fastening pawls for being pressed radially inwardly by a pressing section of the nut member to bite into an outer circumferential surface of a diametrally expanded section of the tube, and an annular projection which abuts against an annular step of the joint body and which regulates a screwing amount of the nut member on the joint body.