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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2006
Brian L. Frost, Mt. Juliet, TN (US);
Jeffery G. Ricker, Old Hickory, TN (US);
Roger E. Deyoung, Franklin, TN (US);
Thomas A. Burdsall, Nashville, TN (US);
Brian L. Frost, Mt. Juliet, TN (US);
Jeffery G. Ricker, Old Hickory, TN (US);
Roger E. DeYoung, Franklin, TN (US);
Thomas A. Burdsall, Nashville, TN (US);
Campbell Hausfeld/Scott Fetzer Company, Harrison, OH (US);
Abstract
A socket of a fluid coupling device includes a housing with a cavity centered on an axis. A pawl, attached to the housing, is pivotable about a pivot location relative to the housing, and has a catch section located axially outward from the pivot location. A spring biases the catch section radially inward. A plug is configured to move axially into the cavity while sliding against the catch section to move the catch section radially outward, against bias of the spring, out of the way of the plug. After an axially-outwardly facing catch surface of the plug passes the catch section, the catch section can pivot radially inward and abut the plug catch surface to capture the plug in the socket.