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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Nitto Kohki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazunori Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NITTO KOHKI CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 25/00 (2006.01); F16L 21/08 (2006.01); F16L 37/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 21/08 (2013.01); F16L 37/1205 (2013.01); F16L 2201/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A coupling member is provided that is readily separable from another coupling member even if frozen. A female coupling member has a coupling member fitting portion capable of receiving a male coupling member, a recess formed on an inner circumferential surface of the coupling member fitting portion and having an opening portion opening on the inner circumferential surface and a bottom portion, and a plurality of pliable members secured to the bottom portion and extending from the bottom portion to the opening portion so as to be capable of contacting an outer circumferential surface of the male coupling member.