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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2014
Ti Automotive (Fuldabrück) Gmbh, Fuldabrück, DE;
Iris Barthel, Schauenberg, DE;
Alexander Bol, Baunatal Guntershausen, DE;
Kay Bube, Schenklengsfeld, DE;
Hans Jensen, Dettingen unter Teck, DE;
Rick Pepe, Macomb, MI (US);
Albert (Seong-Hwa) Choo, Incheon, KR;
TI Automotive (Fuldabrück) GmbH, Fuldabrück, DE;
Abstract
A quick connector for making a releasable connection in a fluid line with a connector body, a male member, a retainer and a verification element. The connector body comprises a through bore, wherein the male member introduced into the through bore is releasably fixable in the through bore by the retainer. The retainer comprises a ring and the verification element has an annular body. The annular body of the verification element can be displaced in an axial direction with respect to the through bore from an initial open position to a verification position when the male member is secured by the retainer in the through bore to place the verification element in a verification and locked position. In one form, the retainer includes lifting arms pivotably attached within coupling openings which cooperate with the coupling projections of the verification element to permit axial translation of the verification element to the verification position when the male member is fully inserted into the through bore.