US 11,692,643 B1
Quick toolless connector assembly
Chao-Jung Chen, Taoyuan (TW); Yu-Nien Huang, Taoyuan (TW); and Huan-Shu Chien, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to QUANTA COMPUTER INC., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by Quanta Computer Inc., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/843,226.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/269,960, filed on Mar. 25, 2022.
Int. Cl. F16K 35/14 (2006.01); F16K 35/06 (2006.01); F16L 37/30 (2006.01); F16K 31/60 (2006.01)
CPC F16K 35/14 (2013.01) [F16K 35/06 (2013.01); F16L 37/30 (2013.01); F16K 31/602 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly comprising:
a first component including a first connector body, a first valve, a first handle, a first handle lock, and a first connector lock, the first handle being configured to open and close the first valve, the first handle lock having locked and unlocked positions, the first handle lock in the locked position preventing or inhibiting the first handle from being moved between open and closed positions, the first handle lock in the unlocked position enabling the first handle to be moved between the open position and the closed position; and
a second component including a second connector body, a second valve, a second handle, a second handle lock, and a second connector lock, the second handle being configured to open and close the second valve, the second handle lock having locked and unlocked positions, the second handle lock in the locked position preventing or inhibiting the second handle from being moved between open and closed positions, the second handle lock in the unlocked position enabling the second handle to be moved between the open position and the closed position,
wherein the first and second components are configured to be releasably assembled with each other,
wherein the first and second connector locks, when in their respective closed positions, assist in preventing or inhibiting the disassembling of the first and second components from each other,
wherein the first component further includes at least one plug connector, and the second component further includes at least one projection with an aperture formed therein, the at least one plug connector being configured to be inserted into the aperture formed in the at least one projection,
wherein the first component further includes a plurality of plug connectors, and the second component further includes a plurality of projections with each having an aperture formed therein, each one of the plurality of plug connectors being configured to be inserted into a respective one of the apertures formed in the plurality of projections,
wherein one of the plurality of plug connectors has an end having a notch therein, and one of the plurality of projections has an end having a notch therein, wherein the notch of one of the plurality of plug connectors is configured to receive an end of the second connector lock, and wherein the notch of one of the plurality of projections is configured to receive an end of the first connector lock.