US 11,873,931 B2
Quick connector with verification and assembly check
Jai Viknesh Sankar Narayanan, Clinton Township, MI (US)
Assigned to A. Raymond et Cie, Grenoble (FR)
Appl. No. 18/031,930
Filed by A. RAYMOND ET CIE, Grenoble (FR)
PCT Filed Feb. 9, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/051174
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/172176, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/148,712, filed on Feb. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408012 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 37/098 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 37/0985 (2013.01) [F16L 2201/10 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A quick connector assembly comprising:
a connector body defining a fluid passage between a first end and a second end, the connector body including a collar proximate the first end;
an assembly check that is partially received within the first end of the connector body, the assembly check including a pull tab and a shielding portion, the shielding portion extending over at least a portion of the collar of the connector body; and
a verification indicia on an underside of the shielding portion or on an exterior surface of the collar beneath the shielding portion, wherein, upon insertion of a male connector within the first end of the connector body, the assembly check retracts from the connector body and can be manually removed via the pull tab, such that the verification indicia becomes viewable.