US 12,234,938 B2
Female connector and connector assembly
Chao Zhang, Jiangsu (CN); and Bo Zhao, Jiangsu (CN)
Assigned to A. RAYMOND ET CIE, Grenoble (FR)
Appl. No. 18/270,553
Filed by A. Raymond et Cie, Grenoble (FR)
PCT Filed Jul. 6, 2022, PCT No. PCT/CN2022/104028
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/280188, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 12, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202110761326.6 (CN), filed on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0077160 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. F16L 37/34 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 37/34 (2013.01) [Y10T 137/87965 (2015.04)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A female connector comprising:
a housing defining a first axial direction and having an opening at a first end of the housing for insertion of a male connector, an outer periphery of the housing being provided with a first limiting member;
a valve assembly arranged in the housing;
a base defining a receiving passage extending along the first axial direction, the housing being partially received in the receiving passage;
a bushing sleeved outside the housing and arranged in the receiving passage, the bushing being elastically deformable; and
a mounting member fixed to an axial end of the base,
wherein the first limiting member is confined in the first axial direction between the axial end and the mounting member, and a movement space for the first limiting member to move therein is defined between the axial end and the mounting member.