US 12,241,576 B2
Female connector and connector assembly comprising same
Cong Cao, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/220,625.
Claims priority of application No. 202210818915.8 (CN), filed on Jul. 12, 2022; and application No. 202310783058.7 (CN), filed on Jun. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0019061 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. F16L 37/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 37/1225 (2013.01) [F16L 2201/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A female connector for receiving and being secured with a male connector, comprising:
a housing defining therein a channel extending in an axial direction and being provided with an opening and a guide strip arranged in the opening, each of the opening and the guide strip extending in the axial direction; and
an indicating slider being slidably connected to the housing and configured to be slidable via the guide strip in the axial direction;
wherein the indicating slider extends from the opening into the channel of the housing, and is configured to be capable of sliding under the push of a retaining flange of the male connector when the female connector receives the male connector through the channel and to reach an indicating position when the male connector is secured in place in the female connector.