US 12,281,738 B2
Quick connector with verifier
Stephen S. Frederiksen, Clarkston, MI (US); Kenneth J. Gocha, Flint, MI (US); and Tisiphone A. Titus, Warren, MI (US)
Assigned to Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., Northville, MI (US)
Filed by COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC, Northville, MI (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,374.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/234,243, filed on Aug. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055432 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 37/12 (2006.01); F16L 37/088 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 37/1225 (2013.01) [F16L 37/0885 (2019.08); F16L 2201/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A quick connector assembly comprising:
a receptacle body having a cavity extending through the receptacle body to a stem portion connected to a second fluid tube;
a sealing section located within the cavity;
a socket portion having a wall extending from the sealing section bordering a socket opening in alignment with the cavity and a pair of latch openings extending through a portion of the wall into the socket opening;
a sealing member having a receiver opening installed in the sealing section, the receiver opening in alignment with the socket opening and the stem portion;
a bracket installed on the wall including a pair of spring latches each spring latch extending through a respective one of the pair of the latch openings into the socket opening;
a verifier including a pair of verifier arms extending from either side of a push surface and fixing fingers extending from the push surface between the pair of verifier arms, wherein the fixing fingers and each verifier arm are installed through a recess in the wall into the socket opening; and
a first fluid tube having an insertion portion and a raised upset, the insertion portion placed through the socket opening into the receiver opening making a fluid connection to the second fluid tube and causing the upset to be captured by each spring latch and by the fixing fingers when each verifier arm extends into the socket cavity on either side of the upset.