US 12,392,436 B2
Connector and method for connecting pipes for transporting fluids
Giovanni Silva, Carbonate (IT)
Assigned to R.P.E. S.R.L., Carbonate (IT)
Filed by R.P.E. S.R.L., Carbonate (IT)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/643,077.
Application 18/643,077 is a division of application No. 17/836,297, filed on Jun. 9, 2022, granted, now 12,018,784.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000015377 (IT), filed on Jun. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0280200 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. F16L 37/091 (2006.01); F16L 33/035 (2006.01); F16L 33/18 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 37/0915 (2016.05) [F16L 33/035 (2013.01); F16L 33/18 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector for connecting pipes for transporting fluids; the connector comprising:
a tubular casing, which extends around a main axis (A);
an end insert, which can be snap coupled to one end of the tubular casing and comprises an upper wall provided with at least one pin; and
a tubular sleeve, which is configured to be fitted around a respective fluid transport pipe and to cooperate with the end insert so as to be snap engaged/disengaged to the end insert by a force exerted on the tubular sleeve in a direction substantially parallel to the main axis (A);
the tubular sleeve comprising at one end a collar provided with at least one opening, which is shaped to receive the respective pin during a displacement of the tubular sleeve towards the end insert in a direction substantially parallel to the main axis (A);
wherein the end insert comprises an inner surface provided with an inner shoulder; the tubular sleeve comprising an engaging portion, which is configured to interfere with the inner shoulder so as to snap engage/disengage with the end insert.