US 12,078,268 B2
Connector assembly
Piotr Kroczek, Dolnośla̧skie (PL); Agata Kurowska, Kowale (PL); and Dariusz Homa, Wrocław (PL)
Assigned to GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/826,721.
Claims priority of application No. 21461553 (EP), filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0397217 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F16L 21/00 (2006.01); F16L 21/08 (2006.01); F16L 41/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 21/002 (2013.01) [F16L 21/08 (2013.01); F16L 41/021 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fluid system comprising:
a valve arranged in a fluid flow path to regulate the flow of fluid therethrough;
a connector assembly that connects the valve connected to the fluid flow path, wherein the connector assembly includes:
a first connector part;
a second connector part;
wherein each of the first and second connector parts define a fluid flow passage therethrough configured to together define a fluid flow conduit when the first and second parts are connected together, and
an extension part mounted around one of the first and the second connector parts, the extension part arranged to move relative to the connector part around which the extension part is mounted to extend across an interface area between the first connector part and the second connector part and to bridge the first and second connector parts when the first and second connector parts are brought to meet each other to define the fluid conduit;
wherein the system is a water system having a water tank connected to the valve via one or more fluid lines.