US 12,455,033 B2
Connector for hydraulic lines, multi-connector device for this connector and tool for mounting and/or dismounting the connector
Massimo Cardi, Pandino (IT); Mauro Rambaldini, Cemusco Sul Naviglio (IT); and Matteo Seghieri, Bergamo (IT)
Appl. No. 18/289,648
Filed by FASTER S.R.L., Rivolta d'Adda (IT)
PCT Filed May 6, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IB2022/054197
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/234529, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000011777 (IT), filed on May 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0255086 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. F16L 37/56 (2006.01); F16L 37/23 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 37/56 (2013.01) [F16L 37/23 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
at least one tubular body provided with at least one mouth suitable to be coupled with a complementary connector,
wherein the tubular body is also provided with a series of radial openings which partially house a plurality of spheres arranged along a circumference of the tubular body,
wherein the spheres cooperate with connection means to move in a radial direction of the tubular body between an extended position, in which they protrude towards an outside of the tubular body, and a retracted position, in which they protrude towards an inside of the tubular body,
wherein a thread is formed around the tubular body or around an element integral with the tubular body, wherein the thread is open from a side opposite the mouth of the connector, so that the connector can be screwed into a corresponding threaded seat in a direction facing a side opposite the mouth,
wherein said connection means comprise at least one ring arranged around the tubular body to cooperate with the spheres and be urged axially by at least one spring which acts between the ring and the tubular body,
wherein disconnection means are axially fastened to the ring and can rotate with respect to the ring around its longitudinal axis,
wherein said disconnection means comprise a pusher provided with an annular body joined to a radial protuberance, wherein the annular body is joined to the ring in a rotatable manner around the ring and
wherein the annular body is provided with at least one second protuberance arranged in at least one annular groove of the ring, or vice versa.