Universal threadless connection

1 . A connector, comprising:

a male connector end comprising a first cylindrical portion comprising a first diameter, a second cylindrical portion comprising a second diameter, the second diameter being smaller than the first diameter, and a male transition profile between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion;

wherein the male transition profile separately accommodates:

a first female end comprising a first female transition profile that is radially inward facing, the first female end comprising a first cylindrical opening that corresponds with the first diameter, an intermediate cylindrical portion, and a second cylindrical opening that corresponds with the second diameter and the first female transition profile is between the first cylindrical opening and the second cylindrical opening; or

a second female end comprising a second female transition profile that is radially inward facing, the second female end comprising a first cylindrical opening that corresponds with the first diameter and a second cylindrical opening that corresponds with the second diameter, the second cylindrical opening having a diameter smaller than the first cylindrical opening, and the second female transition profile is between the first cylindrical opening and the second cylindrical opening and is not the same as the first female transition profile;

wherein the male connector end is fluidly coupleable to either one of the first female end or the second female end;

wherein the male transition profile comprises a profile that is different from both the first female transition profile and the second female transition profile.

2 . The connector of claim 1 , further wherein the male transition profile comprises a frustum-shaped profile defined about a longitudinal axis.

3 . The connector of claim 2 , further wherein the first female transition profile comprises:

a first frustum-shaped section defined between the first cylindrical opening and the intermediate cylindrical portion at a first frustum angle relative to the longitudinal axis; and

a second frustum-shaped section defined between the intermediate cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical opening at a second frustum angle relative to the longitudinal axis;

wherein the frustum-shaped profile of the male transition profile has a male frustum angle that is approximately the same as the second frustum angle.

4 . The connector fluid adapter assembly of claim 3 , further wherein the second frustum angle is different from the first frustum angle.

5 . The connector of claim 3 , further wherein outer walls of the male transition profile are substantially parallel to inner walls of the second frustum-shaped section of the first female transition profile.

6 . The connector of claim 3 , further wherein walls of the male transition profile are not parallel to walls of the first frustum-shaped section of the first female transition profile.

7 . The connector of claim 2 , further wherein the second female transition profile comprises a single frustum-shaped section defined between the first cylindrical opening and the second cylindrical opening at a single frustum angle relative to the longitudinal axis;

wherein the frustum-shaped section of the male transition profile comprises a male frustum angle that is greater than the single frustum angle of the second female transition profile.

8 . The connector of claim 7 , further wherein the single frustum-shaped section of the second female transition profile extends axially along the longitudinal axis between a female starting point and a female ending point and the frustum-shaped profile of the male transition extends axially along the longitudinal axis between a male starting point and a male ending point, wherein none of the female starting point, the female ending point, the male starting point, or the male ending point are axially aligned along the longitudinal axis when the second female transition profile is coupled to the male connector end.

9 . The connector of claim 8 , further wherein the female starting point is spaced axially away from the male starting point along the longitudinal axis towards the second cylindrical opening by a gap.

10 . A connector, comprising:

a male connector end comprising a first cylindrical portion comprising a first diameter, a second cylindrical portion comprising a second diameter, the second diameter being smaller than the first diameter, and a male transition profile defined between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion, the male connector end separately accommodates both a first female end or a second female end;

wherein the first female end comprises a first female transition profile directed radially inward, the first female transition profile defined between a first cylindrical opening that corresponds with the first diameter and a second cylindrical opening that corresponds with the second diameter;

wherein the second female end comprises a second female transition profile directed radially inward that is different from the first female transition profile, the second female transition profile defined between a first cylindrical opening that corresponds with the first diameter and a second cylindrical opening that corresponds with the second diameter, the second cylindrical opening having a diameter smaller than the first cylindrical opening;

wherein the male transition profile is different from both the first female transition profile and the second female transition profile;

wherein the male transition profile is sized to be at least partially received in either the first female end or the second female end.

11 . The connector of claim 10 , further wherein the male transition profile is frustum-shaped.

12 . The connector of claim 11 , further wherein the male transition profile is angled relative to a longitudinal axis at a male profile angle, the male profile angle being about the same as a leading female profile angle of the first female transition profile.

13 . The connector of claim 11 , further wherein the male transition profile is angled relative to a longitudinal axis at a male profile angle, the male profile angle being greater than a female profile angle of the second female transition profile.

14 . The connector of claim 10 , further wherein, the male connector end fluidly couples the corresponding first or second female end to a through hole of the male connector end.

15 . A method of manufacturing a machine having at least one fluid connector, comprising:

providing a male fluid adapter assembly comprising a male connector end comprising a first cylindrical portion comprising a first diameter, a second cylindrical portion comprising a second diameter, the second diameter being smaller than the first diameter, and a male transition profile between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion;

selecting from a first female connector or a second female connector;

wherein the first female connector comprises a first female end comprising a first cylindrical opening that corresponds with the first diameter, an intermediate cylindrical portion, a second cylindrical opening that corresponds with the second diameter, and a first female transition profile between the first cylindrical opening and the second cylindrical opening and directed radially inward;

wherein the second female connector comprises a second female end comprising a first cylindrical opening that corresponds with the first diameter, a second cylindrical opening that corresponds with the second diameter, the second cylindrical opening having a diameter smaller than the first cylindrical opening, and a second female transition profile between the first cylindrical opening and the second cylindrical opening and directed radially inward;

fluidly coupling the selected female connector to the male connector end by inserting the male connector end into the selected female end until a locking member couples the male connector end to the female end;

wherein the male transition profile comprises a profile that separately accommodates the first female end or the second female end and is different from both the first female transition profile and the second female transition profile.

16 . The method of manufacturing a machine having at least one connector of claim 15 , further comprising removing the selected female end from the male connector end and inserting the male connector end into the other of the first female end or the second female end.

17 . The method of manufacturing a machine having at least one connector of claim 15 , further comprising providing a plurality of male fluid adapter assemblies and coupling at least one of the plurality of male fluid adapter assemblies to the first female connector and at least one of the plurality of male fluid adapter assemblies to the second female connector.