Fluid quick connect contamination cover
A contamination cover for a fluid quick connector having a retainer disposed in quick connect housing for releasably latching an endform inserted through an open end into a bore in the housing. The contamination cover is mountable on the housing and has a sealingly engagable width an exterior surface of the endform to sealingly engage the endform at the open end of the housing after the endform has been inserted into not the housing. The contamination cover includes a two part body formed of an inner soft durometer material layer and a second, outer, harder durometer material layer which is joined to the inner layer and which mounts the inner layer and the entire contamination cover on the fluid quick connect housing.
1 . A fluid quick connect comprising:
a housing having a first end and a bore extending from the first end:
a retainer mounted in the housing for releasably latching an endform inserted through the first end into the bore in the housing; and
contamination cover means, mountable on the housing, for sealingly engaging the endform inserted through the first end into the bore into the housing.
2 . The fluid quick connect of claim 1 further comprising:
an end flange at the first end; and
the contamination cover means mounted on the end flange.
3 . The fluid quick connect of claim 1 wherein the contamination cover means comprises:
a first softer durometer annular member having mounting means for mounting the first member on the housing, the first member having an endform sealing engagable portion; and
a second harder durometer member mountable on the first member for retaining the first member on the housing.
4 . The quick connect of claim 3 further comprising:
joining means for joining the first and second members.
5 . The quick connect of claim 4 wherein the joining means further comprises:
interlocking projections and slots formed on facing portions of the first and second members.
6 . The fluid quick connect of claim 3 wherein the first member comprises:
a sealing surface sealing engagable with the endform.
7 . The fluid quick connect of claim 6 wherein the first member comprises:
a radially inward lip, the sealing surface carried on the lip.
8 . A contamination cover mountable on a fluid quick connector housing for sealing engagement with an endform inserted through an open end of the housing, the contamination cover comprising:
a first softer durometer member having mounting means for mounting the first member on the end flange of the housing, the first member having an endform sealing engagable portion; and
a second harder durometer member mountable on the first member for retaining the first member on the housing.
9 . The contamination cover of claim 8 further comprising:
joining means for joining the first and second members.
10 . The contamination cover of claim 9 wherein the joining means further comprises:
interlocking projections and slots formed on facing portions of the first and second members.
11 . The contamination cover of claim 8 wherein:
the first member comprises a sealing surface sealing engagable with the endform.
12 . The contamination cover of claim 7 wherein:
a radially inward lip, the sealing surface carried on the lip.