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Granted Patent B2
US 10,781,955 · App. 15/911,961 · Granted Sep 22, 2020

Connector

Inventors: Stephan Buerli (Frenkendorf, CH); Thomas Knoernschild (Reinach, CH)
Assignee: Georg Fischer JRG AG
F16L37/133F16L33/225F16L37/086F16L37/138
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,781,955
App. No.
15/911,961
Granted
Sep 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Releasable connector for connecting to a supporting sleeve, preferably made from plastic, the connector serving to connect a functional element to a supporting sleeve, comprising an inner sleeve, the inner sleeve having a standard region for connecting to a supporting sleeve and a functional element for defining the further use, the inner sleeve being configured in one piece, and a sliding sleeve for clamping and opening the clamping of the inner sleeve on a supporting sleeve, the sliding sleeve being arranged on the outer circumference of the inner sleeve in the standard region, the sliding sleeve being arranged in an axially displaceable manner for clamping and opening the inner sleeve on a supporting sleeve.

Claims (14)

1. A releasable connector for connecting to a supporting sleeve comprising:

a plurality of interchangeable inner sleeves each comprising a tubular body region for receiving the supporting sleeve at one end thereof and a functional element at an opposite end thereof;

a sliding sleeve for clamping and opening the inner sleeve on the supporting sleeve, the sliding sleeve being arranged on the outer circumference of the tubular body region of the inner sleeve, the sliding sleeve being axially displaceable for clamping and opening the inner sleeve on the supporting sleeve;

wherein the functional element of a first inner sleeve of the plurality of inner sleeves comprises an end cap;

wherein the functional element of a second inner sleeve of the plurality of inner sleeves comprises of a support sleeve, and

wherein the functional element of a third inner sleeve of the plurality of inner sleeves comprises another tubular body region; and

wherein the inner sleeve is configured in one piece and each tubular body region is identical.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the tubular body region and the functional element adjoin one another axially.

3. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein latching fingers are arranged in the tubular body region along the circumference on an end side which faces away from the functional element.

4. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein the latching fingers are of elastic configuration, in order to make it possible to push them onto a supporting sleeve and to clamp them fixedly.

5. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein the latching fingers have a circumferentially running groove on the inner circumference.

6. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the inner sleeve has at least one latching hook.

7. The connector according to claim 6 , wherein the sliding sleeve has two openings which are arranged axially next to one another and serve to latch the latching hook and therefore to axially fix or position the sliding sleeve.

8. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein two latching hooks are arranged in the tubular body region of the inner sleeve.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2018
From: BUERLI, STEPHAN; KNOERNSCHILD, THOMAS
To: GEORG FISCHER JRG AG
Reel/Frame 045108/0401 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 17162486 · Mar 23, 2017 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180274705A1 · Sep 27, 2018