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Granted Patent B2
US 12,578,048 · App. 18/881,071 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Pipe joint

Inventors: Toru Ushizaka (Koga, JP); Akihiko Horie (Koga, JP); Kazuyuki Tsurumi (Koga, JP)
Assignee: SANOH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
F16L37/1225F16L2201/10
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Patent No.
US 12,578,048
App. No.
18/881,071
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pipe joint includes a housing, a retainer capable of moving from a releasing position to a locking position, a detection arm provided in the retainer, regulating pressing of the retainer by a regulating wall of the housing in a state in which the retainer is at the releasing position, and releasing the regulation by the regulating wall by bending to an outer side in a radial direction of the housing, a pipe lock arm provided on a rear side compared to the detection arm and facing a spool of the inserted pipe in a state in which the retainer is at the locking position, and a detection claw including an inclined surface provided on the detection arm so as to be inclined with respect to an insertion direction and converting a pressing force received from the spool into a force toward the outer side in the radial direction, and a parallel surface provided on the detection arm so as to be parallel to the insertion direction of the pipe on an inner side in a radial direction of the inclined surface, in which a thickness of a part of the inclined surface is from 20% to 90% of a thickness of the detection claw.

Claims (10)

1 . A pipe joint comprising:

a housing formed with an insertion hole into which a pipe including an annular spool is inserted;

a retainer attached to a storage opening provided at an outer circumferential wall of the housing and movable from a releasing position to a locking position by being pressed in;

a detection arm provided at the retainer, regulating pressing of the retainer by a regulating wall of the housing in a state in which the retainer is at the releasing position, and releasing the regulation by the regulating wall by bending toward an outer side in a radial direction of the housing;

a pipe lock arm provided on a rear side in an insertion direction of the pipe compared to the detection arm in the retainer and facing, in a state in which the retainer is at the locking position, the spool of the pipe inserted at a predetermined position in the housing, in the insertion hole and on the rear side in the insertion direction; and

a detection claw including an inclined surface provided at the detection arm so as to be inclined with respect to the insertion direction of the pipe into the housing and converting a pressing force received from the spool of the pipe inserted into the housing, into a force toward the outer side in the radial direction, and a parallel surface provided at the detection arm so as to be parallel to the insertion direction of the pipe on an inner side in a radial direction of the inclined surface and riding on the spool of the pipe in a state in which the detection arm is bent toward the outer side in the radial direction, wherein

a thickness of a part provided with the inclined surface in the insertion direction is from 20% to 90% of a thickness of the detection claw in the insertion direction.

2 . The pipe joint according to claim 1 , wherein an inclination angle of the inclined surface with respect to the radial direction of the housing is from 25 to 40 degrees.

3 . The pipe joint according to claim 1 , wherein the detection claw protrudes from the detection arm to the inner side in the radial direction and includes, on a rear side in a pressing direction toward the housing in a protruding part, a second inclined surface inclined toward the outer side in the radial direction on progression toward the rear side.

4 . The pipe joint according to claim 1 , further comprising a grip part provided at the retainer so as to be positioned on a rear side in a pressing direction of the retainer from the releasing position toward the locking position and protruding in a direction intersecting the pressing direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2025
From: USHIZAKA, TORU; HORIE, AKIHIKO; TSURUMI, KAZUYUKI
To: SANOH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070007/0367 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-110515 · Jul 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20260002620A1 · Jan 1, 2026
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