Hose-line connector and line set

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10107430-B2
Application number	US-201414771985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2014
Priority date	Mar 11, 2013
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A hose-line connector, with a connection part having at least one elongated hose connection for slipping a hose line onto the hose connection. The hose connection has a sealing segment having a circumferential sealing surface at a free front end and a retaining segment axially adjacent thereto as a clamping region for the circumferential radial clamping of a hose line. On the outer circumference of the retaining segment, the retaining segment has a radially protruding rib structure, which includes at least one circumferential rib in the form of an annular ridge and at least two longitudinal rib distributed about the circumference and extending axially or at an angle to the axial direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hose-line connector for a hose line, the connector comprising:
a connection part having at least one elongated hose connection for slipping the hose line onto the at least one hose connection, wherein the hose connection has a sealing segment having a circumferential sealing surface at a free front end and a retaining segment axially adjacent thereto as a clamping region for the circumferential radial clamping of a hose line that is slipped on an outer cylindrical circumference of the retaining segment, there is a radially protruding rib structure which has at least one annular circumferential rib with a straight cylindrical outer surface and at least two longitudinal ribs distributed about the circumference and extending axially, the sealing portion merging into the retaining portion via a radial step that reduces in diameter the hose connection, the connection part with the hose connection being formed as an integral plastics molding, the sealing portion being formed as far as the radial step at a transition to the retaining portion with axial de-molding and as a result having a circumferentially smooth surface free of molding burrs, and a remaining region of the hose connection being formed with radial de-molding and as a result having axially extending molding burrs, and wherein the circumferential and longitudinal ribs have an identical outside diameter, and wherein chambered recesses are formed by the rib structure in each case between the circumferential and longitudinal, and the chambered recesses extending down to the cylindrical circumference of the retaining segment, and the molding burrs extending axially over the rib structure.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the rib structure comprises at least two longitudinal ribs distributed uniformly across the circumference.

3. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the rib structure comprises at least two axially spaced, circumferential ribs wherein the longitudinal ribs are each arranged between two adjacent circumferential ribs.

4. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein at least one supplemental rib extending in the circumferential direction in the shape of an annular web is arranged between each two adjacent circumferential ribs, in particular centrally between the circumferential ribs.

5. The connector according to claim 4 , wherein the circumferential ribs have an outer diameter (D 2 ) which at least approximately corresponds to the outer diameter (D 1 ) of the sealing surface of the sealing segment.

6. The connector according to claim 5 , wherein the longitudinal ribs together with their outer edges define an outer diameter (D 3 ) which is less than or equal to the outer diameter (D 2 ) of the circumferential ribs.

7. The connector according to claim 6 , wherein the supplemental ribs have an outer diameter (D 4 ) which is less than or equal to the outer diameter (D 3 ) of the longitudinal ribs.

8. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the rib structure features a circumferential rib arranged in a middle axial region of the longitudinal ribs.

9. The connector according to claim 8 , wherein the longitudinal ribs with their outer edges jointly define an outer diameter (D 3 ) which is equal to the outer diameter (D 2 ) of the circumferential rib, wherein the outer diameter (D 2 ) of the circumferential rib preferably at least approximately corresponds to the outer diameter (D 1 ) of the sealing surface of the sealing segment.

10. The connector according to claim 9 , wherein the rib structure extends beyond an axial longitudinal region which is designed in conformance to the axial width of a hose clamp to be used for clamping of a slipped-on hose line such that the rib structure braces the hose clamp against tipping relative to the connection longitudinal axis.

11. The connector according to claim 10 , wherein the sealing surface of the sealing segment, known as a sealing lens, is designed such that the longitudinal cross-section thereof has a bulged convex surface contour.

12. The connector according to claim 11 , wherein the sealing surface of the sealing segment comprises a cylindrical surface segment.

13. The connector according to claim 12 , wherein the sealing segment passes over a radial, diameter-reducing stage into the retaining segment.

14. The connector according to claim 13 , wherein the sealing segment displays a conical, slanting insertion surface on its free end.

15. The connector according to claim 14 , wherein the hose connection, in the region opposite its free end and adjoining the retaining segment, comprises a contact element to limit the slip-on of the slip-on hose line.

16. The connector according to claim 15 , wherein the connection part with the hose connection is formed as a one-piece cast plastic article of fiber-reinforced polyamide, and wherein the molding burrs proceed axially across two diametrically opposing, axial longitudinal ribs of the rib structure.

17. The line set comprising a hose line and one or two hose line connectors according to claim 1 , wherein hose-line connector is inserted by its hose connector into one line end of the hose line, wherein the hose line is radially clamped by a hose clamp around the circumference in the region of the retaining segment and of the rib structure of each hose connector.

18. The line set according to claim 17 , wherein each hose clamp is designed as an ear clamp or as a squeeze casing.

19. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein the rib structure comprises four longitudinal ribs distributed uniformly across the circumference.

20. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal ribs extend obliquely to the axial direction over a least a portion of a length of the longitudinal ribs.

21. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the rib structure includes only a single circumferential rib.

22. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the rib structure includes at least two axially spaced-apart circumferential ribs having identical outside diameters.

23. The connector according to claim 22 , wherein the longitudinal ribs are arranged between in each case two adjacent circumferential ribs.

24. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal ribs adjoin the at least one circumferential rib.

25. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal ribs extend away from the circumferential rib in each case in part on both sides of the at least one circumferential rib.

26. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the longitudinal ribs have a straight cylindrical outer surface.

Assignees

• Voss Automotive Gmbh

Inventors

• Birkholz Thomas
• Plietsch Reinhard

Classifications

• F16L33/025 Primary

  tightened by deforming radially extending loops or folds · CPC title

• F16L33/2071

  the sleeve being a separate connecting member · CPC title