Quick connector of fuel transfer line

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10550981-B2
Application number	US-201615203657-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2016
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

A quick connector of a fuel transfer line is provided to implement fuel blocking function upon abnormal fastening to a fuel inflow/outflow nipple disposed in a fuel transfer line of a vehicle and prevents fuel leakage due to incomplete fastening to the fuel inflow/outflow nipple. The quick connector is fastened to a fuel inflow/outflow nipple of a fuel transfer line and includes a connector casing that has a rear end to which a fuel inflow/outflow nipple is inserted and fastened. Additionally, a bypass cylinder is inserted into a front end of the connector casing in a linearly movable manner by hydraulic pressure of fuel and forms a flow path for a selective flow of fuel depending on a location within the connector casing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A quick connector of a fuel transfer line, comprising:
a connector casing having a rear end to which a fuel inflow/outflow nipple of the fuel transfer line is inserted and fastened; and
a bypass cylinder inserted into a front end of the connector casing in a linearly movable manner by hydraulic pressure of fuel, and forming a flow path for a selective flow of fuel based on a location within the connector casing,
wherein the bypass cylinder is formed at a central portion thereof based on a flow direction of fuel with a partition wall configured to block fuel flow into the bypass cylinder, and first bypass apertures for fuel outflow from inside of a front end of the bypass cylinder and second bypass apertures for fuel inflow to inside of a rear end of the bypass cylinder are formed respectively on a front end outer peripheral surface and a rear end outer peripheral surface of the bypass cylinder based on the partition wall,
wherein the connector casing is disposed at a front end thereof with a bypass space portion that connects the first bypass apertures and the second bypass apertures at the exterior of the bypass cylinder to allow fuel to flow therebetween,
wherein the connector casing is formed with a flow path blocking portion disposed adjacent to a rear end of the bypass space portion, and the flow path blocking portion has an inner diameter that corresponds to an outer diameter of the bypass cylinder,
wherein a connector body, to which a plurality of retainers for fastening the fuel inflow/outflow nipple are joined, is installed in the rear end of the connector casing, and when the fuel inflow/outflow nipple is inserted normally into the rear end of the connector casing, a catching ledge formed protrusively on the outer peripheral surface of the fuel inflow/outflow nipple is caught and fastened to the retainer, the first and second bypass apertures are surrounded by the bypass space portion and opened,
wherein when the fuel inflow/outflow nipple is inserted abnormally into the rear end of the connector casing, the catching ledge is not caught and fastened to the retainer, at least second bypass apertures of the first and second bypass apertures are surrounded by the flow path blocking portion and closed, and
wherein the catching ledge is not caught and fastened to the retainer until the first and second bypass apertures are surrounded by the bypass space portion and opened.

2. The quick connector of claim 1 , wherein the connector casing includes a fuel inflow portion for fuel inflow adjacent to a front end of the bypass space portion, and the fuel inflow portion has an inner diameter that corresponds to an outer diameter of the bypass cylinder.

3. The quick connector of claim 1 , wherein the first bypass apertures are arranged to be spaced apart from each other on the front end outer peripheral surface of the bypass cylinder along a circumferential direction and the second bypass apertures are arranged to be spaced apart from each other on the rear end outer peripheral surface of the bypass cylinder along the circumferential direction.

4. The quick connector of claim 1 , wherein the connector casing includes an O-ring configured to prevent fuel leakage and the O-ring is installed at the front of the connector body.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Kyun Yeop

Classifications

• F16L37/0987

  the flexible hook being progressively compressed by axial tensile loads acting on the coupling · CPC title

• F16L37/0847

  by means of hooks (F16L37/096, F16L37/098 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16L37/084 Primary

  combined with automatic locking · CPC title

• F02M55/00

  Fuel-injection apparatus characterised by their fuel conduits or their venting means; {Arrangements of conduits between fuel tank and pump F02M37/00 (venting in general B01D19/00)} · CPC title

• B60K2015/03447

  for improving the sealing · CPC title