Rotatable axially securing and pressure-resistant line connection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10788151-B2
Application number	US-201515328065-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2015
Priority date	Jul 24, 2014
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

A connection arrangement includes a first connection body and a second connection body for forming a pneumatic connection along a connection axis, and a sealing element configured to seal a sealing gap which surrounds the pneumatic connection and which has a longitudinal dimension which extends parallel to the connection axis. A pneumatic flow is able to travel through the first and second connection bodies along the connection axis. The first connection body has a through-hole having a cross section transverse to the connection axis. The second connection body is arranged at least partially in the through-hole. An at least partially circumferential first recess transverse to the connection axis is formed on an outer face of the first connection body extending parallel to the connection axis for receiving the sealing element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A connection arrangement comprising:
a first connection body and a second connection body for forming a pneumatic connection along a connection axis;
a sealing element configured to seal a sealing gap which surrounds the pneumatic connection and which has a longitudinal dimension which extends parallel to the connection axis,
wherein a pneumatic flow is able to travel through the first and second connection bodies along the connection axis,
wherein the second connection body has a through-hole having a cross section transverse to the connection axis,
wherein the first connection body is arranged at least partially in the through-hole;
wherein, on an outer face of the first connection body extending parallel to the connection axis, an at least partially circumferential first recess is formed, the at least partially circumferential first recess being configured to receive a portion of the sealing element;
wherein, on an inner face of the second connection body extending parallel to the connection axis, an at least partially circumferential second recess is formed, the at least partially circumferential second recess being configured to receive a portion of the sealing element;
wherein the first and second recesses at least partially oppose one another;
wherein the sealing element is arranged in at least a portion of a circumferential chamber for a latching connection of the first and second connection bodies,
wherein the circumferential chamber is formed by the first and second recesses,
wherein the first connection body is a suction pipe and the second connection body is a compressor of a vehicle.

2. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the through-hole narrows, along the connection axis, from an insertion diameter, which is larger than an external diameter of the sealing element in an inserted state, to a latching diameter, which is smaller than an external diameter of the sealing element in the inserted state.

3. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second connection bodies are configured to connect a pneumatic pressure source and a pneumatic pressure sink.

4. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the through-hole is formed as a circular through-hole bore.

5. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealing element is an O-ring.

6. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the inner face of the second connection body extending parallel to the connection axis curves, in a region of the narrowing diameter, towards the outer face of the first connection body.

7. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 6 , wherein a portion of a cross-section of the second connection body in the region of the narrowing diameter forms a circular arc having a radius.

8. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the inner face of the second connection body in the region of the through-hole has a barbed contour.

9. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first connection body is formed by a dome-like interior and a pneumatic connection end arranged laterally on an upper face of the dome-like interior.

10. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealing element is formed by a resilient or partially resilient material.

11. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealing element in a non-deformed state has a round cross-sectional surface.

12. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second recesses are formed as a first and a second circumferential groove.

13. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a first depth of the first recess in a direction transverse to the connection axis is larger than a second depth of the second recess in a direction transverse to the connection axis.

14. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a first longitudinal dimension parallel to the connection axis of the first recess and a second longitudinal dimension parallel to the connection axis of the second recess in each case is in the region of 2 to 4 mm.

15. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least partially circumferential first recess is a first groove,
wherein the at least partially circumferential second recess is a second groove,
wherein the first groove extends, in a direction perpendicular to the connection axis, into the first connection body from the outer face of the first connection body extending parallel to the connection axis,
wherein an extent of the first groove, in a direction parallel to the connection axis, is limited by a first plane perpendicular to the connection axis and a second plane perpendicular to the connection axis,
wherein the second groove extends, in a direction perpendicular to the connection axis, into the second connection body from the inner face of the second connection body extending parallel to the connection axis, and
wherein an extent of the second groove, in a direction parallel to the connection axis, is limited by the first plane and the second plane.

16. The connection arrangement as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the circumferential chamber and the sealing element arranged in the at least one portion of the circumferential chamber extend, in a direction parallel to the connection axis, from the first plane to the second plane.

17. A vehicle, comprising a connection arrangement as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Wabco Gmbh

Inventors

• Bredbeck Klaus
• Frank Dieter
• Vogelsang Frank

Classifications

• F16L27/0845

  forming an angle of 90 degrees · CPC title

• F16L21/035 Primary

  placed around the spigot end before connection ({F16L21/022,} F16L21/025 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16J15/062

  characterised by the geometry of the seat · CPC title

• F16J15/061 Primary

  with positioning means (F16J15/0831 takes precedence) · CPC title