Connector for pneumatic circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10969041-B2
Application number	US-201816197695-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2018
Priority date	Oct 1, 2018
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

A connector for a pneumatic circuit is provided. The connector includes a connector body in which an end portion of a tube is inserted and a sealing member disposed inside the connector body and maintaining sealing between the end portion of the tube and the connector body. An air vent aperture is formed through the connector body from an inner surface of the connector body to an outer surface of the connector body. When air that leaks from a gap between the connector body and the end portion of the tube inserted into the connector body flows into the air vent aperture and passes through the aperture, an edge tone alarm sound is generated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector for a pneumatic circuit, comprising:
a connector body in which an end portion of a tube is inserted;
a sealing member disposed inside the connector body and maintaining sealing between the end portion of the tube and the connector body; and
an air vent aperture bored through the connector body between an inner surface of the connector body and an outer surface of the connector body,
wherein when air that leaks from a gap between the connector body and the end portion of the tube inserted into the connector body flows into the air vent aperture and passes through the aperture, an edge tone alarm sound is generated, and
wherein the air vent aperture extends from the inner surface of the connector body to an upper end face of the connector body in an inclined direction.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the air vent aperture is formed between an inner circumferential surface defining a tube insert space that is an inside space of the connector body into which the end portion of the tube is inserted, the inner circumferential surface forms the inner surface of the connector body, and an end surface of an end portion of the connector body, the end surface forms the outer surface of the connector body.

3. The connector of claim 2 , further comprising:
a clamp installed by being inserted into the connector body and fixing the end portion of the tube inserted into the connector body,
wherein the clamp has a flange part at an end portion thereof, the flange part extending radially outward and being disposed outside the connector body, and
a surface of the flange part faces the end surface of the end portion of the connector body.

4. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the air vent aperture formed in the connector body is configured as a plurality of air vent apertures arranged at regular intervals along a circumferential direction of the connector body.

5. The connector of claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of air vent apertures has respective inlets and outlets.

6. The connector of claim 5 , wherein the inlets are arranged on the inner surface of the connector body at regular intervals along the circumferential direction of the connector body, and the outlets are arranged on the outer surface of the connector body at regular intervals along the circumferential direction of the connector.

7. The connector of claim 4 , wherein at least some sections of each of the plurality of air vent apertures from the inner surface of the connector body pass through the connector body in an inclined direction to form an edge portion on the connector body at a location proximate to an inlet of the air vent aperture.

8. The connector of claim 1 , wherein at least some sections of the air vent aperture from the inner surface of the connector body pass through the connector body in an inclined direction to form an edge portion on the connector body at a location proximate to an inlet of the air vent aperture.

9. The connector of claim 1 , further comprising:
a guide that guides the end portion of the tube inserted into the connector body; and
a clamp that fixes the end portion of the tube inserted into the connector body.

10. A connector for a pneumatic circuit, comprising:
a connector body in which an end portion of a tube is inserted;
a sealing member disposed inside the connector body and maintaining sealing between the end portion of the tube and the connector body;
an air vent aperture formed through the connector body from an inner surface of the connector body to an outer surface of the connector body;
a clamp installed by being inserted into the connector body and fixing the end portion of the tube inserted into the connector body;
wherein the clamp has a flange part at an end portion thereof, the flange part extending radially outward and being disposed outside the connector body; and
a surface of the flange part faces the end surface of the end portion of the connector body,
wherein when air that leaks from a gap between the connector body and the end portion of the tube inserted into the connector body flows into the air vent aperture and passes through the aperture, an edge tone alarm sound is generated, and
the air vent aperture is formed between an inner circumferential surface defining a tube insert space that is an inside space of the connector body into which the end portion of the tube is inserted, the inner circumferential surface forms the inner surface of the connector body, and an end surface of an end portion of the connector body, the end surface forms the outer surface of the connector body.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Kim Dae Su

Classifications

• G01M3/24

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• F16L2201/30

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• F16L37/122 Primary

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• F16L33/00

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• F16L47/12

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