Patents Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha AOI
  • Patent number: 5551735
    Abstract: A tube fitting includes a tubular body, an annular clamping member, a tubular inner pipe, a releasing member, and a sealing ring. The clamping member is disposed axially movably in an axial bore of the body, and includes a claw and an outer peripheral portion. The claw has an inclined surface projecting in a centripetal direction as the inclined surface extends away from an opening of the body, and engages with an outer peripheral surface of a tube fitted into the axial bore via the opening. The outer peripheral portion contacts with a regulatory surface of the body, and is pressed in a centripetal direction thereby, and accordingly presses the claw onto the outer peripheral surface of the tube. The inner pipe is disposed in the tube coaxially with an inner peripheral surface of the tube at an end of the tube. The releasing member includes a tubular base and a leading end. The base is disposed axially movably in the axial bore on an outer side with respect to the regulatory surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1996
    Assignees: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha AOI
    Inventors: Akira Takayanagi, Toshihiro Kumagai, Kinji Hosoya