Patents Assigned to Woods Equipment Company, Delaware corporation
  • Publication number: 20010035217
    Abstract: A fluid line connector assembly includes a first part defining a fluid channel; and a second part including an outer body and a member mounted for adjusting movement relative to the outer body in a direction normal to an axis of engagement in response to relative motion of the first part and the second part when the first part and the second part are connected, the member defining a fluid channel within the body. The first and second parts together define the axis of engagement along which the first and second parts are releasably connectable, the fluid channel of the first part being adapted to connect to the fluid channel of the second part, and, when the first and second parts are connected, the fluid channel of the second part remains in fluid flow connection with the fluid channel of the first part during adjusting movement of the member relative to the outer body of the second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Applicant: Woods Equipment Company, Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Lee A. Horton, Arthur A. Erickson
  • Publication number: 20010004904
    Abstract: A non-spill, multi-line fluid connector includes a first part and a second part adapted to be removably connected to the first part. Each of the first part and the second part includes a plurality of fluid channels that each connect to a corresponding fluid channel of the other part without fluid spillage. The fluid channels in each part can be arranged concentrically, which enables the parts to be rotated relative to each other while maintaining the fluid connections. One part can be incorporated into a latch pin of a tool coupler, and the other part can be incorporated into a latch bracket attached to a hydraulically operated tool, wherein the latch bracket receives the latch pin to lock the tool to the tool coupler and to establish one or more hydraulic connections to the hydraulic tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Applicant: WOODS EQUIPMENT COMPANY, A DELAWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: LEE A. HORTON, ARTHUR A. ERICKSON