Quick disconnect assembly

摘要

A quick disconnect assembly 200 simply and quickly connects two components to one another with the high degree of accuracy while eliminating small, losable parts. The quick disconnect assembly includes a receiver 202 and a fork 206. The receiver is attached to a first fitting 204 on a first component 132. A fork end brace 205 extends out from the receiver to provide an attachment flange for the fork. The second component 137 has a second fitting 208 that is correspondingly shaped to mate against the first fitting and to house within the receiver. The fork is attached via a lanyard to the second fitting. The fork includes a securement knob 210 having threadings 207 that projects through the base of the fork. Rotation of the knob advances or retracts the threadings. The legs of the fork contain protrusions 212 and 214 are correspondingly shaped to mate with depressions 216 and 218 in the receiver. In order to connect the second component to the first component, the second fitting of the second component is inserted into the receiver and against the first fitting of the first component. The fork is then lowered over the receiver until the ends of the fork seat under the fork end brace. The fork is rotated about the end brace until the fork leg protrusions seat within the receiver depressions, and the fork is substantially flush against the receiver. The securement knob is then hand tightened, causing the threadings to secure into a correspondingly threaded aperture in the receiver to complete the installation.