ROTATABLE QUICK CONNECTOR

摘要

A quick connector (10) includes a housing assembly (26, 28) for receiving one end (18) of a conduit (12) with an enlarged annular flange (22) and a retainer (110) for locking the conduit in the housing assembly. The housing assembly includes first (26) and second (28) housings which are rotatably and non-axially displaceably interconnected. A rigid top hat (84) is fixedly mounted in the bore in the first housing to prevent axial displacement of the first and second housings. An annular recess in the top hat receives the flange on the conduit. The housings can also be incrementally indexable ribs on a stem of one housing fixedly and non-rotatingly engage an inner surface of a flexible conduit.