QUICK CONNECTOR

摘要

A quick connector designed to advantageously attain compactness and reduction of the number of parts and making it possible to effectively realize improved productivity and reduced cost. The connector comprises, in a shaft receiving hole in a cylindrical first receiving portion (21) and at one end of a housing, an annular male element (6) formed by providing an annular projecting portion (9) on the outer peripheral surface of an insertion side end (8), and a female element having the male element (6) inserted therein and connected thereto, such female element comprising a first receiving portion (21) adapted to have the insertion side end (8) of the male element (6) inserted therein, and a second receiving portion coaxial with the first receiving portion (21 ) and adapted to have the front end (8a) of the male element (6) projected there into, the first receiving portion (21 ) being formed with a peripherally extending tongue portion (28) having a free end at its front, the male element (6) being connected and fixed when the annular projecting portion (9) of the inserted male element (6) is locked to an engaging projecting portion (30) formed on the inner surface of the free end of the tongue portion (28).