PUSH-PULL CONNECTOR AND AIR SPRING COMBINATION

摘要

An air spring (1) having a flexible sleeve (6, 7, 8) is mounted between a pair of movable support components (2, 3) to maintain the components in a spaced relationship. The flexible sleeve has a hollow interior which forms an internal fluid chamber (9). A connector (10) is mounted in one of the sleeve and receives a tube (14) for controlling the flow of fluid into and out of the chamber. The connector has a main body (16) molded into the sleeve end and a collect member (32) telescopically rotatably mounted in a hollow interior (22) of the main body. The collect member has a plurality of flexible fingers (33) which grip the end of a tube when inserted and have one-way barbs (37) which grip to tube to prevent it from being pulled out once it is inserted within the connector. An elastomeric seal (30) is mounted within the body to provide a fluid seal between the tube and body interior.