公开(公告)号：US20170114935A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US15396974

申请日：2017-01-03

Applicant: Jiffy-Tite Co., Inc.

Inventor： James Anthony Kujawski, JR. ,  Bradley Chester Fremont ,  Kip Steveley

IPC: F16L37/088 ,  F16L21/08 ,  F02M35/10 ,  F16L37/138

CPC classification number: F16L37/088 ,  F02M35/10091 ,  F16L37/091 ,  F16L37/0915 ,  F16L37/1225 ,  F16L2201/10

Abstract: A disconnect tool for disconnecting an assurance cap mounted over a tubular member of a fluid connector assembly in a connector body to which the tubular member is locked by a retainer clip carried on the connector body. The disconnect tool includes an annular collar. A plurality of axial fingers extend from the collar and engage primary latch fingers of the assurance cap where end projections of the primary latch fingers are locked in a exterior groove on the connector body. Insertion of the disconnect tool through the assurance cap urges the ends of the fingers into engagement with the primary latch fingers of the assurance cap bending the primary fingers radially outward to separate the projections of the primary latch fingers from the groove on the connector body enabling the assurance cap to be separated from the connector body.