Global Patent Index - EP 4323683 A1

EP 4323683 A1 20240221 - FLUID LINE CONNECTOR AND ASSEMBLY WITH SECUREMENT DETECTION

Title (en)

FLUID LINE CONNECTOR AND ASSEMBLY WITH SECUREMENT DETECTION

Title (de)

FLUIDLEITUNGSVERBINDER UND ANORDNUNG MIT BEFESTIGUNGSERKENNUNG

Title (fr)

RACCORD ET ENSEMBLE DE CONDUITE DE FLUIDE AVEC DÉTECTION DE FIXATION

Publication

EP 4323683 A1 20240221 (EN)

Application

EP 22788756 A 20220412

Priority

  • US 202117227624 A 20210412
  • US 2022024380 W 20220412

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2022221253A1] A fluid line connector provides remote securement detection capabilities and is hence equipped for initial assembly, subsequent quality inspection, and subsequent service techniques that can be automated, robotic, and/or autonomous. The fluid line connector, in an embodiment, includes a body, a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag, and an actuator member. The body has a passage for fluid-flow therethrough. The RFID tag can communicate with an RFID interrogator and has a circuit with a break in the circuit. A portion or more, such as a surface, of the actuator member is composed of an electrically-conductive material. The electrically-conductive portion bridges the break when the actuator member is actuated.

IPC 8 full level

F16L 55/07 (2006.01); F16L 37/098 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR)

F16L 37/0985 (2013.01 - EP KR); F16L 55/07 (2013.01 - EP KR); G06K 19/0723 (2013.01 - KR); G08C 17/02 (2013.01 - KR); F16L 2201/10 (2013.01 - EP KR)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2022221253 A1 20221020; CN 117203462 A 20231208; EP 4323683 A1 20240221; JP 2024514583 A 20240402; KR 20230164174 A 20231201

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2022024380 W 20220412; CN 202280028105 A 20220412; EP 22788756 A 20220412; JP 2023562299 A 20220412; KR 20237037887 A 20220412