Hex Swaged Fluid Coupling and Method of Making Same

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14579107

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A fluid coupling including a cylindrical stem having a fluid conduit therethrough and a hollow shell provided over a first end of the stem. A tool engaging hexagonal shape on an outer surface of the shell is disposed radially outward from a swage joined portion of the shell to the stem. The tool engaging hexagonal shape includes six non-contiguous flats having rounded portions therebetween. The swage joined portion and the tool engaging hexagonal shape are located at the same axial location along a centerline of the hollow shell, and the swage joined portion has an axial length along the centerline corresponding to an axial length along the centerline corresponding to an axial length along the centerline of the tool engaging hexagonal shape.

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CATERPILLAR INCINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT 100 NE ADAMS STREET PEORIA IL 61629

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Menor, Eric Marinette, US 3 11

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