Hose assembly with routing bracket

Claim 2

A hose assembly including a hose fitting having a first end including means to be inserted into and crimped to an end of a flexible hose, a second end having at least one orientation mounting surface thereon and an intermediate portion with at least one guide surface means thereon in a predetermined angular relationship to said mounting surface, a flexible hose connected at one end to said first end of said hose fitting and, a rigid pre-bent hose routing bracket having one end aligned by said guide surface means relative to said orientation mounting surface and secured to said hose fitting at said intermediate portion and having its opposite end secured to said flexible hose, said flexible hose being retained bent adjacent to said end of said hose secured to said fitting by said hose routing bracket.

Claim 3

A hose assembly according to claim 1 wherein said guide surface means of said hose fitting includes two parallel guide flats on opposite sides of said intermediate portion and wherein said hose routing bracket includes a central web portion having one end portion thereof bent relative to the other end portion thereof, a set of fingers at one end and integral with the web fixed to and aligned by said parallel guide flaTs on said intermediate portion of said hose fitting and another set of fingers at the opposite end of said web integral therewith encircling said hose and crimped thereto.

Claim 4

A hose assembly including a hose fitting having at one end thereof a block portion with parallel opposed mounting surfaces thereon and a through bore extending between said surfaces and at its opposite end a sleeve with a shank portion therebetween, said shank portion having an aperture therethrough to said bore, an eyelet coaxially disposed with respect to said sleeve and having a passage therethrough in communication with said aperture, said shank portion having at least one guide surface means on the exterior thereof in a predetermined position relative to said mounting surfaces, a flexible hose having one end encircling said eyelet and compressibly encircled by said sleeve and, a rigid hose routing bracket pre-bent intermediate its ends and having one end aligned by said guide surface means and secured to said shank portion and having its opposite end secured to said flexible hose, said hose being bent to conform to the bend in said hose routing bracket.

Claim 5

A hose assembly including a hose fitting having at one end thereof a block portion with parallel opposed mounting surfaces thereon and a through bore extending between said surfaces and at its opposite end a sleeve with a shank portion therebetween, said shank portion having an aperture therethrough to said bore, an eyelet coaxially disposed with respect to said sleeve and having a passage therethrough in communication with said aperture, said shank portion having at least one guide surface means on the exterior thereof in a predetermined position relative to said mounting surfaces, a flexible hose having one end encircling said eyelet and compressibly encircled by said sleeve and, a rigid hose routing bracket pre-bent intermediate its ends and having one end aligned by said guide surface means and secured to said shank portion and having its opposite end secured to said flexible hose, said hose being bent to conform to the bend in said hose routing bracket.

Claim 6

A hose assembly according to claim 3 wherein said hose routing bracket includes a pre-bent web portion, a set of fingers at one end integral with the web portion fixed to and aligned by said guide surface means on said shank portion and a second set of fingers at the opposite end of said web integral therewith crimped into encircling engagement with said hose.