A female connector for releasable coupling with a male connector is
disclosed herein. The male connector defines a fluid conduit and includes
a male end adapted to be received within the female connector. The male
end includes a coupling feature. The female connector comprises an
opening, a collet finger, and an actuation element. The opening is
adapted to guide the male connector along a first line of action as the
male connector passes into the opening to be received within the female
connector. The collet finger includes an engagement feature adapted to
engage the coupling feature of the male end and displace along a second
line of action generally normal to the first line of action. The
actuation element is adapted to displace along a third line of action
generally normal to the first and second lines of action in order to
disengage the engagement feature from the coupling feature of the male
end. When the engagement feature is engaged with the coupling feature,
the fluid conduit of the male connector is held in fluid communication
with a fluid conduit of the female connector.