ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,033, issued on Oct. 28.

"Connector for hydraulic lines, multi-connector device for this connector and tool for mounting and/or dismounting the connector" was invented by Massimo Cardi (Pandino, Italy), Mauro Rambaldini (Cemusco Sul Naviglio, Italy) and Matteo Seghieri (Bergamo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Connector comprising at least one tubular body provided with at least one mouth suitable to be coupled with a complementary connector, wherein the tubular body is also provided with a series of radial openings which partially house a plurality of spheres arranged along a circumference of the tubular body, wherein the sphe...