US Patent Issued to AVTECHTYEE on July 29 for "Fitting collar and tube-fitting assemblies incorporating fitting collars" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,188, issued on July 29, was assigned to AVTECHTYEE INC. (Everett, Wash.).

"Fitting collar and tube-fitting assemblies incorporating fitting collars" was invented by Justin Edward Gill (Everett, Wash.), Daniel L. Moore (Edmonds, Wash.) and Glenn B. Newell (Marysville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for coupling a fitting to a tubing end includes pressing a collar over the outer surface of the tubing until the strain on the collar in the hoop direction is at a predetermined level, or pressing a collar with a predetermined axial load."

The patent was filed on March 1, 2024, under Application No. 18/593,616.

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