ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,176, issued on June 10, was assigned to BROCHMAN INNOVATIONS LLC (White Bear Lake, Minn.).
"PEX tubing expander head" was invented by Todd Brochman (White Bear Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expansion toolhead configured to enable the expansion of multiple different sized diameters of cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) tubing with a single expansion toolhead. The expansion toolhead including a cap operably coupled to an expansion tool, and a plurality of jaws forming a 360 degree jaw section operably coupled to the cap, each of the plurality of jaws including an expansion tool interface portion forming a conical recess en...