ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,107, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to CARRIER Corp. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Quick disconnect adapter" was invented by Gustavo Torres (Bartlett, Tenn.), Amanda Welch (Southaven, Miss.), Zachary Wood (Germantown, Tenn.), Joshua Vickers (Bartlett, Tenn.), Larry Pugh (Rossville, Tenn.) and Xiao Chen (Arlington, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fitting assembly includes a fitting comprising a housing and a connector assembly arranged within the housing. The connector assembly comprising a hollow interior and configured to be movable between an unactuated position and an actuated position. In the actuated position, the connect...