ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,835, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Colder Products Co. (Roseville, Minn.).
"Fluid couplings" was invented by Samuel C. Buck (Saint Paul, Minn.) and Sascha A. Castriotta (Bloomington, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes fluid coupling devices for fluid handling systems. For example, this document describes male and female couplings that can be snapped together, and that are disconnectable by manually compressing an ovular collar of the female coupling. Some fluid coupling devices described herein are well suited for use in systems that provide liquid cooling for heat generating devices such as batteries, ...