US Patent Issued to Colder Products on Feb. 17 for "Fluid couplings" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,556, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Colder Products Co. (Roseville, Minn.).

"Fluid couplings" was invented by Timothy C. Benson (Andover, Minn.), Andrew M. Quick (St. Paul, Minn.) and Randall S. Williams (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluid coupling devices can be configured for use in fluid systems for purposes of providing a single-use, aseptic disconnection functionality that can substantially limit fluid spillage when being disconnected. In some embodiments, the coupling portions cannot be functionally reconnected to each other after being disconnected from each other. The coupling portions can be identical to ea...