ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,074, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CROMPTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD. (Solihull, Great Britain).
"Composite fluid transfer conduit" was invented by Ian Thomas Chase (Berkeley, Great Britain), Alexander Douglas Taylor (Southam, Great Britain) and Mathias Lucas Vahe Gabrielli (Banbury, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite fluid transfer conduit. The conduit includes a first end portion, a second end portion and a main body portion between the first and second end portions. At least one of the first and second end portions is an end portion comprising a circumferential groove in a radially outer surface of the fluid...