ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,883, issued on July 15, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Quick disconnect conveyance tubes" was invented by Andrew W. Harmon (Davenport, Iowa), Kyle D. Parks (Orion, Ill.) and Jesus Landinez (Moline, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid line connection for a manifold of a pneumatic distribution system for an agricultural air seeder. The fluid line connection has a male connector extending from the manifold and a plurality of threads on an exterior surface, a fitting connector configured to retain a primary tube thereon, the fitting connector defining a lip, and a locking ring having a plurality of threads and a rec...