ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,932, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FOSITEK Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Floating joint and retainer connection device with pressure relief structure" was invented by Yung-Chih Tseng (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Hao-Yun Lee (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating joint and retainer connection device includes a hollow fixed retainer having a through hole; an adaptor joint including a buffering section located between an engaging section and a fitting section and having an axially limiting section formed thereon, and the fitting section projecting from the fixed retainer via the through hole; a fixing element fitted...