ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,179, issued on July 29, was assigned to FOSITEK Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Floating joint and retainer connection device with friction reduction structure" was invented by Yung-Chih Tseng (New Taipei, Taiwan), Hao-Yun Lee (New Taipei, Taiwan), Dai-Rong Li (New Taipei, Taiwan) and He-Yu Kang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating joint and retainer connection device includes a fixed retainer internally defines a receiving space; an adaptor joint having an end extending through the receiving space to an outer side of the fixed retainer and an axially limiting section formed near another end; a fixing element fi...