ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,079, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to FOSITEK Corp. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Pipe coupling structure for fluid transportation system" was invented by An-Szu Hsu (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chia-Meng Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe coupling structure for fluid includes a first and a second coupler connected end-to-end. The first coupler internally defines a shaft moving space having a diameter gradually increased axially inward from a through hole thereof, which is elastically closed by a first shaft supporting base. The second coupler internally defines a valve moving space for receiving a movable valve...