ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,106, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GOODRICH Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Low clearance fluid coupling" was invented by Nathaniel Ching (Hartville, Ohio), Jin Hu (Cary, N.C.) and Casey M Slane (Tallmadge, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low clearance fluid coupling is provided. The low clearance fluid coupling includes a sleeve/fitting body; a tube, a ferrule, and an elastomeric O-ring seal. An end of the tube is configured to be inserted within an end of the sleeve/fitting body. The ferrule is configured to surround an outer circumference of the tube and is further configured to interface with the sleeve/fitting body. The ela...