ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,630, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to GVS S.P.A. (Zola Predosa, Italy).
"Three-way connector" was invented by Emanuele Bettini (Monte San Pietro, Italy) and Nicola Scagliarini (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A three-way connector (1) including a body (2) with a tubular central part (3) having a first (4) and a second (5) opposite ends, the first end being open and the second end being closed, an internal cavity (6) of the tubular central part (3) communicating with internal ducts (7, 8, 9) of connection portions (10, 11, 12) which project radially from said tubular central part (3), a first (10) and a second (11) int...