ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,607, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Connection element for connecting lines for conducting a fluid" was invented by Radim Cech (Novy Jicin, Czech Republic), Jakub Kubricky (Novy Jicin, Czech Republic) and Eric Kesler (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection element for connecting lines for conducting a fluid, in particular of a fluid circuit of an air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, is based on the object of specifying a connection element which has high rigidity and low weight and which allows a fluid-tight connection with low production costs. This object is achieve...