ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,095, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, Texas).

"Fluid couplings with magnetic latch assembly" was invented by John Paul Franz (Tomball, Texas) and Harvey John Lunsman (Chippewa Falls, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pair of fluid couplings for liquid cooling electronic devices comprises a first fluid coupling and second fluid coupling. The first fluid coupling comprises a female coupling interface and the second fluid coupling comprises a male coupling interface to couple with the female coupling interface. Each of the fluid couplings comprises a magnetic latch assembly coupled...