ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,476, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Interlinked AB (Sweden).
"Coupling device with coating" was invented by Robert Axelsson (Granna, Sweden), Katarina Hedbeck (Stockholm), Rebecca Bejhed (Uppsala, Sweden) and Christopher Blacker (Uppsala, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling device (100) for transferring a fluid is provided. The coupling device comprises a first housing (110), a tube (140) and a first sealing element (220). The coupling device further comprises a second housing (300) comprising a channel (310) and a second scaling element (320). At a first and second stage of a connection of the coupling device, the f...