ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,362, issued on July 8, was assigned to JIN DAI AUTO SUPPLIES Co. LTD. (Lukang Township, Taiwan).

"Bi-directional inflating tool" was invented by Yen-Chang Huang (Lukang Township, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bi-directional inflating tool includes a handle assembly having an inner tube, an outer tube movably sleeved onto the inner tube and a sleeve pushing and pulling member with a sleeve pushing portion and a sleeve pulling portion, an adapter assembly connected to the inner tube, two nozzle connectors connected to the adapter assembly, two moving control sleeves sleeved onto the nozzle connectors respectively and each havi...