ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,832, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Methods of using compression collars for coupling a tube to a tube fitting" was invented by Ryan S. Beus (Providence, Utah), Brandon R. Burtenshaw (Logan, Utah), Eric Davis (Smithfield, Utah), Patrick L Draper (Smithfield, Utah), Michael E. Goodwin (Logan, Utah), Brandon M. Knudsen (Hyrum, Utah), Jeremy K. Larsen (Providence, Utah) and Kevin R. Pickup (Paradise, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for coupling a tube to a tube fitting includes radially outwardly expanding a tubular compression collar from a constricted state to an expanded s...