US Patent Issued to Martinrea International US on Jan. 27 for "Female ISO flare union with integrated mating brake ISO F flare port" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,158, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Martinrea International US Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Female ISO flare union with integrated mating brake ISO F flare port" was invented by Larry Harris (Otisville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brake union for providing a secure and leak free connection between first and second fluid carrying lines inserted into a female union body having a first and second open ends. Each of the fluid carrying lines exhibits an expanded, typically flared, end form which, upon inserting through the female body, seat against one another. A mating flare nut coaxially surrounds one of the fluid carryin...