ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,067, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NITTO KOHKI Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Piping member" was invented by Akihiro Wada (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handle mechanism of a piping member includes an inner member turnably attached to a pipe body and connected to a valve member in a fluid passage of the pipe body, an outer member turnably disposed outside the pipe body, and a coupling pin coupling together a first coupling end portion of the inner member and a second coupling end portion of the outer member in the direction of turning. The pipe body has a support surface located around the second coupling end portion. When a force ...