ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,781, issued on May 20, was assigned to Norma Germany GmbH (Maintal, Germany).

"Connector and connector assembly for multi-chamber profiles and/or conduits" was invented by Dennis Unger (Maintal, Germany), Detlef Henrich (Maintal, Germany) and Nina Harm (Maintal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for two fluid conduits of different geometries includes a housing having a first and a second connection portion and a fluid channel fluidically connecting both connection portions; a locking element which can be coupled to the housing; and a seal which can be positioned between the housing and the locking element. The lockin...