ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,057, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Oetiker NY Inc. (Lancaster, N.Y.).
"Fluid connection assembly" was invented by Robert J. Kern (Williamsville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for fluid, including a connector body, including a first end, a second end, and a first through-bore, a retainer removably connected to the connector body, the retainer including a ring portion forming a third end, the third end operatively arranged to be secured in the first through-bore, at least one first finger extending from the ring portion, the at least one first finger including a first radially outward extending protrusion and ter...