ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,261, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Oetiker NY Inc. (Lancaster, N.Y.).
"Fluid connection assembly" was invented by Kristian James Hagen (Gasport, N.Y.), Kari Ann Sausen (Clarence, N.Y.) and Ryan Zillig (Williamsville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid connection assembly, including a service valve body, including a first section forming a first port and a second port, a second section connected to the first section and forming a third port, a connector body forming a fourth port and including a first end connected to the first section, a second end, a first radially outward facing surface including an annular groove, ...