ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,876, issued on Sept. 9, 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 connector body, including a first end, a second end, a through-bore, a first radially outward facing surface including an annular groove, a first radially inward facing surface extending from the first end, and a second radially inward facing surface extending from the second end, and a retainer operatively arranged to be removably connect...