ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,877, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Tube coupling" was invented by Shigeyoshi Matsui (Osaka, Japan) and Toshihiko Matsuda (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tube coupling is configured to connect and couple two tubes for fluid flow. The tube coupling includes: a male connector including an insertion part having a protruding shape protruding in an axial direction that is an insertion direction; and a female connector including an insertion receiving part having a recessed shape recessed in the axial direction and configured to be coupled to the inser...