US Patent Issued to Snap-on on July 15 for "Pressure testing and refilling devices, systems, and methods" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,001, issued on July 15, was assigned to Snap-on Inc. (Kenosha, Wis.).

"Pressure testing and refilling devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Nicholas A. Gabbey (Mount Pleasant, Wis.), George R. R. Call (Kenosha, Wis.) and William Joseph Tadda Jr. (Salem, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes implementations that relate to a pressure testing and refilling a coolant system. In a first embodiment, the present disclosure describes a pressure tester and refilling device that has a valve system and adapters configured to pressurize and pull a vacuum on the system without disconnecting any of the conne...