US Patent Issued to STAUBLI FAVERGES on Feb. 10 for "Female element of a quick connector, and associated quick connector" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,422, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to STAUBLI FAVERGES (Faverges-Seythenex, France).

"Female element of a quick connector, and associated quick connector" was invented by Serafim Marques Barroca (Albertville, France) and Christophe Durieux (Gilly sur Isere, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This female element of a quick connector is intended to be coupled with a complementary male element and comprises a female body defining an insertion channel receiving the male element, the locking members, which are received in housings arranged in the female body, a plunger, which is movable along a central axis of the female element and ...