ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,866, issued on June 17, was assigned to STRATEC SE (Birkenfeld, Germany).
"Hose connector" was invented by Volker Barenthin (Birkenfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for a hose transferring a medium, comprising an inner part, wherein the inner part comprises at a first end a first section comprising an opening for accommodating a hose and a second section comprising a duct arranged between an inner base of the opening for the hose and a second end of the inner part that is opposite of the first end, wherein the first section has a greater outer diameter than the second section; and an outer part, wherein the out...