ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,298, issued on July 22, was assigned to SWAGELOK COMPANY (Solon, Ohio).

"Port connecting assemblies and arrangements" was invented by Matthew Dixon (Parma, Ohio) and Joseph Sagal (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple port connecting assembly includes a connector body and a fluid isolation adapter. The connector body includes a first fluid passage extending from an adapter port to a first connector port, a second fluid passage extending from the adapter port to a second connector port, a first seat portion disposed between the first fluid passage and the second fluid passage, and a second seat portion disposed between...