ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. RE50,444, issued on May 27, was assigned to Swagelok Co. (Solon, Ohio).
"Fitting assembly evaluating apparatus and methods" was invented by Peter C. Williams (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), Kennan J. Malec (Gates Mills, Ohio), William J. Menz (Akron, Ohio), Cal R. Brown (Lyndhurst, Ohio), Mark A. Clason (Orwell, Ohio), Jeffrey M. Rubinski (Novelty, Ohio), Raymond Scott Milhoan (Akron, Ohio), Michael Mussig (Painesville, Ohio) and Jeffrey S. Rayle (Rocky River, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses methods and apparatus for installing fitting components, such as a conduit gripping device, on a conduit to form an as...