US Patent Issued to SWAGELOK on Oct. 7 for "Push to connect conduit fitting assemblies and arrangements" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,820, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SWAGELOK COMPANY (Solon, Ohio).

"Push to connect conduit fitting assemblies and arrangements" was invented by Peter C Williams (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), Douglas J. McClure (Mentor, Ohio), Cal R. Brown (Lyndhurst, Ohio), Ronald P. Campbell (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Douglas S. Welch (Chesterland, Ohio) and Michael D. Bestic (Sagamore Hills, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A push to connect fitting includes first and second fitting components and a conduit releasing insert. The first and second fitting components are assembled to define an internal cavity enclosing a conduit retaining arrangement...