US Patent Issued to TRAXyL on Sept. 9 for "Apparatus, system, and method for a tubular body to traverse a gap" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,873, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TRAXyL Inc. (Gainesville, Va.).

"Apparatus, system, and method for a tubular body to traverse a gap" was invented by Daniel R. Turner (Gainesville, Va.) and Phillip Turner (Gainesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system, and method for deploying a tubular body across a gap. The tubular body is fixed to a surface on either side of the gap. The system includes a first connector housing fixed to the first surface and a second connector housing fixed to a second surface. An insertion end of the first connector housing is smaller than a receiving end of the second connector ho...