ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,475, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to XIAMEN TONGJIE TECHNOLOGY. LTD (Xiamen, China).

"Push type conduit joint release structure" was invented by Lihua Xiao (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A push type conduit joint release structure is provided, and relates to the field of conduits. The push type conduit joint release structure includes a tubular main body. The main body is internally provided with a gear ring and a propeller. The gear ring includes an outer ring with a first notch, and a plurality of teeth slantly protrude towards an axial direction of the outer ring on an inner wall of the outer ring. An inner circu...