ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,855, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to A. RAYMOND ET CIE (Grenoble, France).

"Fluid connection system" was invented by Hanno Friedhelm Martin Toppler (Schopfheim, Germany), Eva Katharina Saaler (Hasel, Germany) and Axel Feger (Lorrach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid connection system for a cleaning system of a car includes at least two connections, wherein each of the at least two connections includes a male connector and a female connector. For each of the at least two connections the male connector includes an outlet opening and the female connector includes an inlet opening, and the male connector and the female con...