ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,185, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to A. RAYMOND ET CIE (Grenoble, France).
"Connector" was invented by Jerome Chaupin (St Pierre Allevard, France) and Frederic Poggi (Fontaine, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for connecting to a tube is provided. The connector includes a head, a slide provided with a passage orifice, and a seal ring disposed between the head and the slide. The head includes a housing capable of receiving a first end of the slide. The slide received in the housing includes: a first position, called assembly position, in which the slide is capable of receiving a tube via a second end of the slide s...