ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,161, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Nonmetallic conduit fitting" was invented by Andy Ali Jaffari (Bartlett, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for attaching a free end of a liquid-tight flexible nonmetallic conduit (LFNC) Type A to a fitting, includes threading a gland nut onto the free end of the conduit; pushing the free end of the conduit into a cylindrical section of the fitting until the free end of the conduit abuts an annular flange; and engaging a threaded section of the fitting with the gland nut, and tightening the gland nut until the gland nut abuts a body ...