ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,198, issued on June 30, was assigned to BOLLHOFF VERBINDUNGSTECHNIK GMBH (Bielefeld, Germany).
"Fastening element of a T-shaped profile hose, connection arrangement with the fastening element, setting device as well as manufacturing and connection method" was invented by Wilhelm Westermann (Bielefeld, Germany), Hubert Jutte (Bielefeld, Germany), Benjamin Roeschert (Schlangen, Germany), Bernd Haesler (Halle, Germany), Oliver Schienstock (Delbruck, Germany) and Kilian Doedtmann (Bramsche, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are the fastening element of a T-shaped profile hose (e.g., made of a polymer material) in a connect...