ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,105, issued on June 23, was assigned to BrassCraft Manufacturing Co. (Novi, Mich.).
"Universal nut with thread adapter" was invented by Jeffrey T. Root (Howell, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal nut includes at least one shell including a base wall and a skirt extending axially away from the base wall and having an internal thread, and a thread adapter threaded to the internal thread of the skirt of the at least one shell. A universal fluid connector includes the universal nut, and a conduit extending along a conduit axis and including a tubing portion and a nut coupling portion. The base wall of the at least one shell...