ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,481, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CEJN AB (Skovde, Sweden).

"Coupling and method for assembling the same" was invented by Marcus Ronnheim (Skovde, Sweden) and Par-Magnus Bjurek (Skovde, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling for a nipple is disclosed. The coupling comprises a main body (100); and an opening (110), for a fluid, in the main body (100), the opening (110) being cylindrical. The coupling comprises further a holder (130) arranged in the opening (110) holding a plurality of locking elements (140) for locking the nipple to the coupling, the holder (130) and the plurality of locking elements (140) being separa...