US Patent Issued to Colder Products on July 28 for "Compact fluid couplings" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,964, issued on July 28, was assigned to Colder Products Co. (Roseville, Minn.).

"Compact fluid couplings" was invented by Andres E. Abraham Carabano (Otsego, Minn.), Shaun J. Jacobsen (Minneapolis) and Erik A. M. Weigel (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some fluid coupling devices described herein are configured as non-spill fluid couplings. In addition, some embodiments described in this document relate to fluid coupling devices and fluid coupling systems that are constructed in a compact configuration."

The patent was filed on Jan. 26, 2026, under Application No. 19/459,509.

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