ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,155, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Conex IPR Ltd. (Kingswinford, Great Britain).

"Fitting for connecting to a tubular element, tubing connection and a method for connecting a fitting to a tubular element" was invented by Manouchehr Salehi-Bakhtiari (Kingswinford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fitting (3, 3') for connecting to a tubular element (5, 5') having a first end section (9, 9') comprising at least one first connection element (21, 21'), wherein the diameter of at least a part of the first connection element (21, 21') can be reduced in a radial direction in order to produce a connection, wherein the fir...