ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,955, issued on March 3, was assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH (Hannover, Germany).

"Connection device for connecting a fluid line to a connection body" was invented by Uwe Folchert (Lauenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection device for connecting a fluid line to a connection body that includes a basic body insertable in a form-fitting manner into a connection opening in the connection body. The basic body defines a through opening, in which an end portion of the fluid line is received. A fastener arranged in the through opening, holds the fluid line within the basic body. A first spacer and a firs...