ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,548, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Coupler Solutions LLC (Minneapolis).
"Conduit coupler and methods of use thereof" was invented by Justin P. Filas (Minneapolis), Gene Hodge (Mound, Minn.) and Dan Stock (Union, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conduit coupler is provided including a first annular portion extending along a longitudinal axis and a second annular portion extending long the longitudinal axis. The second annular portion is longitudinally offset from the first annular portion, and a shoulder is positioned longitudinally intermediate the first annular portion and the second annular portion. Further, a recessed po...