US Patent Issued to DANFOSS on Aug. 25 for "Blind mate coupling with a self centering mechanism" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,537, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DANFOSS A/S (Nordborg, Denmark).

"Blind mate coupling with a self centering mechanism" was invented by Amit Ramesh Shende (Pimpri, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coupling assembly made up of a male fluid coupler and a female fluid coupler for a fluid line. The male and female fluid couplers are closed to flow in the uncoupled state and are open to flow when coupled. The male fluid coupler can include an alignment compensation arrangement that can adjust for any initial misalignment between the male and female fluid couplers. The alignment compensation arrangement can function as a univers...