ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,201, issued on June 30, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).
"Universal threadless connection" was invented by Randall A. Maro (Davenport, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A male connector end having a first cylindrical portion having a first diameter, a second cylindrical portion having a second diameter, the second diameter being smaller than the first diameter, and a male transition profile between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion. The male transition profile is sized to accommodate both a first female transition profile and a second female transition profile to fluidly couple the male con...