US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on March 17 for "Air conveyance quick connect fitting" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,046, issued on March 17, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Air conveyance quick connect fitting" was invented by Andrew W. Harmon (Geneseo, Ill.) and Derryn W. Pikesh (Geneseo, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding connector pipe assembly having a pipe defining an axis and configured to direct fluid flow, a sliding connector slidably positioned around an end portion of the pipe, the sliding connector being selectively slidable between an extended displacement and a retracted displacement relative to the pipe, and a locking mechanism that selectively prevents axial movement of the sliding connector from the extende...