ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,429, issued on July 14, was assigned to Dellner Couplers AB (Falun, Sweden).

"Coupler, coupler system having a first coupler and a second coupler, and method for coupling" was invented by Fredrik Tunell (Falun, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupler having a coupler interface comprising a protruding cone, a matching cup, and at least one guiding element useful for reducing coupler height."

The patent was filed on July 6, 2022, under Application No. 17/858,828.

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