ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,042, issued on March 17, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Metal seal fitting with tight bend technology" was invented by Eric Kesler (Northville, Mich.), Radek Macicek (Senov u Noveho Jicina, Czech Republic), Pavel Segeta (Stary Jicin, Czech Republic), Zdenek Vahalik (Suchdol nad Odrou, Czech Republic), Pavel Pitel (Verovice, Czech Republic), Radim Cech (Studenka, Czech Republic), Carl Cordy (Belleville, Mich.), Michael G. Theodore Jr. (Plymouth, Mich.), Raquel Estrada (Dearborn, Mich.), Salvador Guadalajara (Cd. Juarez Chihuahua, Mexico), Patricia Flynn (El Paso, Texas) and Augustin Machynak (Senov u Noveho Jicina, Czech Republic).
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