ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,164, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to JPC CONNECTIVITY INC. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Quick connector" was invented by Hsu-Feng Chang (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Yu Chai Yeh (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick connector for transporting a liquid comprises a female connector. The female connector comprises a front housing, a piston cover, a piston structure and a first spring. The piston cover is disposed in the first space of the front housing, and the outer surface of the piston cover has a plurality of slide blocks to be respectively disposed within the slide rails for allowing the piston cover t...