ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,275, issued on June 30, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Collector and sealing plug" was invented by Hicham Rouhana (Korntal-Muenchingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collector, in particular a refrigerant collector for a refrigerant circuit, in particular of a motor vehicle, which is formed with a tubular housing body with a circumferential wall and with a first end face and with a second end face, wherein the housing body at the first end face has a closable first opening, into which a sealing plug can be inserted for closing the first opening, wherein the sealing plug has a circumferentia...