ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,039, issued on March 17, was assigned to Parker-Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland).
"Tube assembly and method of forming same" was invented by Sahil Gupta (Aurora, Ohio), Michael Mallamaci (North Canton, Ohio) and Aidan Brady (Cleveland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a tube assembly includes surrounding an outer surface of a cured rubber hose with a thermoplastic layer, the cured rubber hose extending along a length between a first end and a second end and having a first shape along its length, the thermoplastic layer surrounding the cured rubber hose along at least a portion of the length. The cured rubber hose su...