US Patent Issued to Reliance Worldwide on Aug. 25 for "Press fitting" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,533, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Reliance Worldwide Corp. (Atlanta).

"Press fitting" was invented by Joseph Derres Catalano (Roswell, Ga.) and Sai Kishore Ravisankar (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to press fittings. The press fittings may include a connector body and a press sleeve. The connector body includes a connection segment and a retainer segment. The connection segment is configured to receive a conduit. The press sleeve may be crimped on the conduit and the connection segment."

The patent was filed on Oct. 6, 2023, under Application No. 19/107,861.

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