US Patent Issued to Robroy Industries-Texas on Dec. 2 for "Reducing fastener having flexible sleeves for connecting a coated conduit to a fitting" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,930, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Robroy Industries-Texas LLC (Gilmer, Texas).

"Reducing fastener having flexible sleeves for connecting a coated conduit to a fitting" was invented by Steven A. Voelzke (Longview, Texas), Christopher M. Caldwell (Longview, Texas) and Tabitha Stricklin (Forney, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener for connecting a coated conduit to a fitting or to another coated conduit includes a bushing and polymeric material coating and surrounding an external surface of the bushing. The bushing includes internal and external threading The polymeric material includes a central portion coating at least...