ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,633, issued on July 7, was assigned to Shenzhen Fositek Telecom Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen City, China).

"Floating joint and retainer connection structure" was invented by An-Szu Hsu (Shenzhen City, China), Chun-Han Lin (Shenzhen City, China) and Yung-Chih Tseng (Shenzhen City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating joint and retainer connection structure includes a hollow fixed retainer having a first side and a second side provided with a through hole; an adaptor joint including a hollow guiding section having a beveled guiding surface formed along a rim of a free end thereof, and a pipe connecting section including an engaging end...