ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,782, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SMC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Fluid pressure cylinder" was invented by Ryo Ono (Tsukubamirai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid pressure cylinder includes a cylinder section and an adapter unit detachably mounted to a cylinder tube of the cylinder section. A first input/output port and a second input/output port communicating with a piston chamber are provided in the cylinder tube. A first attachment hole and a second attachment hole are provided in the adapter unit. A first supply/discharge tube and a connected second supply/discharge tube are attached to the first attachment hole and the secon...