ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,027, issued on June 30, was assigned to TAISEI KOGYO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Manufacturing method of tube-attached coupling structure and tube-attached coupling structure" was invented by Yasuo Mukai (Tokyo) and Atsushi Koyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tube-attached coupling structure is provided by using a piping coupling with good compatibility, workability and processability. A manufacturing method of the tube-attached coupling structure includes a step of preparing a photocurable gel-like body in a hollow cylindrical shape, a step of fitting the photocurable gel-like body in the attaching hole, a step of insert...