ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,948, issued on March 3, was assigned to TI GROUP AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Connection arrangement device and method for fluid line" was invented by Jonathan Brock (Bloomfield Township, Mich.), Benjamin Allen Sprygada (Battle Creek, Mich.) and Matthew Stieber (Grosse Pointe, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection arrangement device for making a secure connection with at least one tube in a fluid line includes at least one adapter body having a passage bore forming at least one fluid channel with at least one outlet and a receptacle, a mating block formed with at least one longitudinal channel receiving the ...