ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,114, issued on May 26, was assigned to TOYOX Co. LTD. (Toyama, Japan).
"Hose joint" was invented by Shuji Sugita (Toyama, Japan) and Kazuki Shimizu (Toyama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a hose joint that allows whether or not tightening has been completed to be determined. The hose joint includes: a nipple provided along an insertion space of the hose body, a sleeve deformable in a radial direction thereof and provided so as to surround an outer circumference of the insertion space of the hose body formed along an outer peripheral surface of the nipple, a plurality of separated holders provided outside the sleeve t...