US Patent Issued to Aalberts Integrated Piping Systems APAC on Oct. 28 for "Quick installation pipe coupling with supporting barrier ring" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,025, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Aalberts Integrated Piping Systems APAC Inc. (Pingtun, Taiwan).

"Quick installation pipe coupling with supporting barrier ring" was invented by Bob Chang (Wandan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quick installation pipe coupling includes a supporting barrier ring that is located between a gasket and a bottom wall of an annular channel that is defined by housing segments in between arcuate engaging shoulders thereof. The supporting barrier ring extends as a protective barrier circumferentially around an outer surface of the gasket, and is dimensioned and configured to support the housing ...