US Patent Issued to ABB SCHWEIZ on Aug. 19 for "Food and beverage pipe bonding mechanical jumper kit" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,916, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ABB SCHWEIZ AG (Baden, Switzerland).

"Food and beverage pipe bonding mechanical jumper kit" was invented by Dustin Bobbitt (Memphis, Tenn.) and Joseph Ferris (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a tensioning member including a head portion and a cylindrical portion. The head portion includes a first bore and a second bore in communication with the first bore. The cylindrical portion extends from the head portion towards a second end and includes one or more threads. A device may include a set screw member including threads formed along its length. The set screw membe...