US Patent Issued to Abilene Christian University on March 11 for "Thermal expansion support system and methods of use thereof" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,434, issued on March 11, was assigned to Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas).

"Thermal expansion support system and methods of use thereof" was invented by Michael Arrasmith (Abilene, Texas), Thomas Bailey (Abilene, Texas) and Samuel Lopez (Abilene, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the example thermal expansion support systems decrease the stress within the one or more components and piping segments within a high temperature system caused by thermal expansion. The exemplary thermal expansion support systems may provide a counterbalancing force on the components and piping segments of the high tempera...