US Patent Issued to Abilene Christian University on May 6 for "High temperature remotely connected/disconnected pipe connector for molten salt reactors" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,138, issued on May 6, was assigned to Abilene Christian University (Abilene, Texas).

"High temperature remotely connected/disconnected pipe connector for molten salt reactors" was invented by Rusty Towell (Abilene, Texas), Thomas Bailey (Abilene, Texas) and Tim Head (Abilene, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe connector for use in high temperature environments, such as those characteristics of molten salt reactors. The pipe connector can be used in any industry that uses pipe connectors, and in particular, can be used in a molten salt system including a reactor requiring a connection rated for a maximum of about 725deg C. an...