ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,123, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to ACO AHLMANN SE & Co. KG (Budelsdorf, Germany).
"Channel-retaining device, drainage system and method" was invented by Stephan Meier (Albersdorf, Germany), Arne Meincke (Osdorf, Germany) and Marco Wandkowski (Kronshagen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to different embodiments, a channel-retaining device (200) can comprise: a retaining holder (102), which has a first coupling region (102k) and a retaining region (102a) for retaining a drainage channel extending in a direction; a retaining socket (104), which has a second coupling region (104k); wherein the first coupling region ...