ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,145, issued on May 6, was assigned to ASC Engineered Solutions LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Malleable press fittings" was invented by Jordan Cameron Belen (Warwick, R.I.), Matthew William McNamara (Portsmouth, R.I.), Mark David Kirby (Sinking Spring, Pa.) and Ty Schell (Reinholds, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An unmachined cast body for a pipe fitting, the cast body includes a first body end and a second body end disposed opposite from the first body end, the cast body defining an axis extending from the first body end to the second body end, the cast body defining a midpoint between first body end and the second body end, a centerl...