US Patent Issued to ASC Engineered Solutions on Sept. 9 for "Pipe coupling with pipe connection rings" (Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,874, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ASC Engineered Solutions LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).

"Pipe coupling with pipe connection rings" was invented by Gregory Nicholas Stagliano Ohnemus (Providence, R.I.), Patrick Chien Chen (North Kingstown, R.I.), Stephen Eric Scott (North Kingstown, R.I.), Matthew William McNamara (Portsmouth, R.I.) and Michael T. Thornley II (Johnston, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe connection ring can include a plurality of segments and a plurality of deformable links. Each of the plurality of links can connect adjacent segments of the plurality of segments, the segments and links alternating about a ci...