ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,196, issued on May 27, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Clamp for a pipe" was invented by John Paul Modzel (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp for a pipe including a first leg and a second leg. The first leg has an arcuate shape and includes a first proximal end, a first distal end spaced apart from the first proximal end along an axial direction of the central axis, and at least one groove formed in a first surface of the first leg between the first proximal end and the first distal end. The second leg has an arcuate shape and includes a second proximal end proximate the fi...