ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,425, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to FRAMATOME GmbH (Erlangen, Germany).
"Stabilizer element for a pipe connection" was invented by Christof Probst (Nuremberg, Germany), Erhard Muller (Pretzfeld, Germany) and Konrad Meier-Hynek (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For stabilizing a pipe connection, in which a first pipe (10) is inserted into a second pipe (12) that has an insertion funnel (20), a stabilizer element (22) has a clamping ring (24) with several tensioners (48) distributed over its circumference, which in the final assembly position engage in an intermediate space between the first pipe (10) and the ...