ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,067, issued on March 25, was assigned to IPEX TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Mississauga, Canada).
"Composite transition fitting" was invented by Jeffrey Vincent Littlefield (Brantford, Canada), Qing Li (Oakville, Canada) and Filippo Martino (Oakville, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe fitting having a first body and a second body that together at least partially define a fluid flow passage. The first body defines a first portion of the fluid flow passage that extends from a first end of the fluid flow passage to a first internal opening. The second body defines a second portion of the fluid flow passage that extends from a second in...