US Patent Issued to IPS, CORPORATION-WELD-ON DIVISION on Sept. 23 for "Pipe fittings and assemblies" (North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,064, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to IPS, CORPORATION-WELD-ON DIVISION (Compton, Calif.).

"Pipe fittings and assemblies" was invented by Jack Roach (Durham, N.C.) and James Martin Griffin (Orange, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe fitting includes a tubular member having first and second sockets, each configured to receive an end of a pipe section such that a gap exists between an outer surface of each pipe section and an inner surface of the sockets. A pair of ports extend through the tubular member in each socket and are in fluid communication with each gap. Each socket may include one or more annular sealing member...