ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,320, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Krausz Industries Ltd. (Rosh HaAyin, Israel).
"Ratchet clamp for pipe coupling" was invented by Bar Yamin (Rosh Haayin, Israel) and Sergey Ryvzh (Rishon LeZion, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe coupling includes a coupling band an elastomeric seal disposed inside the coupling band, ratchet depressions formed on a portion of the coupling band, and a ratchet rod assembly mounted on another portion of the coupling band. The ratchet rod assembly includes a ratchet rod formed with ratchet teeth that interface with the ratchet depressions, such that rotation of the ratchet rod causes the ...