ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,694, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Linde GmbH (Pullach, Germany).
"Method for producing a connection, and connection device" was invented by Florian Ehegartner (Pullach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a connection, between attachment ends of two components that are to be connected, by means of two connection flanges, each of which is provided at one attachment end, wherein a sealable cavity is formed between those sides of the two connection flanges that are to face each other, wherein a closable and, if necessary, openable channel is provided between the cavity and a surrounding environment, and a n...