ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,022, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Linde GmbH (Pullach, Germany).
"Connection element" was invented by Reinhold Holzl (Pullach, Germany), Matthias Grundwurmer (Pullach, Germany), Thomas Englert (Pullach, Germany) and Josef-Andreas Pollmann (Pullach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a connection element comprising a tubular first part with a first ring-shaped connection face for connection with a highly heat resistant steel pipe and a tubular second part with a second ring-shaped connection face for connection with a first ferritic steel pipe; wherein the first part is of a corrosion resistant steel material and...