US Patent Issued to LPS IP on March 18 for "Sealed pipeline connection, pipeline sleeve, and lockable pipeline seals and method of making same" (American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,192, issued on March 18, was assigned to LPS IP LLC (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.).

"Sealed pipeline connection, pipeline sleeve, and lockable pipeline seals and method of making same" was invented by Jose Anisio de Oliveira e Silva (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) and Ryan Michael Sears (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lockable pipeline seal, pipeline sleeve, and sealed pipeline connection for a pipeline. The pipeline seal includes a ring-shaped body having a head along a first ring end and a tail along a second ring end of the ring-shaped body, with a body portion therebetween. The ring-shaped body has an outer surface and...