ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,751, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MAGMA GLOBAL Ltd. (Great Britain).
"Composite pipe end-fitting" was invented by Daniel Clement Holman (Southampton, Great Britain) and Fred William Merchant (Portchester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite pipe termination that includes: a) a composite pipe having an interior pipe surface, an exterior pipe surface, a pipe end and a liner; b) an annular portion of composite material attached to the exterior pipe surface, the annular portion having a first stepped region in which the annular portion decreases in radial thickness in the axial direction away from the pipe end by...