US Patent Issued to RHEIA on May 27 for "Non-continuously rotatable and removable ferrule for duct fitting" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,282, issued on May 27, was assigned to RHEIA LLC (Phoenix).

"Non-continuously rotatable and removable ferrule for duct fitting" was invented by Robert Beach (Pittsburgh), Andrew Poerschke (Pittsburgh) and Nigel Watts (Bradford Woods, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fitting assembly for connection to a flexible duct includes a ferrule configured for insertion into an open end of the flexible duct a fitting removably connected to the ferrule. The ferrule includes a sidewall defining a minor diameter and a major diameter spaced apart from the minor diameter, and a ferrule thread extending radially outward from the sidewall. One of ...