ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,608, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to RITMO S.P.A. (Teolo, Italy).
"Clamp for apparatuses for welding pipes" was invented by Renzo Bortoli (Montegrotto Terme, Italy) and Francesco Zigante (Saccolongo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp, particularly for apparatuses for welding pipes, including a lower jaw and an upper jaw that are mutually opposite and hinged; each jaw is substantially made of plastic material; advantageously, each jaw includes a portion made of plastic material and at least one insert constituted by an interlocking metallic structure that is co-molded within the portion made of plastic material."
The ...