ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,612, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Rockwool A/S (Hedehusene, Denmark).
"Method of fabricating an insulation element" was invented by Harald Heermann (Gladbeck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of fabricating an insulation element (2) as an insulation box, cap or cover for a valve, a flange or a fitting insulation within a piping system of a technical building equipment. Said method comprising the steps of forming a block of insulating material to be provided with a cavity having a contour of the valve, the flange or the fitting insulation and an outer contour, whereby the block is divided ...