ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,962, issued on May 20, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"Device and method for making efficient Y-pipes" was invented by Colin A Bell (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for making efficient Y-pipes has a first piece configured to hold a Y-pipe that has a holder portion and a jaws portion, the jaws portion being moveable between a first configuration and a second configuration, a second piece configured to be inserted into the vertex of a Y-pipe that has a wedge portion and a punch portion, the wedge portion being configured to be inserted into the vertex of a Y-pipe and the punch portion having a t...