ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,070, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Sensus Spectrum LLC (Morrisville, N.C.).
"Restrained wide range coupling system" was invented by Isaac Davis (Ashdown, Ark.) and Sean Withem (Texarkana, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe fitting is provided including a sleeve having a generally cylindrical body portion with at least one open end configured to receive at least one pipe; a sealing gasket operatively coupled with the sleeve for engaging at least one pipe end of the at least one pipe; and a clamping element operatively coupled with the sleeve for compressing the sealing gasket into tightened engagement with the at least on...