US Patent Issued to TCO AS on July 15 for "Breaking object for a frangible plug" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,526, issued on July 15, was assigned to TCO AS (Indre Arna, Norway).

"Breaking object for a frangible plug" was invented by Tommy Eriksen (Yven, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plug assembly including a breaker object and a plug, having a first position in which the breaker object is not in contact with the plug and a second position where the breaker object is in contact with the plug, wherein the movement from the first position to the second position initiated by pressure applied to the plug, wherein: the breaker object includes an impact surface where the impact surface is the projection of the plug surface onto the break...